Governor Sanwo-Olu Is Wrong To Ban Okada Without Alternatives – PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Lagos State Government to adopt alternative measures to reduce the suffering of Lagosians after the recent ban on commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in the state.

PDP, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiya, said the welfare of Lagosians should be the main focus of governance.

According to Kola, the interest and well-being of the people must be considered if everything is to go smoothly.

He added that alternatives should’ve been in place before the ban became active, and such attitude to act regardless shows the difference between the ruling party and PDP.

His words, “The PDP, therefore, counsels the government of Lagos state to immediately adopt alternatives to ease the suffering of the people as their welfare ought to be its primary focus of governance.”

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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is a major contemporary political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every Presidential election between 1999 and 2011, and was until the 2015 elections, the governing party in the Fourth Republic although in some cases, amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. Currently, PDP controls 15 states out of 36 states in Nigeria.

In 1998 the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in Jos, Plateau State, North Central Nigeria norminated former military leader Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been released from detention as political prisoner as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with Atiku Abubakar (Governor-Elect of Adamawa State and a former leading member of the Social Democratic Party) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May, 1999.

The longtime slogan of the People’s Democratic Party has been “Power to the people”. During the party’s National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 21 May 2016, David Mark, a former President of the Senate of Nigeria, introduced “Change the change” as the party’s campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections.

In the 2019 elections, former vice president Atiku Abubakar and PDP presidential candidadate and his party rejected the outcome of the elections as INEC was yet to conclude the process and make an official pronouncement. On the 25th of February, PDP National Party Chair, Prince Uche Secondus alleged that the result as announced by INEC were incorrect.