Dr. Umar Mantu, a House of Representatives
aspirant in Plateau, has commended PDP
National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, for
“repackaging PDP into a portent political force’’.
Mantu, son of former deputy senate president
Ibrahim Mantu, who is seeking to represent
Mangu/Bokkos Federal Constituency, spoke on
Monday in Bokkos, in an interactive session with
PDP stakeholders in the constituency.
“Not long ago, the PDP was virtually written off
by political analysts, but the situation has
changed dramatically.
“Now, the PDP is a portent political force courted
by many and envied by rival political groups.
“Few months ago, all we heard were people
defecting from the party to other political parties.
Now, everyone is rushing into the PDP. It has
turned into our modern Noah’s ark.
“The PDP has attracted new members and
regained the old ones that left. It has regained
the leadership of the National Assembly with
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker
Tanimu Dogara back to the fold.
“We started this year as an opposition party, but
we now lead the legislative arm of government
and the rival APC has been reduced to the
opposition party.
“Secondus has done so much for the party. He
has re-positioned the PDP into a popular brand
cherished by everyone. In fact, even PDP’s rivals
admire and envy his leadership style,’’ Mantu, a
32-year-old lawyer, said.
Mantu particularly lauded the PDP national and
state leaderships for learning from its past
mistakes and resolving to make every member a
stakeholder.
“Those defecting to the PDP had many options.
There are close to 100 other options, but the
defectors chose to troop to PDP because of the
way its affairs are being steered,’’ he said.
The aspirant particularly commended the PDP
leadership for remaining firm and standing by its
promise to be fair to everyone.
He also commended the PDP leadership for
respecting people’s wishes and carrying everyone
along in decision making processes, saying that
the impunity that brought the party to its knees in
2015, was no longer the trend.
On his aspiration, Mantu said that he was
consulting with stakeholders toward picking the
PDP ticket in the primary election, and expressed
confidence that winning the secondary election
would be “much easier’’.
“I have met with the delegates that will determine
my fate in the primary election and they have
promised to vote for me. I have no reason to
doubt them,’’ he said.
The aspirant also commended the national and
state leaderships of the party for accommodating
the interests of the youth and women, and
encouraging them to vie for elective posts.
“The PDP offers free nomination forms to women
seeking elective positions and strives to
encourage them to vie for its tickets. I see this
as a very positive development,’’ he said.
Mantu urged women and the youth to take full
advantage of such opportunities to pursue their
ambitions so as to contribute to societal growth,
and cautioned them against allowing anyone to
intimidate them.






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Potent indeed !