The current main opposition party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party -
PDP is being decapitated gradually. So far, President Muhammadu Buhari seem to
be doing a commendable job hounding down the corrupt PDP henchmen one after the
other, while others are jumping ship. This has resulted in the gradual decimation
of the party, making it challenging to perform the role of a viable opposition
party.
Although some party faithful believe that the party will be able
to usher in some credible leadership in the forthcoming party congresses and convention,
because the party still boasts of a good number of fairly untainted figures,
but whether they are ready to save the party is another matter.
This whole picture indicates
a disquieting future for Nigerian democracy. The danger now is that the public
image of the party is at such low ebb that it cannot successfully play the role
of a viable and credible opposition. In-fighting that caused it the election is
still denying it cohesion. In fact, the PDP brand is becoming dangerously
untrustworthy.
The party now needs men
and women who are ready and capable of making sacrifices. Men and women who are
ready for self-denial for the good of the party and the nation. But it is not a
job for PDP members alone.
The present void that is
emerging about an opposition party is a call for patriotic minds within the
different opposition camps to unite towards the path to a true democratic
culture. Instead of the maddening rush to the ruling party, it is time to
explore the building of a new opposition party that can stand and viably expose
the weaknesses of the APC central government and credible enough to offer
alternative solutions.
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