{"id":74644,"date":"2025-08-31T19:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74644"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:15:36","slug":"pdp-still-relevant-for-nigerias-future-says-bot-member-bakene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/31\/pdp-still-relevant-for-nigerias-future-says-bot-member-bakene\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Still Relevant for Nigeria\u2019s Future, Says BoT Member Bakene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees, Fasiu Bakene, on Sunday said Nigerians need the party\u2019s return to power to address current economic hardship, insecurity, and electoral challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Bakene, a PDP chieftain in Ogun State, urged members to unite ahead of the 2027 general elections, stressing that the party remains the most viable and people-oriented platform in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the PDP\u2019s mechanism for resolving internal disputes, noting it has kept the party strong since its official inauguration on August 31, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that PDP governments at local, state, and national levels had brought relief to citizens and enhanced Nigeria\u2019s global image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than any other party, the PDP has the best mechanism for resolving internal disputes, apart from being a people-oriented party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bakene also appreciated the contributions of the party\u2019s founding fathers, governors, national<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda &nbsp; A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees, Fasiu Bakene, on Sunday said Nigerians need the party\u2019s return to power to address current economic hardship, insecurity, and electoral challenges. Bakene, a PDP chieftain in Ogun State, urged members to unite ahead of the 2027 general elections, stressing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74646,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74644\/revisions\/74646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}