The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will not lose sleep over the recent coalition that adopted the African Democratic Party (SDP) as a platform to contest the 2027 general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The party\u2019s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, stated this at the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Damagum said that the PDP remained the only party ready to take back power in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, PDP remained the party with the structure, national acceptability, and legacy capable of bearing the weight of great nation-building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI must address the matter of a so-called coalition recently formed, which includes some defecting members of our party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn this issue, I am pleased to report that this political experiment is nothing to lose sleep over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey say, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Some people have recently learned this truth in the most uncomfortable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMany who jumped on the coalition bandwagon have already returned to our fold. Some even claimed they never left and merely attended a meeting; we accept their confessions without prejudice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet me add that this reversal is not limited to PDP members alone. Individuals from other political parties who initially joined this coalition have realised that the venture is ill-fated and their swift return is proof of this,\u201d Damagum said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chairman of PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, said that the party sympathised with those who, out of impatient left the party, adding that the party door was still open for them to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is not the time for calling names. This is not the time for abuses. We sympathise with those who became impatient and left, but certainly they will understand and we will still leave the door ajar for them to come in when they wish to, within a time limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will not continue to condone indiscipline in this party, because indiscipline is what brought us these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDefinitely, the party has shown resilience, and the governors are going through a lot of challenges, just like the NWC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will continue to express confidence in the organs of the party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mohammed commended members of the party\u2019s NWC, who had shown magnanimity by agreeing to go earlier before the end of their tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey have shown that at least they are with us and we should always appreciate that, because if everyone becomes dogmatic, we are not going to where we want,\u201d Mohammed said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will not lose sleep over the recent coalition that adopted the African Democratic Party (SDP) as a platform to contest the 2027 general election. The party\u2019s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, stated this at the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Damagum said that the PDP remained the only party ready to take back power in 2027. According to him, PDP remained the party with the structure, national acceptability, and legacy capable of bearing the weight of great nation-building. \u201cI must address the matter of a so-called coalition recently formed, which includes some defecting members of our party,\u201d he said. \u201cOn this issue, I am pleased to report that this political experiment is nothing to lose sleep over. \u201cThey say, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Some people have recently learned this truth in the most uncomfortable way. \u201cMany who jumped on the coalition bandwagon have already returned to our fold. Some even claimed they never left and merely attended a meeting; we accept their confessions without prejudice. \u201cLet me add that this reversal is not limited to PDP members alone. Individuals from other political parties who initially joined this coalition have realised that the venture is ill-fated and their swift return is proof of this,\u201d Damagum said. The Chairman of PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, said that the party sympathised with those who, out of impatient left the party, adding that the party door was still open for them to return. \u201cThis is not the time for calling names. This is not the time for abuses. We sympathise with those who became impatient and left, but certainly they will understand and we will still leave the door ajar for them to come in when they wish to, within a time limit. \u201cWe will not continue to condone indiscipline in this party, because indiscipline is what brought us these challenges. \u201cDefinitely, the party has shown resilience, and the governors are going through a lot of challenges, just like the NWC. \u201cWe will continue to express confidence in the organs of the party,\u201d he said. Mohammed commended members of the party\u2019s NWC, who had shown magnanimity by agreeing to go earlier before the end of their tenure. \u201cThey have shown that at least they are with us and we should always appreciate that, because if everyone becomes dogmatic, we are not going to where we want,\u201d Mohammed said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26161,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26159\/revisions\/26161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}