We won’t field non-performing politicians in 2015 – PDP

 

 

PDP National Chairman, Dr Bamanga Tukur
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Political office holders who failed to deliver on the promises of the Peoples Democratic Party to transform the country will not be fielded for elective positions in 2015, the PDP said on Monday.

A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, called on its members to ensure the translation of its manifesto.

The statement read in part, “As the Peoples Democratic Party turns 14 on Friday, the party wants all its members in public offices to go the extra mile in ensuring the faithful and accelerated translation of its manifesto so as to meet up with the burgeoning expectations of the people.

“The 2015 election ticket for its members would be based strongly on credible performance while non–performing appointed officials would be shown the way out as well as be blacklisted.”

Metuh said the PDP was determined to ensure its members in positions of authority perform.

Metuh recalled that the members of the National Working Committee of the party at their swearing-in in March promised to give the PDP a new direction.

He said, despite the party’s achievements so far by the party, the NWC members must concede that a lot still needed to be done.

He said, “Nigerians are asking their leaders to make personal sacrifices and self- denials and the PDP now demands it.

“Our focus on the performance chart of our members in government is a crucial pedestal to achieving our pact with the people whose mandate we have.

“This opportunity of our 14th anniversary is golden in restating the zero tolerance of great party for non-performance. It is ample for an in-house reckoning, self-assessment, a mirror unto ourselves and in restatement of our determination not to let the people down.

“Our elected and appointed officials at all levels must therefore sleep and wake up thinking of how to make our dear nation better and our party, greater.

“Our performance must continue to go beyond the ordinary expectations of national indivisibility to surmounting critical developmental challenges which we must do to par with the best in global community.

“Those who have been lukewarm; those on the borders of average must wake to the reality that the re-awakened destiny of our party, the pact which gave us mass appeal, is leaving them behind. The choice is to shape in or ship out.”