Vanguard (Lagos)

Nigeria: PDP Has Failed Nigerians, Says Ezeoke

By Abdulsalam Muhammad, 24 November 2009

Kano — The National Chairman of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Chief Edwin Ume Ezeoke, has attributed the crisis rocking the PDP dominated federal legislative chambers as an indication that the ruling party has failed the country.

Chief Edwin Ume Ezeoke, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic, spoke in Kano during a courtesy call on Governor Shekarau. He said the ego fight between the two chambers has exposed the country to national shame among her peers in international community.

His words: "It is pathetic and sad that despite the two-third majority of Senate and House of Representatives, the PDP has thrown the country into a political mess."

The National Chairman of the opposition party noted that "If the PDP is committed and determined to serve the country, this ugly occurrence could not have happened."

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  • Iykelondon
    Nov 25 2009, 05:14
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    Yes, PDP has failed the nation, but Umezeoke and his unserious and unfocused opposition have failed the nation more. The models of democracy round the world are what they are because of credible and vibrant opposition. Nigeria today is a one party state and that is why things have gone from bad to worse. It is possible that by the time I finish writing this, Umezeoke might have deflected to PDP.