Speaking to
journalists in Lagos recently, Mr. Adedeji said it is important for the
party to stand united as the face of opposition and an alternative to the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He said it smacked of indiscipline
and lack of respect for members to express different view from the official
position of the party.
According to
him, “Recently, two senators elected on the platform of
the PDP were singing the praises of President Muhammadu Buhari over the budget
presentation. A budget that failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians,
address core issues of the economy, unemployment and insecurity; an unrealistic
budget, and a budget that has been termed a fraud by our great party, but only
for our elected senators to take a disparaging different views from the
official position of the party and turn around to praise the President.
Mr. Adeniji
wondered whether a Republican or Labour Party senator in the United States of
America or the United Kingdom disagree or take different view with the official
position of his party on a fundamental issue such as this and make it public?
The answer is never.
The PDP
chieftain therefore urged members of the party, especially lawmakers not to be
afraid of victimisation and political witch-hunt by the Buhari-led government,
stressing that they should take a cue from Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, former Minister of
Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and the
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa
Metuh, who are relentless in pointing out the ills of the APC government.
In his own
words: “No elected member of the PDP should publicly go
against the official position of the party because this is the worst form of
indiscipline a politician can demonstrate. Since independent candidacy is not
recognised in our constitution, political parties are the vehicles by which
many aspirants ride to power and as such these politicians cannot continue to
deride the platform on which they got to power. I therefore urge the leadership
of PDP, to henceforth, sound a clear note of warning to every elected member of
our party never to go against the party’s official position.” (Guardian)
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