President Goodluck Jonathan has inaugurated post-election review committee to access the reason for the failure of the party in the elections.
The President also ordered a cease fire among all warring members of the party, he told them to sheath their swords.
While giving details of the meeting with the president, the National Secretary of the PDP, Prof. Adewale Oladipo, who inaugurated the committee on behalf of the national chairman said “Let me use this opportunity to relay President Jonathan’s message to all PDP leaders and members. He has given definite instruction that all acts of unwarranted attacks and counter-attacks on members and leadership of the party should stop immediately.”
Oladipo said the committee has three weeks to submit its report, he said the objectives of the committee are “To identify the remote and immediate causes of the relatively poor performance of the PDP in the 2015 general election.
“To trace the origin and process of the seeming decline of the party in its electoral performance.
“To take a critical look at the preparations and build-up of the PDP to the general election and determine its adequacies and lapses.
“To review and determine the adequacy of the structures for the 2015 general elections and how those structures functioned “To ascertain the degree of anti-party activities, compromises and outright sabotage that may have contributed to the misfortunes of our party at the elections.
“To look at the funding of the elections to determine whether or not the funds meant for the campaigns were adequate and whether disbursements were properly done.
“To identify different groups in the party which were to play critical roles before and during the elections, and determine the effectiveness or otherwise;
“To determine any other matter that may be considered necessary in the interest of the party.
“To propose a road map for the party to recover its past glory and definitely win the general elections in 2019.”
In his acceptance speech, the Chairman of the PDP Post Election Review Committee, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, also said “Let me empathise with party faithful across the country over what has been generally accepted as the poorest outing of the PDP in any general election since its birth in 1998.
“Our pains and disappointments are well founded, especially given the enormous hopes and prospects the party holds as a pan-Nigerian movement for social, economic, and political transformation. Thus, it is not a loss for the PDP only, but a loss to the great people of this country that the party lost the steering at the time it had laid a solid foundation through the transformation agenda of the present administration.”
Ekwermadu added that Nigerians must accept the fact that change is a constant thing in life, he said “Much as we are pained by the sad turn of events, we must come to terms with the fact that anger, recriminations, self-pity and blame trading will not take us even an inch away from the harsh outcomes of the 2015 general election.”
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