The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has on Wednesday, August 26, in Abuja implored Nigerians to join the former ruling party.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh
Prince Uche Secondus, the acting national chairman of the party said this in a statement during the inauguration of the PDP e-membership registration committee headed by Raymond Dokpesi.
The plea is coming after ruling for sixteen years and eventually losing to the All Progressives Congress five months ago in the March 28 presidential election.
According to The Punch, the party said Nigerians interested in the PDP were free to do so without any condition promising that both the new and old members would be treated equally.
The acting chairman said that with the idea of e-registration becoming a reality, godfatherism would soon become a thing of the past in the party.
He said: “You will recall that the idea of having an electronic membership registration for our party has been in the works for so many years. I’m appealing to all Nigerians to come and join us. There is room for everybody. Journalists here are also free to join us and become our members.”
Secondus said for the party to succeed in its objective of rebuilding, its leaders must be courageous enough to implement the e-membership registration now.
The acting chairman of the party said that everybody agreed that this solution was imperative for any organisation that wanted to run efficiently in the IT-driven world.
He noted that everybody agrees that the solution is imperative for any organisation that wants to run efficiently in the IT driven world.
Secondus further stated that it is obvious that the solution is the only thing that would empower the grassroots and ensure internal democracy in the operations of the party.
The PDP leadership said that the committee had what he described as onerous task of marketing the programmes of the PDP to ensure members that the exercise would be transparent.
He added that the committee should work with the aim of returning the party to the people.
“Look at our slogan, which is ‘Power to the People.’ We are now returning the party to the people. While the committee will determine the cost, the duration of this exercise is just six months,” he added.
Olisa Metuh had said that the National Working Committee (NWC) after very wide consultations with critical stakeholders and in line with the wishes and aspirations of the teeming supporters across the country, has approved the resuscitation of the e-registration project.
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