…Launches New Website, Social Media Platforms
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the merging opposition parties under the All Progressive Congress (APC) are unfocused and unorganised to rule Nigeria.
The party also disclosed that it will on Friday commence a reconciliatory tour of all its members in the six geo-political zones in the country.
Speaking with newsmen after unveiling the programme of the tour, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Oliseh Metuh said there are no conditions for the reconciliation as every member is free to come for the exercise.
Regarding the accusations by the opposition that PDP was behind the move to frustrate the registration of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Metuh dismissed that as the ranting of a group that is incompetent, disorganized, lacks foresight and an agenda.
“We are happy that Nigerians are seeing the crop of people ranting that they would want to wrestle power from the PDP; they have never come up to tell Nigerians what plans they have for the country, what their agenda is and so forth.
“But they went on a jamboree making noise without even doing the basic process of registering their party. The PDP is a focused party and we do not have a hand in their carelessness. Their action goes a long way to showing how disorganized they are.”
He also dismissed insinuations that there is division in the newly formed PDP Governors’ Forum. However, he declined comments on the decision of the Federal Government to grant pardon so some politicians saying the party leadership has not discussed the issue.
This is just as the party has concluded plans to unveil its new highly interactive website in addition to its facebook and twitter platforms.
Metuh said the tour is in line with the Triple ‘R’ of Reconciliation, Reformation and Rebuilding Agenda of the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
Metuh said the new website and the social media platforms have been designed to feature multimedia applications for real time and up-to-date information using text, photographs and video materials.
He gave the web address as peoplesdemocraticparty.com.ng, while the facebook and twitter accounts are officialpeoplesdemocraticparty and @pdpnigeria respectively.
Shading more light on the tour, Metuh said the National Chairman, in consultation with the National Working Committee of the party has decided to use the occasion of the one year anniversary of the NWC to open a new chapter that will be all inclusive and all involving of all members of the party.
The tour is expected to commence on Friday March 15, 2013 and end with a grand finale at the International Conference Center, Abuja on March 24, 2013 to coincide with the First Anniversary of the current leadership of the party.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary unveiled the schedule of the tour to hold as follows
1. South West (Ibadan) Friday 15th March 2013
2. South East (Enugu) Saturday 16th March 2013
3. South South (Port-Harcourt) Sunday 17th March 2013
4. North East (Bauchi) Monday 18th March 2013
5. North Central (Makurdi) Wednesday 19th March 2013
6. North West (Kaduna) Saturday 23rd March 2013
7. Grand finale at the International Conference Centre (Abuja) Sunday
24th March 2013.
Key stakeholders at the meetings include state governors, zonal executive committee of the party, party elders and other prominent invitees including youth and women groups.