David Mark calls for Restructuring of PDP into Strong Opposition
The President of Senate ,David Mark, has urged devout members of the Peoples Democratic Party to move on from the failure at the last elections and prepare to build a strong opposition against the All Progressives Congress.
The senate president, at a meeting with other PDP Senators and House of Representatives members -elect in Abuja, said:
“We must accept the ups and downs as an opposition party. That is what the PDP is now. We must remain a united family and face the reality.
“The not too impressive showing of the PDP in the last elections may, in the long term, be a blessing to the party and the nation. We are going back to the drawing board to do a critical review and fashion out a blue print that would get us out of the woods for good.
“The role of opposition is strange to us but it is not a death sentence. We should be ready for the challenges. We are prepared to play a credible opposition. I believe the nation and indeed Nigerians will be the best for it.”
Mark, however, stated that the bickering within and among party faithful, all trading blame over the poor showing at the polls, should stop.
He said, “There is no need weeping over lost opportunities or mistakes of yesterday. The failure of yesterday should be our lesson for a better today and a triumphant future.”