The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) leadership in Akwa Ibom has been tasked with putting its house in right in order to win the general elections in 2023 by Mr. James Iniama, a previous governorship candidate for the PDP in the state.
In response to inquiries from reporters in Uyo, Iniama voiced disappointment that the party had not been able to appease enraged members months after the state's primary elections.
He claimed that his party should have used this opportunity to reassure supporters of its commitment to considering all viewpoints, particularly as the general elections for 2023 draw near.
“I had expected that the reconciliation committee would be the beginning process of re-engineering the structure of the PDP and the state.
“I had thought so. We are drawing closer to the election and I haven’t seen our party engage in any activity that will reassure the people of Akwa Ibom State that they do not need to fret or worry in spite of what the other political parties are doing but so far, I haven’t seen us take advantage of that reconciliatory initiative.
“Yes, the reconciliation committee is made up of eminent Akwa Ibom persons. We had that meeting. But I want to talk, not as a politician, but as a Christian politician I would say that we haven’t yet been reconciled. But then my attitude is that I do not live with grudges.
“When you set up reconciliation, it means that you accept that there were warring parties. There were feuding parties, so you bring the parties together. You have the parties talk to the people who came to hear them, now referred to as the reconciliation committee.
“The parties will talk, the two parties will talk, you will take the issues and you’ll try to resolve the issues before them.
“But, on that day, committee listened to only the aspirants and nothing more has happened.
“That is why I say we are not yet reconciled because we didn’t leave with anything definite. So that’s what it is. We didn’t go away with anything. They just listened to us and that was that,” he stressed.