PDP Governors meet take crucial decision over Party crisis
Governors from the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have overturned the suspensions of the party’s acting National Chairman, Illiya Damagum, as well as the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, and National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN.
Bala Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, made this announcement to journalists on Tuesday morning.
Addressing journalists before jetting out to Ondo for for a “crucial assignment”, Bala who was in the company of Damagum and other PDP stakeholders, said the status quo remains for now.
Yayari Mohammed was appointed as Damagum’s replacement during the division within the National Working Committee (NWC), which resulted in suspensions for both factions.
In a statement released on Sunday, Mohammed expressed that the NWC had entrusted him with the role to “rekindle the hope and aspirations” of party members.
He said the PDP has not been a virile opposition due to “conflict of interests — personal or political” by some leaders in the NWC.
He said these personal interests have been elevated above the party’s agenda and continues to affect its ability to perform effectively at the national level.
“This state of affairs continues to affect the performance and viability of our Party to perform its role as expected as a platform which Nigerians have come to admire and look up to in view of the robust Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) and the monumental achievements of the Party in the sixteen years in government, which period is referred to with nostalgia as the golden years of governance in Nigeria.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, desirous of revamping the Party in line with the vision of its founding fathers, on Thursday, October 10, 2024 appointed me as the Acting National Chairman to lead the charge to rekindle the hope and aspiration of our teeming members especially the youths, critical stakeholders and generality of Nigerians who wish to see a political Party that is ready and willing to play the role of effective opposition in the quest to develop our democracy and seek for responsible and responsive government in our country.
“Only this will guarantee and engender loyalty and commitment of our teeming members.”
