With APC’s mistakes, 2019 open for PDP to grab, says Ciroma

For former Minister of Finance, Adamu Ciroma, 2019 is open for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to grab.

According to him, the continuous mistakes by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which now appears numerous, means that PDP will have an easy win in the 2019 elections if it should put its house in order.

Ciroma who said this on Monday when he received members of the PDP Board of Trustee (BoT) led by its chairman, Senator Jibrin Walid in Abuja, added that the party did not lose the 2015 presidential elections.

He said present political reality shows that the PDP is dominating political discuss in Nigeria not minding it is an opposition.

“Just before the last elections and when we saw the trend of events, I warned members of the PDP to prepare themselves for whatever eventuality that may come. Today, PDP didn’t lose and APC didn’t win because APC has a lot to do.

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“When you talk about politics, you talk about PDP. When you talk of politics, people talk about PDP as if APC does not exist. So far, APC is not playing the right role‎, ’’ Ciroma said.

Noting that there are always those who go into politics with clandestine reasons, he called on PDP members to have positive mind-set that is centred on the interest of the country in their political aspiration.

According to a NAN report, Ciroma said, “Politics will always be there, there must be good and bad people who’ll participate in it. Everybody who participates in politics does so for good cause and that good cause is of the interest and political stability of all Nigerians.

“There will not be one party; there will always be more than one political party or the others. I insist that people must play the rightful role in politics and that role is to promote the interest of the poor masses.

“Anybody can make a mistake. The beauty of it is that every party that has a chance to rule has the chance to make mistakes. APC will make a lot of mistakes and the PDP must be ready to put things right and all of you must be ready to contribute, participate and get involved for the interests of ordinary Nigerians.’’