WHY KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN SHOULD BECOME PDP NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY

The opposition status conferred on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over two years ago necessitated a change in media approach and strategy. At a time when the party is at its lowest ebb & struggling with a protracted battle for its soul the people who love it cannot afford to get this decision wrong.

Being an opposition spokesperson requires an eye for detail, a memory that recalls forgotten details and promises as well as a mind that can see connections between events before they appear and thus become a political prophet, making his statements look like predictions of what is to come. It also requires an ability to work through third party perspective to highlight what a partisan spokesperson can not. I have no doubt in my mind that #KolaOlogbondiyan fits this bill most perfectly and I urge everyone who believes in our cause to support him in any way they can.

Over the next four (4) years, the person who gets elected as NPS will be the face of the party. At a time when the image of the party is in tatters because of allegations of corruption, real /or false; when the story of the party is not being told in the manner it should; when the deluge of lies & propaganda from the ruling party refuses to stop; the party cannot afford to make the costly decision of electing the wrong person as NPS.

Any PDP chairman who works with Kola OLOGBONDIYAN will be our luckiest in history – Kola knows how to adapt his journalistic style to anybody he works with. Right now, our opposition needs a publicity secretary who understands the art and science of opposition, a professional and one who knows how to sell his own party. We also need a man who can carry a team along and ensure that every voice of the opposition speaks from the same political playbook.

This is because whoever emerges as NPS of the party bears the responsibility of not only representing the party but also of aggregating facts, the many stories of the party, its many voices and making them speak as one, making them tell one story.

A lot of people have made these contests about the individuals and say things like maturity, experience & so on. But not many people have addressed the fundamental issue. This election is not about the voices or persons of any of the contestants. It is about who can position the voice of the party & make it louder than all these individual voices.

This is why I support Kola Ologbondiyan;
1) He is experienced, mature and has a network among the political and media class

2) Served as a Special Adviser, Media & Publicity to the  6th & 7th President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, between 2007- 2015, a responsibility he discharged creditably.

3) His journalism journey of 25 years which cruised through news reporting to the image and perception manager of the number three citizen for eight uninterrupted years has placed him in the best stead to manage and project the corporate image of our great party, the PDP.

4) He is endowed with a huge capacity to deliver on rebranding our party

5) He can swing narratives to suit the mindset of Nigerians

6) He is at home with the traditional and social Media

It is for this reason I have decided to support him. He is the best bet for this job from the contestants. This is what PDP party deserves – a new way of doing things. I really hope he gets the support he requires to win this as a professional with the right experience.

-Olayinka Samuel writes from Abuja

PDP National Convention: NPS Aspirant, Bar. Usman Kabiru fingered in misappropriation of PDP Campaign funds

A former Director of Publicity of the PDP Wada/Awoniyi campaign Organisation,  Bar. Usman Kabiru has been fingered in misappropriation of funds meant for the success of the party in the 2015 gubernatorial election

The Barrister who was in charge of publicity during the campaign was alleged to have made away with  and diverted into his personal pocket large amount of campaign funds which led to the loss of the election to the ruling party APC.

The lid on the misappropriation of the fund was blown open by a group PDP new media experts who participated in the Governorship election campaign, they narrated how the Barrister disappeared with over N3M meant for them during the campaign. We are sending warning signal to the NEC members of the party and the upcoming National Convention Committee to be careful of characters allowed to participate in the party Convention. We have also concluded plans to write the party officially on this matter.

To avoid dragging the party into another round of election defeat, proper screening of aspirants must be done to stop questionable characters like that of Bar. Usman Kabiru from plunging the party who is yet to recover from defeat hangover into another financial mess, the group said.

The Barrister is a fraudster who diverted campaign funds to himself during the Wada/Awoniyi Gubernatorial election campaign in Kogi state therefore immensely  contributed to the defeat suffered by the party in the state.
This is the same man who wants to be our party National Publicity Secretary, no way, PDP will be doing a great disservice to Nigerians if such character is allowed to run for any office at all.

The barrister has some people working with him to disburse the funds but he and some principal officers in the campaign office are alleged to have cornered a substantial part of the fund running into millions of naira which led to the defeat suffered by the party in the November 2015 gubernatorial election.

Aunt Ngozi and Uncle Chukwuma are Fighting

Uncle Chukwuma Soludo who is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Aunt Ngozi Okonjo Iweala have decided to lock horns over the terrible and scaring dwindling turn Nigeria's economy has taken alongside the naira.

Uncle Chukwuma had alleged that over N30trillion had been stolen from the coffers of the Nigerian Government under the watch of the Minister of Finance, Aunt Ngozi

he also said that the nation is in for a very turbulent time this year because the economy had been grossly mismanaged under our dear Aunt Ngozi and Daddy GEJ