The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have tendered a national apology to Nigerians for past failures as a major step to win back the hearts of the people.
In order to regain the confidence of the people, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, apologised to Nigerians for failing to meet their expectations during its 16 years in power, Nigerian Tribune reports.
The party has kick-started series of initiatives to bring it back to reckoning after losing power to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last general election. Towards this end, it is organising a national conference in Abuja on Thursday which would involve its founding fathers to analyse its mistakes and plan the way forward.
Chairman of the National Conference Committee of the party, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, gave the apology on behalf of the party during a press conference in Abuja.
He said: "Now, you ask us what are we apologising for. You must have seen Ekweremadu's report and that report was very explicit.
"The report acknowledged the fact that the party made a lot of strides during the last 16 years and also there was no internal democracy, there was impunity within the party and there was no level playing ground for members of the party, zoning principles of the party were abandoned and a gamut of all other issues, which will come out during the conference.
"For all these and the people who have been offended, for people whose toes were stepped upon, we tender our unreserved apology."