By Emeka Nze Abuja—
Former Minister of Sports and Special Duties, Professor Taoheed Adedoja, has promised to work tirelessly to help the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in producing a president for Nigeria in 2019, if he is elected national chairman of the party. Th e chairmanship hopeful also pledged that his party would be at platform that would meet the high expectation of Nigerians who have indicated their resolve to vote out the ruling party. Adedoja, who stated this in a chat with journalists in Abuja, said if elected, the party under his leadership will witness the enthronement of party discipline and internal democracy.
“Th e PDP of today will bring us two things, the PDP of tomorrow and the new platform that will produce the President of Nigeria in 2019. Because the party is desirous of doing the right thing and to give Nigeria and PDP members fresh ideas to renew what it had done 16 years ago, I believe I owe Nigeria, the PDP that opportunity of making myself available for the leadership of the party. “Senator Ahmed Makarfi -led committee has promised Nigerians dividends of democracy better and that is why I have off ered myself to lead the party to that promised manifesto; to lead the party to that promised reinvigoration of the aspirations of Nigerians in terms of their high expectations.
” Th e PDP chairmanship aspirant who was Provost of the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, also stressed the signifi cance of Nigerians yearning for the return of the PDP, noting that if in just a little over two years, the people are already craving for the party to return to power, “there’s a reason for it. Th e national convention of the party is scheduled for December 2017.
