PDP Needs “Credible People”, Fayose Reacts To Bala’s Chairmanship Ambition

Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed and Governor Ayodele Fayose have differed on the arrangement for the next national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In what appeared like a consultation visit on his ambition to become PDP’s national chairman, Bala had on Sunday, visited Fayose at the Governor’ s Lodge in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Governor Fayose, who spoke to journalists shortly after the meeting, said, “It is a normal thing to have ambition. It’s a good development, but in my opinion, I think the party needs the caretaker committee now rather than a substantive chairman.

“Secondly,  we need somebody who can take his time and use this interregnum and put the party into proper position. We do not need somebody, who is trying to just finish the tenure of a former leader.

“The time we are now, is quite a challenging time and it is not a time for someone to say he wants to just complete a tenure. We should allow the caretaker committee to take over and put proper elections in place for new executives of the party.

“You would recall that I told Muazu he had to go and he’s gone now.

“This time we must entrust the party into the hands of credible people who would not use it to redeem their name or for personal gains.

“So, to me, there isn’t  much that a substantive chairman can do in just five months now.

“And I advise that everyone should go back to his base and do the needful at the grassroots. You can even be a leader without followership.”

“ What I also wish to say again is that for me, it is the turn of the Souh-West to be the national chairman of the party

The South-west and the South-South have had their turns and of course he next presidential candidate of the party would be from the north. So I believe it is the turn of the South-West to have the national chairman. We have to allow the north in the party to begin to search for a credible presidential  candidate for the party, “ he said.

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