Peter Obi has tasked Nigerians to be committed to building law-abiding political parties.
Mr Obi stated this in his remarks at the public presentation of two books, ‘The Bubbles of Nigeria’s Democracy: The Musings of a Nigerian Journalist’ and ‘Wadata Wonders: Memoirs of a Partisan Journalist’.
The books were authored by veteran journalist Ike Abonyi.
Mr Obi, while urging Nigerians to remain committed to building a new Nigeria, advised citizens, especially journalists with a deep knowledge of Nigerian politics, to write more so that people can read and understand the nature of Nigeria’s political space.
“We are working hard to build that new Nigeria where we are going to have political parties that will outlive us, that are organised, that will be bigger than the government. Because, as it is narrated here, we now have a situation where those of us who are opportune to be in government have helped to ruin the parties.
“Let’s hope that one day, we will have parties that are bigger than government, that will run the way parties are run in other nations of the world, and will be law-abiding. I thank those who are writing and let us remain committed to building that new Nigeria,’’ he said.
Former PDP national chairman Uche Secondus reiterated the need for Nigeria to have a proper democratic political system, where people stay to build their parties.
Mr Secondus said, “I believe that until we establish a proper democratic political party system where people will stay 30 years, 40 years, 50 years, as the case may be, build, reconstruct, then the country will be in for it.
“And of course, we will leave something for the generation to live. But as of today, we have nothing. We are just a country trying, in the wilderness, to look for where we can settle.”
Secondus noted that the challenges in Nigeria were so enormous that no single person, unless the citizens collectively come together, can resolve them.
(NAN)
