The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, on Friday, lamented that Nigeria’s democracy is currently facing serious threats but however, assured that the PDP is prepared to rescue the nation.
Damagum who was speaking in a brief interview with journalists shortly after arriving at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi, accompanying Governor Bala Mohammed, said that some of the challenges Nigeria’s democracy is witnessing range from governance failures to insecurity and economic hardship.
He said that these challenges require urgent political intervention to tackle which, the PDP, being a major opposition party with national spread, is positioned to do and ready to restore confidence in democratic institutions and to protect the will of the people.
“We’re doing everything possible to make sure democracy is sustained. It is our responsibility to weather the storm so that people will express their views. We’re doing everything possible to make this party great again and to also sure to people that Nigeria belongs to all.
“Nigerians should be vigilant. And like I said, democracy is under threat and Nigeria belongs to all; nobody is above anybody. We have come to the time when we should tell ourselves the bitter truth,” he said.
On the party’s National Convention, he said that preparations were ongoing, despite recent plans by “detractors” to stop the process, which he described as a defining moment for the PDP and for Nigeria’s political future., from holding.
He appealed to Nigerians to rally round the party, support its ideals, and unite towards reclaiming the country from what he described as misgovernance.
He emphasized that the PDP remains committed to accountability, economic revival, and citizens’ welfare, calling on stakeholders to remain steadfast.
Preparations for the convention are in top gear. We had a hitch which was initiated by detractors but with God’s grace, we just had a lee way and we’re going ahead with our convention, no going back.
Armstrong Bakam
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