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| Adamu Mu’azu, PDP National Chair (Photo: PREMIUM TIMES) |
The national chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, has warned President Goodluck Jonathan and
governors against injustice in the party, saying the ruling party has been
degraded by “Use and Dump” politics.
Mr. Mu’azu said opposition parties
have fed on PDP’s failure to reward its members, who worked for the party, its
governors or the president, according to PREMIUM TIMES.
“Mr. President, I want to appeal to
you to consider it a challenge to discuss with your governors, Senators and all
elected officials of PDP that members of the PDP should not be used and dumped,
adhere to equity, fairness and justice,” Mr. Mu’azu said Tuesday.
Mr. Mu’azu spoke at the inauguration
Goodluck/Sambo 2015 Presidential Campaign Organization in Abuja.
“A lot of our members have left
because they have been used and dumped. The membership of other parties, APC,
APGA draw substantial members of their parties from the PDP,” he said.
The party chairman however urged
opposition parties to stick to issues during their campaigns.
“We are beating you when it comes to
issues. You are only promising the people, but we have already done what you
are promising,” he said.
Mr. Jonathan inaugurated the Ahmadu
Ali-led Presidential Campaign Organization with a call on PDP campaigners to be
civil, decorous and law-abiding in their activities.
Mr. Jonathan urged PDP members and
supporters to refrain from pulling down other people’s campaign posters as the
opposition was doing.
Mr. Jonathan said his “credible
performance” in the last four years should be their strongest selling point as
they go to the campaign fields.
The president said he was determined
to keep his promise of credible and violent-free elections to Nigerians and the
international world.
He said: “The world is asking: Will
Nigeria get it right? My categorical response to that is: Yes, we must.
“And surely, we will. It is your
duty to ensure that through your campaigns, and activities, this primary
objective is not lost. Our commitment to free, fair, credible and violence-free
elections remains unshaken.
“That should also be your own
commitment as we go to the field to seek the people’s mandate once again.
“You must always remember that we
are a party of democrats, not a party of hooligans. We are a party of patriots,
not a party of renegades.
“We are a party of statesmen and
women. We are a party of builders, not destroyers. We are a party of committed
servants of the people.
“You must let our people see once
again that we are in this to serve and to move Nigeria forward, not to move
Nigeria backwards.’’
The president said on no account
should the party’s faithful and supporters join opposition politicians and
campaigners “who are threatening fire and brimstone’’.
He frowned at the pulling down of
other people’s posters by the opposition, describing it as primitive.
“Every Nigerian must be free to
campaign anywhere. Flaunt our achievements in all parts of the country, tell
the story of what we have achieved and let the facts and the figures be heard
in every nook and cranny of Nigeria.
“In doing this, you must be civil,
decorous and law-abiding.
“I have repeatedly promised
Nigerians and the international community that as much as it lies within our
powers, the coming general elections will be free, fair, credible and
violence-free.
“I made that pledge with all
seriousness and I fully intend to fulfil it. As agents of the ruling party, all
eyes will be on you during the campaign and elections. I, therefore, expect
nothing but the highest standards of exemplary conduct from you as your worthy
contribution to the fulfilment of our pledge of peaceful and successful
elections,’’ he said.
Mr. Jonathan cautioned party members
and supporters against joining “those who threaten to start fires and turn them
into infernos in our country”.
“I assure you and all Nigerians that
whoever foments trouble before, during and after the elections will be promptly
and decisively dealt with according to the law.
The president noted that the PDP
government had made significant strides in every sector of the economy in the
last four years despite the security challenges.
“We have everything it takes to run
an excellent and victorious campaign. Our great party has demonstrated to
Nigerians that it is the party with the broadest appeal.
“We are the strongest and the
biggest. We have engaged the people of Nigeria positively with people-friendly
policies, which have moved Nigeria forward.
“We have sustained the democratic
tradition. We have strengthened democratic institutions. We inherited a rather
complex security challenge but we are waging a determined war against it.
“We are succeeding in preventing terrorists and
insurgents from turning more of our communities into enclaves for their
dastardly activities.”
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