The U.S Consul General in the Lagos office, Mr. Jeffrey Hawkins, has urged the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to intensify effort towards making a stronger impact in future elections.
He made the remarks yesterday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos office of the PDP where he was received by the state chairman, Hon. Tunji Shelle and members of the Central Working Committee.
In his interaction with the party leaders, he spoke on the need to make democracy work by developing new attitudes that can also help the democratic process in Nigeria while noting the benefits of good governance in the development of the state and Nigeria as a whole.
The envoy also made enquiries about the challenges facing the party in Lagos State as he also sought to know the alternative plans the Party has for Lagosians If it eventually wins the governorship.
“I like to know what you are offering as democratic agenda in development.
Democracy is thriving in Lagos and your party could win in future elections”, he stated.
In his reply, the state chairman, Tunji Shelle, thanked the envoy for the visit and explained the challenges of winning elections in the state to include primordial sentiments bothering on what the PDP represented to the people as against the ruling party which, he said, were based on false perceptions and deceit by the political elite to sustain themselves in power.
He, however, noted that the situation has changed in recent times. He particularly mentioned the anti-Masses policies of the ACN government and that Lagosians are disenchanted with the State government. He was convinced that with a free and fair electoral process, the PDP was poised to winning in the next round of elections in Lagos State.