PDP Will Come Out Stronger, Better than Before-Sen. Iya Abbas
…Says Party Better Than APC
By Our Reporter
The senator representing Adamawa Central in the 10th Senate, Iya Aminu Abbas has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will come out stronger and better than before ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This was sequel to the main opposition’s settlement of its national secretary brouhaha which almost buried the party, coupled with others internal crisis rocking the party.
Sen. Iya Abbas while fielding questions from journalists on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at the national assembly, Abuja said the whole episode of the Secretary position which was contentious for some time now has been laid to rest, insisting that the wrangling between the two secretary was a family affair and required members of the party as a family to settle.
He pointed out that despite the crisis, PDP has remained a better party than the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) saying, “Nigeria was better under PDP than what is happening now.”
With the secretaryship dispute buried and a fresh NEC date on the calendar, PDP leaders say their focus now shifts to “Project 2027”—a drive to reclaim Aso Rock on a platform that marries internal unity with heavy investment in science and technology.
“Nigerians were better off under PDP,” the senator declared. “Our job is to prove that again through credible policy, credible candidates, and credible science-led solutions.”
On the gale of defection currently going on in the country and mostly among the federal legislators, he said there is nothing to worry about as he dismissed the talk of mass defections as “wishful thinking, noting that the party’s umbrella symbol has endured since 1999.
“I carried the APC broom once; it didn’t sweep well,” he said. “Politics is local. At the end of the day, we would all return to our roots, and that root is PDP.”
Senator Abbas who is the Senate Committee chairman on Science and Tech lamented that Nigeria’s entire 2024 allocation for science stood at “barely ₦100 billion,” far below what is required to compete globally.
“If we take research seriously, science will lift this country out of poverty,” he argued. “America’s edge; whether in stealth jets or vaccines is science. Nigeria must budget big for Research & Development if we expect to join the world’s front row.”
