Political parties have been urged to pause their campaigns in honor of flood victims across the nation by Olabode George, a PDP chieftain.
The former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP urged his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other political parties to halt their presidential campaigns in order to follow the lead of the Labour Party and its nominee, Peter Obi.
The PDP leader reportedly made the call while speaking in an interview with Sunday Politics on Channels TV on Sunday, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
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George urged the presidential contenders to visit the states affected by the flooding calamity to express their concern for the lives lost.
He said: “If you are campaigning to win the hearts of the Nigerian people, anything that will affect their state of mind should be your major concern.”
Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president of Nigeria and PDP presidential contender, will start a tour of states with a high incidence of floods.
will start a tour of the nation’s states on Tuesday that have experienced a high number of flooding occurrences across all geopolitical zones.
According to a press release issued by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, the PDP presidential flag bearer will travel to Bayelsa State to launch the trip.
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According to one, given the stress the occurrences’ victims have experienced, visits to areas devastated by flooding have become essential.
He claimed that the excursions would allow Atiku the chance to analyze the effects of these flooding disasters firsthand and would offer him a real opportunity to include those ecological issues in his policy documents.
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