{"id":127375,"date":"2024-08-09T12:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:34:28","slug":"ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george","title":{"rendered":"Ambition tearing PDP apart \u2013 Bode George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Deputy Chairman, Chief Olabode George, has said that personal ambition is tearing the party apart.<\/p>\n<p>George said the development constitutes an obstacle to genuine reconciliation, stressing that the crisis may persist due to the ambition of certain chieftains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElders of the party have to come into the room to resolve the personalized ambitions of people. That is what is killing our party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the retired Commodore, the founding fathers of PDP, led by the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, put ethnicity and religion aside while laying its foundation.<\/p>\n<p>George recalled that by dividing Nigeria into six zones and distributing the top six positions in the country among them, the party fostered inclusion and a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed fear that holding on to personal ambition may create problems of marginalization and exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>George, who also reflected on the state of the nation, urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to restructure the country to foster true federalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. An erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Deputy Chairman, Chief Olabode George, has said that personal ambition is tearing the party apart. George said the development constitutes an obstacle to genuine reconciliation, stressing that the crisis may persist due to the ambition of certain chieftains. \u201cElders of the party have to come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":127374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1194,254,65],"class_list":["post-127375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bode-george","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ambition tearing PDP apart \u2013 Bode George - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Deputy Chairman, Chief Olabode George, has said that personal ambit ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ambition tearing PDP apart \u2013 Bode George\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Deputy Chairman, Chief Olabode George, has said that personal ambit ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-09T11:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-09T12:34:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723190635.426642.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"717\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ambition tearing PDP apart \u2013 Bode George\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-09T11:24:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-09T12:34:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/08\/sm_1723190635.426642.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bode George\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ambition-tearing-pdp-apart-bode-george\",\"name\":\"Ambition tearing PDP apart \u2013 Bode George - 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