Otunba Segun Adewale, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says the party has chosen consensus arrangement to produce PDP ward executives in Alimosho Local Government Area.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the main opposition party is conducting its nationwide ward congress on Saturday to produce new set of leaders to steering the affairs of the party at the grassroots.
Adewale, a former Chairman and Senatorial Candidate of the party popularly known as Aeroland, told NAN that the choice of consensus was to harmonise the party and engender peace.
According to him, the party is leaving no stone unturned to end all acrimony and infighting which has cost the party so much in the state.
He said: “We are trying to harmonise, we don’t want to go to the field. We want to see how we can all resolve and come together because if we go to the field, there may be fracas.
“We are trying to work together for us to get a united party. We are trying to harmonise all things. We want to use consensus to produce leaders in all the 11 wards.”
He said that consensus had also been adopted in most of the local government areas in the state to strengthen the unity of the party.
“I want to counsel every party leader and member to work together because we have been loosing elections.
“If one group dominates the congress and produce executives, the other group will refuse to work for the group that dominates.
“Now, we are saying that let us share it evenly,” he added.
Also speaking, Elder Saturday Akioya, the PDP Chairman in Alimosho LGA, told NAN that the party was looking for a united PDP that would win elections and take over governance in the state.
According to him, another reason for holding the 11 ward congresses at the LGA headquarters was to minimise expenses.
“Today, all our leaders and members across the 11 wards in the council are here at the headquarters to minimise the expenses.
“We have produced our ward executives through consensus,” Akioya said.
He advised the party faithful to continue to work together.
He said: “United we stand, divided we fall. The unity of our party is sacrosanct.”
The party leader, who commended all those that aspired for one position or the other, said that work had just started to make the party great in the state.
“One day, PDP will take over the affairs of the state for the good of the mass majority of residents,” Akioya added.
