BAUCHI – The chairman of the Governors Forum of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir has stated that the party needs to cover more grounds in order for it to reunite the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Governor Mohammed stated this when he received a delegation of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees who paid him a courtesy visit at the government house in Bauchi.
Governor Mohammed said that the party will try as much as possible to minimize rancour, division and give direction for the party, adding that if the leaders in the party comply with the rule of law and have mutual respect, eschew personal interest, the party will bounce back again.
“As elders of the party, you are more important to us now because that will show what we are as a people, group and party. I thank you most sincerely for coming today just as the National Working Committee came and left yesterday, it is as if it is prearranged, but it is just a pleasant coincidence that you are here to discuss the party.
“As Chairman of the PDP Governors” forum, we discussed with the major organ of the party, the NWC on the areas we have discussed and raised and I believe one of the decisions that we took in Enugu, you were there and you can see that the governors were united on most of these major areas.
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“I cannot talk without the mandate of the governors, the governors are with you and we will make sure that every disparaging body or entity or person are brought together. I think you can do better, I understand you are going round to all the other sections were there are problems and that is why we have you, but be rest assured that we as governors, we will try as much as possible to minimize rancour, division and give direction.
“In a democracy like ours, we cannot dictate, the NWC is the major administrative organ of the party, we have to get it right there. There should be Justice and equity, we must respect our constitution and it’s provisions,” he said.
Speaking earlier in a remark, the Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees and former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara said that members of the Board of Trustees are in the state to consult with the governor concerning the crisis rocking the party.
“We are not happy with what is happening in the party, I don’t think Nigerians are happy with what is happening in the party. You will recall some months ago, this same board wanted to swing into action, but the interpretation then was that it would look like as if it was a duplication of functions, otherwise what is happening now, would had been nipped in the bud long time ago.
“You as the president of the PDP, when you advised against it, we said our president has spoken, so we could not do otherwise. But like the saying goes, God time is the best, our ancestors, the founders of this party knows that we missed it last year, we missed it in 2019,but they have asked us to start early now to cross the T’s and dot the I’s.
“The problem in Rivers state, the problem in NWC, we know how to address and resolve issues in the PDP. We will not allow any factionalisation of ideas or positions to wreck the party, we know what we are suffering” he said
