BY FRED
IGWE
There is
no doubt that the All Progressive Congress, APC led government in Imo State has
failed.This
therefore places a moral burden on the people of Imo State to search for an
alternative political party that will truly rescue the State from the bondage
of economic stagnation and impoverishment in the next political dispensation.
The PDP
readily comes to mind when issues that borders who and which political party
should take over the reins of governance of Imo State. Having governed the State
for 12 years under Achike Udenwa and Ikedi Ohakim, can one really say that the
party performed better compared to what we have seen from Rochas Okorocha in the last 6 years?
It is
pertinent to say that the PDP in Imo State has what it takes to garner public
support from the sophisticated Imo electorate between now and 2019 to win the next polls considering
the flip flops of the Okorocha led APC administration.
The Okorocha government can be summarized in one word- discontent. Majority of the
people of Imo State are totally disappointed in the second coming of the present
administration. From irregular payment
of workers’ salaries to biting and ravaging hunger trespassing the nooks and
crannies of the State, there is no doubt that the State is in dire need of
authentic change.
Recently,
the PDP leaders in Imo State engaged themselves in measures to re organize
the party to make it electable in 2019. For
the first time, it held open congresses to elect its party officers. But it is
still sad that the party is allowing those tendencies that made the people of Imo
to eject it out of power in 2011 to rear its ugly head again. If the party goes
ahead to discard its zoning policy and allow another man from Orlu zone (Imo
West Senatorial district) to fly the party’s governorship flag in 2019, then it
has shot itself in the foot. This is the simple truth. It will simply pass a message to the people that it is a party where bullshit
works and anything happens!
The issue
of zoning has become an integral
component of the PDP in Imo State and beyond and if any selfish political consideration beclouds
its sense of judgment it decides to turn the policy upside down, then the PDP will not be seen as political party that
has regards for its slogan which is justice and equity.
Imo
State is in dire need of revival. Political parties like the PDP will be de-
marketing itself before the electorate if goes ahead to introduce obnoxious
policies such as disregarding the principle of zoning which has been an integral
component of the party.
Besides,
it still carries the scar of a corrupt political party. And it will only take positive actions on the part
of the party leaders to re convince the electorate that it has turned to a new
leaf . To many, the PDP in Imo State remain a bunch of power gluttons, money seeking
adventurers who are ready to sell their mothers for a pot of porridge. This is the stigma it carries in Imo. And only a holistic re branding by the leaders can change this perception about the party.
Imolites
will like to see a new brand party with new ideas and innovations that will
take the State out of the present woods it has found itself. As it stands, is it
the PDP in Imo State that will take the State on a new path of economic
prosperity and happiness of the people? A purge of old tendencies can just do the magic
FRED
IGWE Is A Political Analyst, Writes From Abuja
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