The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its apology to Nigerians is the
pathway to national healing, renewal of hope and remobilization of the
citizenry for the task of rescuing the nation from our current pathetic
situation occasioned by the painful misrule of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
The PDP said that as a responsible party, committed to the good of
Nigerians, it is deeply saddened that our people are suffering because
the nation allowed the APC, a movement that has neither structure nor
plan, to scheme itself into governance, devastate the country, wreck our
once robust economy and plunge our citizens into a situation of hunger,
starvation and daily bloodletting.
The party said it is not unmindful of the fact that lessons have been
learnt and that Nigerians across board are now looking up to its
repositioned and rebranded platform to pull the country from the brinks
and return her to the path of true democracy, national cohesion and
economic prosperity, which were the hallmarks of PDP’s 16 years.
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola
Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday, said while certain mistakes were made in its
internal administration prior to the 2015 general election, its new
leadership has already smoothened the rough edges to ensure strict
adherence to internal democracy and good governance in all processes.
It is imperative to further state that our apology has to do more with
the fact that we made certain mistakes that allowed an anti-people
movement to take over governance in our country.
Our situation under the APC has become so pathetic that the world is now
contemplating on how to help us. Under the APC misrule, the average life
span of Nigerians has become abysmally low, purchasing power is eroded,
the middle class has been wiped off, security is almost non-existent,
all the economic gains of the PDP years have been destroyed, and our
nation is now placed on auto-pilot.
It is painful to note that under the nightmarish rule of APC, Nigerians
have become so frustrated that they now consider suicide mission and
slavery as options.
Therefore, our apology is to ask Nigerians, once again, to put their
trust in the rebranded PDP, particularly, as our party is the only
platform that is committed to the national agenda of peace, unity,
justice and prosperous nation.
