By Myke Uzendu
National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider the people and put the fear of God while crafting and executing government policies.
Secondus also called on the President and the APC to realise that the primary responsibility of any government is the welfare and security of its citizens. He asked them to desist from punishing and inflicting hardship on the citizens but work to make life pleasurable to the people.
The PDP National Chairman made the disclosure during a religious programme organised by the party, entitled: “Super Praise in Acknowledgement of God’s Faithfulness to PDP”. He urged the President Buhari to always be humble and listen to the heartbeat of the people.
Secondus who based his admonitions on the recent increases in electricity tariff and petroleum pump price said, “I call upon the president to be humble and have the fear of God in the management of the affairs of the country. People are suffering. Be humble; let your government have human face. You are president to address the sufferings of Nigerians, alleviate the sufferings and not add to the plights of the people that you are elected to govern.
“Power is ephemeral, it doesn’t last for ever. I ask why leaders are so arrogant, whether it is the APC or the PDP, political office is ephemeral. It does not last for ever. We (PDP) have been there. PDP lost power in 2015. We should bear in mind that a political party or a president is not God.
“Where is the almighty Gen. Sani Abacha today? Where is Saddam Hussein? Where is the so called strongman of Libya, Mamman Gaddafi? These are lessons that power is ephemeral and don’t last for ever. We should be humble and have the fear of God in whatever we do. People are suffering. Governance should not be seen as a means to inflict hardship on the people through government policies. Government must have human face.”
He said that the essence of leadership is to ensure that every government must not subject the people to untold hardship.
“For everything, we must account for our deeds on earth on individual basis, not as a party. Only you will stand before God to account for your actions, for what you have done and what you fail to do.”
He said that the only thing in this world that is permanent is man’s relationship with God, adding that: “We must be called to account for our lives on earth.”
Secondus recalled when he on belhaf of PDP apologised to Nigerians on the mistakes of the PDP, explaining that he did so because PDP as a party is managed by mortal beings subject to mistakes.
“Some people were not happy for the apology I tendered on behalf of the party, but I say to you, a party is not God. We as members are human and therefore subject to mistakes.
“The good thing in life is when you make a mistake; the lesson is that you don’t repeat such a mistake. The PDP as a party has learnt its lessons and by the grace of God, when we come to power, such mistakes will not be repeated. This is the essence of my apology to Nigerians on a live telecast that we are not above mistakes,” he said.
The programme was attended by PDP leaders, several servants of God, including Pastors Josephine Ejeh, Emma Amaka and Rev. Irueke.
