Says no room for godfatherism

By Henry Umoru, Abuja
AHEAD of 2015 general elections, national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP disclosed yesterday that it has concluded plans to move for  30 percent affirmation for youths in elective positions, just as it stressed that there was no room for Godfatherism to seek for  any position.

Speaking during an interface session with a group of young intellectuals under the aegis of “ Rethink Nigeria “ in Abuja, PDP National Youth Leader, Abdullahi MaiBasira who  noted that the PDP does not in any way stand for Godfatherism within the ambit of the constitution, however urged the youths to prepare themselves for elective positions ahead of 2015.

According to him, the youths must first identify with the PDP as a platform for realising their political aspirations, adding that there was a conscious effort by the present National Working Committee, NWC to change the issue of gerontocracy as seen in the change of a youth leader who was old to a very young person.