Oyegun welcomes Mega party with open arms, says PDP gradually dying

Following talks of the emergence of a Mega party ahead 2019 general election, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said his party will welcome the much talked about mega party to help it seat up.

Declaring that APC is in no way threatened by the emergence of a mega party, Oyegun said his party will even like the birth of a party that can “make us sit up and be on our toes in terms of the delivery of services to our people,” especially with the gradual collapse of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Oyegun who stated this in an interaction with newsmen in Benin City on Tuesday, meanwhile absolved former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the National Leader of the APC, Senator Bola Tinubu of their supposed involvement in the formation of the new party.

He disclosed that he had met with some of the leaders of the APC like the leadership of the National Assembly, the former vice-president and “We are also waiting for the arrival of Tinubu so we can also meet with him and have meaningful discussions because he is a well-respected leader of this party.”

The APC National Chairman said, “We do not feel threatened at all, no mega party will survive the APC. I don’t know where the name mega party suddenly came from in the lexicon of politics in this country.

Read also: PDP says APC has devilish mindset for denying it criticized Pastor Adeboye

“When two people gather to have a meeting it is a ‘mega’ meeting. We don’t feel threatened, we will in fact encourage a mega party, because with the gradual collapse of PDP, we want a party that can make us sit up and be on our toes in terms of the delivery of services to our people.

“We need a party that will challenge us, that will make democracy real, offer the people a real choice. We are not threatened at all, we are focused on our mission made difficult by the current economic situation, which of course is compounded by the collapse of oil prices.

“Nonetheless, we are reforming this country, reforming it ethically, morally and economically by building a fresh economic base which will no longer depend on an extractive industry which does not involve the people.”

 

 

RipplesNigeria ….without borders, without fears

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now