2027: We’ll dislodge APC in Kaduna – PDP chair

From Noah Ebije, Kaduna

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State chapter, has vowed it would dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 and usher in a new government for the betterment of the people.

Addressing journalists yesterday, state chairman, Edward Percy Masha, expressed confidence that it would be easy for the party to return to power because since the inception of the APC-led governments in Nigeria and  Kaduna State, life has become miserable for the people.

“The APC’s two years in office can best be described as Nigeria’s worst era, despite the humongous accruals from the subsidy removal. As Cardinal Onaiyekan rightly posited: “With the current hardship, Tinubu cannot win in a free and fair contest; the same thing applies to Kaduna State.

“The PDP under my leadership is poised to continue to hold the APC-led government in Kaduna State to account on behalf of the people of the state and to usher in a new government that will be responsive, responsible and accountable to the people of Kaduna State.

“Never again shall our party, the PDP, win the gubernatorial or any other election for that matter and be shortchanged. In 2027, it shall be the people against the APC, their one-party system attempt notwithstanding. We will mobilise the people to defend their mandate at all costs.

“Democracy in Kaduna State will prevail and the people shall have the final say. This I promise.

“On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu, in his inaugural speech, declared that the subsidy was gone. It was like a declaration of war on the well-being of Nigerians. In Kaduna State, where citizens were already grappling with worsening insecurity, hunger, unemployment and penury, the subsidy removal was like a death sentence.

“The APC’s promise of a ‘Renewed Hope’ in security, welfare, infrastructure, health, education, agriculture and economic transformation has failed to translate into meaningful or positive outcomes for the nation. Since coming on board, there has been little or no difference in the security situation inherited from the preceding APC administration,” Masha said.