APC national chairman Oyegun congratulates PDP, teaches opposition how to become a responsible party

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The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has congratulated Prince Uche Secondus, who now heads the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Secondus won the national chairmanship position of the PDP at the just concluded party convention in Abuja.

The Nation reports a press statement by Oyegun as saying he hopes that the newly-elected PDP chairman would use his experience to ensure that the PDP assumes its role as a responsible opposition party in the country.

“Our party wholeheartedly welcome opposition because we believe that democracy cannot thrive without a vibrant but responsible opposition that puts the nation first.

“This will often challenge you to balance partisan interests with overall national considerations.

“I assure the PDP national chairman of my willingness to engage him robustly in an atmosphere devoid of acrimony and rancour.

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“I believe that working together we can both elevate the language and temper of politics in our country, thereby providing the enabling environment for democracy to thrive in our country,” Odigie-Oyegun.

NAIJ.com earlier reported how the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress is already living in fear because of the former’s successful national convention.

Kola Ologbondiyan, its new national publicity secretary, said this in his first official statement and in reaction to a criticism from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“It is indeed laughable that the APC which has roundly failed in not only managing the affairs of the country but also its own internal issues would recourse to panic mode just because the PDP has succeeded in uniting its fronts by conducting of a very credible elective national convention," he said among others

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