Chief Uche Secondus, said that the party had resolved that its
presidential candidate for the 2019 general elections would come from
the North.
He also said the former ruling party would not repeat
the "mistakes" it made in 2015 again. Secondus stated this in Abuja on
Wednesday while receiving the report of the PDP Post-Election Review
Committee.
The committee was chaired by the Deputy President
of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Secondus, who said that the
report of the committee would be implemented, however, added that it
would be sent to all the caucuses of the party for approval.
He said, "We, members of the party and the National
Working Committee, have resolved that our presidential candidate for
the 2019 presidential
election would come from the North.
"We won't make the mistakes we made in the past.
We are going to move the party forward and all our
members should know that we have resolved to
respect the constitution of the party.
"We would also abide by zoning and all organs of the
party would be carried along in deciding or debating
the reports of this committee."
Secondus also called on members of the ruling party
and its leadership, the All Progressives Congress, to
take the nation's interest into their hearts. Presenting the reports
of the committee, Ekweremadu urged the party to implement its
recommendations.
He said it would be wrong for the party to dump the
reports as it was done to other reports submitted to
the party in the past.
He said, "This is not the first time our party has set
up a committee; and this is not the first time it will be
receiving a report of this magnitude.
"The problem, which is also one of the cardinal
reasons we found ourselves in this sad state, is that
virtually all the reports- great ideas, stringent efforts
and sacrifices by our party men and women – were
never implemented, but rather abandoned to gather
dust.
"Among many key recommendations, the committee
proposed a nationwide biometric membership
registration to align the party records with modern
technology and further boost the integrity of our
membership records as a precursor to other reforms
we have recommended."
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