The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has implored the National Chairman of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, to see the call for the resignation of his appointment as a call to service.
The northern youth have revealed that the national chairman of the party needs to step down to give the party a face of fairness and equity when a member of the party of Southern extraction emerges as the chairman of the party.
The National President of NYCN, Isah Abubakar, through a statement released in Kaduna on Saturday and made presented to newsmen said, “We plead with Ayu to understand the concept of justice and equity, the spirit of oneness, to be patriotic enough to save the party from losing the 2023 general elections and resign. Nigerians and the entire country will be grateful if Ayu considers resignation.”
The youths further said, “The PDP is know as a National party but with the emergency of Atiku Abubakar as the party’s flagbearer in 2023 and the continuity of Ayu chairmanship, a lot of people will see the party as a regional political party; this is a bad reputation for the party and it is unacceptable to all party faithful.”
“If this is the only thing that will maintain peace and grant the party victory in the elections, Ayu should do so for the victory of the party and interest of all Nigerians,” the statement pleaded.