APC carpets Jonathan over youth neglect

 

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
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Interim Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, Mr. Tiwe  Orunimighe, said President Goodluck Jonathan had failed the youths of the country.

Orunimighe said this during the inauguration of the interim leadership of the party in Yenagoa on Thursday.

He told the youths that President Jonathan, though from the Niger Delta region, had failed to guarantee their future.

He said politics should be devoid of ethnic sentiments, urging the people to forego tribal politics and identify with positive change.

“They have always said our son is the President. Yes, we agree. But you and l know that as youths, you don’t have a future,” he said.

He said PDP, both at the centre and in the state, had been hijacked by power people whom he said were lording it over other members of the party.

“Have you ever seen where sitting governors abandon their party to embrace the opposition? This is to tell you the level of impunity that exists in PDP,” he said.

Orunimighe said the APC with 16 states was already in control of the majority in the country, explaining that APC states boasted of population “two times the population of PDP-controlled states”.

He asked the people to secure their future by coming out in large number to register as members of the party.

“Our party has seen the future because in the nearest future, we will be going digital. As registration is going on, note that your passport is required for registration,” he said.

He added that the party would bear the cost of providing passports, adding that photographers had been deployed to take passports of willing members.

He promised that the party would provide equal opportunities for everybody to actualise their political aspirations.

“They used to say that APC is a ghost party in Bayelsa. Now you can identify the people behind the party in the state. Everybody has an opportunity to register as a member. With your membership cards you are equal to any of our party chieftains and you can contest for any position,”  Orunimighe said