The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the party remains the best option for the masses in the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra.
Chairman of PDP in Anambra, Mr Chidi Chidebe, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Saturday said the party remained the most active and formidable opposition in the state.
According to him, PDP is the only party that can unseat the incumbent government.
He said though the party had suffered setbacks both at the national level and in Anambra, it remained the best option for the masses as it guaranteed inclusiveness and the best participatory democratic environment.
He said under his leadership, PDP in Anambra had become active and viable with the constitution of six standing committees already working to ensure the party regained its lost grounds.
He said the committee were; Strategic Planning and Policy Development Committee, Grassroots Mobilisation and Outreach Committee, Reconciliation and Unity Committee, Fundraising and Resource Mobilization Committee, Media and Communication Committee and State Elders Committee.
He said major activities in the party ahead of the election would commence after the primaries, adding that individual aspirants were doing what they should be doing.
“This is the first time that we are having standing committees for the party; they are formed to make sure that everybody can participate in one or the other activity within the party and also ensure we run consistently.
“PDP is the only political party in Nigeria which has a defined agenda and ideology, others do not have concrete arrangements in their formation unlike us. It is only when people feel aggrieved they go to them.
“In Anambra, PDP is formidable and we are contesting the Nov.8 election to win; we are going to participate actively in that election,” he said.
Chidebe said the incumbent government in Anambra had shortchanged the people in terms of delivery of dividends of democracy and that the PDP would fix the state.
He said there were a number of things that were not going well under the current government in Anambra including increasing insecurity and shrinking democratic space
“Let me tell you, we need a liberal government, a government that is participatory where people can air their views and discuss.
“Government cannot sit in the hands of people or somebody that feels he knows it all; such a government does not make progress.
“The best thing that any leader and the best quality any leader can possess is the ability to harness ideas and talents and be able to put them to use,” he said.(NAN)
