By Ojomah Austin.
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Teejay Yusuf has said the major opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP can never go into extinction because of its solid foundation.
Hon Yusuf disclosed this in a chat with journalists at the weekend when he reacted to insinuations in some quarters that the manner the party is being operated it may soon go into oblivion.
The Kogi born politician and real estate magnate declared that: “I disagree with that. A party with 13 governors cannot be going to extinction.
“APP, that joined to form APC, had only one governor at that time. CPC had only one and this one; a party with 13?
“The ambition of those governors is enough to keep the party, their ambition alone. They will want to re-contest now. Or let’s assume six left, remain seven; seven governors?
“So when people say, yes, we are not taking our rightful place. The last election to me, we threw it away.
“I believe 2019 that we won, that we were robbed. But this last one, we bungled it.
“So until we come back to the drawing board, teach ethics and what have you, and lead by example. It should not be that today because it suits you, this is good, tomorrow it doesn’t suit us, it is not good.
“If we say it should be the turn of the North in 2015, it should be the turn of the South in 2023. That’s what it should be.
“So our children should not just hear what you say, they should see what we do, so as to imbibe those cultures and those values, and know that these are no go area.
“So when we evolve that’s my suggestion, after those things, you can now be focusing on wherever you come from, your capacity, if you are the best man, if you want to do 100 years, do it.
“But we are not there yet. We are deceiving ourselves if you say we are there. We are so divided by where you come from. That’s where we are, for now.