By Eustace Okere, Abuja.
The Egbu declaration of 2021 which is summed up in the coinage, "mmegbu adighi mma", no doubt reverberates the call for equity, justice and fairness for all, especially in the Imo polity. This no doubt, is the reason for the sharp cracks and disaffections that have ravaged the Nigerian politics.
With the above mantra, the three senatorial districts within the Imo political space are brought to the consciousness of allowing equity and inclusiveness to thrive in the different political parties; of which the pendulum swings in the interest of Owerri zone.
But, the question is: do those involved; I mean the champions of the mantra, allow intra-zonal or micro zoning arrangements within the party structure and give sense of belonging to all?
The above question will go a long way in addressing the cracks and sense of uninclusiveness that abound within the different political parties. The leadership of the parties must as a matter of equity and fairness meet to deliberate on how to give room for prevalence of internal democracy within the parties. All blocs within each zone must be carried along, if the "mmegbu adighi mma" mantra must have its real definition.
To call for equity means one is practicing equity. Afterall, a legal lexicon stipulates that "he who comes to equity must come with clean hands". So, for a party like PDP to champion the course of equity, it must first look inwards and address the myriad of loopholes, rancour and bitterness that is prevalent in the party, as occasioned by supposed uninclusiveness and lack of equity, justice and fairness.
While the state leadership of the different political parties deliberate on the way to accommodate all zones and give them sense of belonging, with particular focus on Owerri zone; it is also important for the Owerri zonal leadership of the parties, especially the PDP, to look inwards and expand the need to give all blocs in the zone some level of inclusiveness vis-a-vis disallowing individual dominance of the party.
Unfortunately, the Imo PDP seems to revolve around a particular individual, which negates equity, justice and fairness as well as contradict the "mmegbu adighi mma" mantra.
It is therefore pertinent for the leadership of PDP within the state to outline roadmap on how to rectify this issue, if the party must record success in the next year's guber poll.
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