By a Concerned PDP member, Ekiti - State
The lingering crisis in Ekiti State over who becomes the governorship candidate in 2022 has reached a dangerous dimension for the party and it has got to a point that several theories that have been propounded by various intelligent and respected and responsible people have not yielded the expected positive results, not because the propounded theories are not good enough but because the expected fundamental reasons why the crisis festers and become intractable are not yet addressed.
Recent findings have however shown that The Party at the National level, to wit, the National Working Committee, NWC/NEC of the party needs to stand its feet by setting up the parameters and winning criteria/strategy, which must include the following fundamental decisions without being biased but must take this proactive steps to save the party from going into extinction in Ekiti, the effect of which will definitely spread across the entire South West if the APC is allowed to have another 4 years in that state.
1. Without being petty, the party hierarchy needs to privately go on its knees and beg, appeal and persuade the collegiate leaders who are aspirants to drop their aspiration in the overall interest of the party, get back to the advisory role expected of them and allow the younger elements in the party to take up the responsibility of contesting the governorship ticket among themselves in a more moderate and friendly manner.
2. The party leadership at the National should also ensure that they get a mid-way candidate that will not be an established candidate of any of the leaders to come on board, that is someone who will be acceptable to all the powerful political players whose candidacy will not rock the boat and whose emergence will not lead to apathy and antipathy activities during the election.
3. More importantly is the need for the National Headquarters to strive to be fair to the zones especially the one that has been clamouring against marginalization of their Senatorial District and the political gain such decision to use zoning to douse tension will give our party in Ekiti State in this upcoming governorship election. In other words, we as a political party must be sincere with ourselves and be bold enough to demonstrate sensitivity to the geo-political imbalance in the State by giving strong consideration to the clamour for a candidate from the South Senatorial District, which would also serve as part of the measures to counter ruling APC that has its favoured candidate from the Central.
4. The party while taking the points in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above into consideration must also apply wisdom by ensuring that they accommodate the interest of the leaders and the groups by reaching an accord/understanding on the sharing of the remaining elective positions and strategic appointments.
If the party takes a firm decision on these suggestions, the unnecessary battle for supremacy among the leaders would have been significantly pulled down to an acceptable level and same put under reasonable control.
If Points 1 & 2 are carried out: His Excellency, Dr. Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti Central), His Excellency, Engr. Segun Oni (Ekiti North) and Her Excellency, Senator Abiodun Olujimi (Ekiti South) would have been freed up to provide collective leadership. By allowing this top leaders of the party in Ekiti State feel safe in the hands of the incoming Executive Governor and all agreements reached appear very reliable, consequentially dependable and witnessed by those who own the party at the top, the fear of possible relegation by so so and so candidate if he emerges would have been laid to rest and the mutual suspicions among the leaders would have been erased.
Conclusively, it is our believe that with the consideration of the suggestions raised in paragraph 3 above the list of aspirants would have been reduced to just 2 from the South Senatorial District and these 2 people will be able to present the best two significant options in terms of credentials, antecedents and pedigree. The reduced number of aspirants and the feeling of having the sense of belonging by the people of the South Senatorial district will also give the party a sense of seriousness in the general view of Ekiti people who are already feeling disenchanted and wondering why there are so many aspirants if truly they want to serve the people of Ekiti state.
Finally, I am begging the leadership of PDP to please, consider these suggestions and work quickly on it as it is my considered opinion that without being biased, it will greatly help the party and give us the needed victory at the polls, especially, considering the abysmal low performance of the APC government in Ekiti State, the South West generally and in the country at large. We cannot afford not to leverage on their failed governance and take back the government from the power grabbers called the APC.
Thank you and God bless.
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