Governor Seyi Makinde has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) needed alignment to achieve the much needed unity of the party.
The governor made this known on Wednesday while receiving members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by its Board of Trustees Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, to condole the governor on the Bodija explosions.
According to the governor, as far as he was concerned, he would continue to play a positive role towards ensuring that the PDP becomes united and formidable, saying, he has been reaching out to colleague-governors to ensure that the party becomes more united.
The governor emphasised that the BoT members as the conscience of the party, should put in the work towards steering the party in the right direction,
“Regarding our party, I am proud of the role the BoT is playing. I received the letter and have responded to the letter. I did not mince words in terms of what we should be doing as a party. Unity is important and we have to unite”, he said.
Gov Makinde added, “Yes, it is normal to disagree within ourselves because what is facing me may be backing somebody else. But it is important that we seek alignment to reduce those areas of disagreement or friction, and you are already leading the charge, and I want to thank you for that”.
“I also feel few people within our party are still thinking in terms of the enormity of the challenges and errors. I want to encourage such individuals not to feel bad because we faced more than that in 2017 and 2018 in Oyo State. And today, we have PDP at the local level 100 per cent. At the state level, we have over 96 per cent because we have some opposition”.
The governor stressed further, “So, we don’t have to be discouraged. Yes, we have a lot of hard work to do in terms of appealing to ourselves and reaching out for unity within the party at the national level. And I want to say that I am here to play a positive role for us to be able to achieve this desired unity. I am fully committed to the great party.”
Chairman of the PDP BoT and former Senate President, Senator Wabara, commended Gov Makinde for his prompt response to the unfortunate incident and for showing his prowess as an engineer by directing that a structural integrity test be conducted on about 230 buildings in the affected area.
Emphasising that the nation must avoid a recurrence of such incidents by embarking on a thorough investigation, the PDP BoT expressed its condolences to the governor and the government of the state as well as families, who lost loved ones to the incident, as it observed a minute of silence for the departed souls.
