Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has again taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress, saying the party does not have the capacity to practise internal democracy.
He maintained that it is for the lack of such capacity that has made it difficult for the ruling party to respect democratic tenets and organise its national convention.
Wike spoke during the inauguration of a road, Orogbum Crescent in the New Government Reserved Area Phase II, in Port Harcourt Local Government Area on Monday.
His media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.
The governor said he is happy to be a member of the Peoples Democratic Party because it is solid on its resolve to serve as the only available hope for Nigerians in the quest to rescue the country.
He said, “The APC has failed. Look at their crisis. It is just ordinary convention that is a problem. Ordinary convention that didn’t take us time as an opposition party. Yet you see what is happening and that’s the kind of people you want to put your hope, faith on. It can’t be possible.
“There is no internal democracy in the APC. It is only one man who decides. Mr President travelled to Kenya, came back on Saturday and ordered that this and that should happen and travelled again yesterday (Sunday).
“There is no internal democracy because they are not formed to practise democracy. They were only formed to see that they take over power and now they cannot manage it.”
The governor pointed to how his administration has consistently executed development projects that have advanced the state, and particularly restored the Garden City status of Port Harcourt, the state capital.
He challenged his critics to stop living on the pages of newspapers where they spread misinformation and castigate government policy that they do not have the facts on.
Inaugurating the project, Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, said the days are gone when politicians will ride on rhetoric and make bogus promises that they are not prepared to fulfil.
He said future political campaigns will be based on evidence of work to advance society and track record of fulfilled promises.
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