Leadership (Abuja)
Chuks Ohuegbe
5 October 2008
National chairman of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has clarified his stand that the party will rule Nigeria for sixty years, saying only the implementation of sound economic policies would guarantee it.
His words: "When we implement useful economic policies and programmes that positively impact the lives of Nigerians, then Nigerians will continue to vote PDP for at least the next sixty years."
The national chairman, who spoke in Yola, the capital of Adamawa while flagging-off a two-day nationwide local government training course organised by the Peoples Democratic Institute (PDI), noted that with knowledge and information, the party's functionaries in government would be better grounded to serve the country more productively.
Shortly after coming into office in March this year, Ogbulafor had declared that the PDP would rule Nigeria sixty years. He also said he did not mind if Nigeria became a one-party state.
On the two-day training course, Ogbulafor said: "This two-day training course will be focusing a lot of attention on the role of our local governments, in achieving Mr. president's seven-point agenda. The millennium development goals and the PDP irreducible minimum Objectives."
Meanwhile, the National Disciplinary Committee of the party headed by the deputy national chairman, Dr. Bello Haliro Mohammed, will be inaugurated on Tuesday.
Other members of the eight-member committee include, Chief Abu King Shuluwa, Chief Wike Nyeson; Hon. Olusola Oke; Chief Tony Ezebuiro, Hajiya Zainab Dari; Barr. Shuaibu Shehu and Musa Babayo, who will serve as the secretary.
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