Prince Thomas Abi Jr|16 February 2016|9:35pm
I received the news that my party the Peoples Democratic Party, the PDP, has appointed Senator Ali Modu Sherrif as the new National Chairman with great displeasure and disappointment.
This is a man who was accused of sponsoring Boko Haram. Here is a man who is being quizzed by the EFCC for misappropriation of over N300 billion.
Where is our morality? Why appoint a man who is believed to be an extremist as National Chairman of a party that needs rebranding. A party that is in dire need of credible men/women that will repackage the party and sell the party in good light.
Honestly, I feel pained that a man like Senator Ali Modu Sherrif is the Chairman of the PDP. The PDP needs men of integrity, persons who are charismatic and ideological. People of content and character. The party needs strategists. Think tanks who are very savvy in terms of governance and leadership style.
With the new Chairman of the PDP, I am forced to say I am disappointed. I expected to see a man who is grass rooted. I expected to see a rooted member taking over the leadership of the party and not Ali Modu Sherrif.
Let me use this medium to call on the leadership of the party to have a rethink of the choice of the National Chairman. We need credible people and not Senator Ali Modu Sherrif.
Prince Thomas Abi Jr.
Is a Public Affairs Analyst and Social Commentator
