THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Bamanga Tukur has vowed to turn around the story of the ruling party through the 12-point agenda of action which he recently submitted to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party.

Tukur said the carefully drawn agenda for transforming the PDP and Nigeria would be operated religiously with stakeholders of the party playing major roles, such that the effect of the agenda would be felt across Nigeria, Africa and the rest of the world just within a 12-month calendar period.

The Tafidan Adamawa made this known in his Abuja residence when some leaders of the party paid him a visit, just as he disclosed that the era of party supremacy was back in PDP. He stressed that all elected members of the party would henceforth be upholding the programmes and manifestoes of the party in national interest.

The 12-point agenda, according to the PDP chairman, would rest on a three-prong categorisation, which included Triple-R, Triple-E and Triple-D. According to him, it would offer a road map in solving the problems including terrorism, energy crisis, insecurity and the problem of corruption.

Tukur told his guests that the Triple-R agenda would start with a genuine reconciliation process for members to embrace the party and its programmes while aggrieved members would be made to have a sense of belonging. The reformation of the party and a process of total rebuilding based on equity and justice would also hold paramount in the overall agenda, according to him.

The Triple-E agenda, Tukur said centered on Energy, Environmental Sustainability/Food Security and Education. He said PDP would launch series of programmes with laudable inputs from the federal and state governments under its control.

The PDP, he said, would encourage foreign experts to assist Nigeria in tackling the climate change challenges, a reason he said the party would henceforth send representatives to global events on climate change in order to be abreast of new ideas being developed to address the problem.

He emphasised the need to enhance Nigeria’s education system in line with the federal government policies, stressing that the ruling party would not rest on its oars in raising ideas towards improving and advancing on the education system, especially in all educationally disadvantaged states of the federation.

He expressed support for the initiative by President Goodluck Jonathan on the Almajiri system of education. He said the PDP would be willing to propagate the system by encouraging the northern governors to key into it as panacea for ending the problem of poverty, illiteracy and ignorance in the northern region.

The PDP, according to the chairman, had been concerned with the problem of energy supply in Nigeria and had been exploring all avenues towards improving on the problem very rapidly before the end of 2015, noting that food security in the country would be enhanced with steady supply of electricity.

Tukur said the Triple-D agenda centered on Defence, Diplomacy and Dialogue, disclosing that the ground work he had made on the agenda, had convinced him that the endemic problem of insecurity and scanty foreign investments in Nigeria would soon become a thing of the past.

He said the PDP would no longer wait for agencies of government to fashion out agenda for ending the problem of terrorism in the country, but would rather stand on its feet in making strong inputs aimed at addressing the problem, emphasising also on using diplomacy and right logistics for that purpose.

Also, the president of the African Business Roundtable and chairman NEPAD Business Group said sufficient papers and policy initiatives had been baked in Nigeria for addressing the myriad of problems confronting the country, noting that the PDP would tap from such in its desire to put Nigeria on the path of sustainable progress and development like never before.

He called on all members of the party not only to support the new drive by PDP, to re-launch and take the lead in addressing the immediate challenges facing Nigeria, but also to make more suggestions aimed at making the party achieve its desires.
http://tribune.com.ng/sun/news/8046-bamanga-tukur-unfolds-12-point-agenda-for-pdp

Positive change in the PDP.

Another criminal, like father like son

J12: Positive change in the PDP.

yeah, we know how the last n point agenda went