ACN, others are regional parties - PDP

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has classified opposition political parties, including the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), as regional political parties and has resolved to deal with them as such henceforth.Towards this end, rather than be concerned about their activities at the headquarters of the party in Abuja, the national leadership of the PDP had directed its zonal offices to monitor the various opposition parties active in their zones and respond to their activities as appropriate.Nigerian Tribune learnt in Abuja that the Dr Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was desirous of decreasing the relevance of the opposition parties in the national scheme of things, by ranking them at the level of its zonal structures.Therefore, PDP national vice chairmen in the six geopolitical zones of the country had been empowered to respond to actions from the various opposition parties in their zones, a move which would see the national secretariat becoming less embroiled in verbal exchange with the opposition in the run up to 2015.A senior party source confided in the Nigerian Tribune that the national secretariat had decided not to join issues with the opposition parties again on controversial topics of national consequence, but rather, where, for instance, the ACN attacked the PDP, the PDP South-West zonal office would react appropriately.The source said the new leadership wanted to concentrate on building the party and helping President Goodluck Goodluck Jonathan to overcome the present security challenges facing the country while, at the same time, working towards the actualisation of its promises to the electorate.It noted that the position of the PDP was a demonstration of its strength and confidence in its ability to hang on to power against the background of lack of real acceptance of the opposition parties beyond their immediate environments.The national publicity secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisah Metu, confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that directive had, indeed, been given to the zonal offices, saying that the national secretariat of the party was too busy to think about the actions of the opposition parties.
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