By Okechukwu Onuegbu
The former member, Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon.George Ikechukwu Okoye, Monday, urged the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to consider restructuring the party to become stronger and capable of benching the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
Okoye, who was the former All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Presidential aspirant in 2003 in an interaction with newsmen in Awka, Anambra State capital, recalled that PDP is the foundation of democratic practice in Nigeria.
According to him, PDP is the only opposition party in Nigeria and must not be allowed to fizzles out because inordinate ambitions of some stakeholders.
He said that the party leadership should sit down and restructure the party for better Nigeria rather than jumping into so call New Mega Party.
"The leadership of the party is complacent,They are just rigmaroling looking for direction. A mega Party cannot work in Nigeria today,the only thing the PDP needs now is to resolve its leadership challenges " he said.
According to him, the country must not misconstrue a credible opposition to criticizing the ruling government even when it is doing well.
"If the government does the right thing commend it and criticize it when it does the wrong thing. We have a president today in Nigeria and I don't think Bola Ahmed Tinubu is bad. I am impressed by his performance so far,but PDP can provide a better alternative.
"The problem with PDP is credible leadership and once there is a credible leadership every other things will fall in place. PDP must democratize the process of who become its leaders. Why can't the leadership emerge through a normal process that is accepted to all. The PDP should work on its internal democracy and come out with a credible leadership" he said.