In a last-minute effort to restore order to the Peoples
Democratc Party (PDP) ahead of the 2015 general polls, Vice President
Namadi Sambo has intensified moves to reconcile warring factions in the
state chapters of the party.
Sambo has been having unity and family meetings of the PDP in various
states in a bid to reconcile all the aspirants that contested on the
platform of the party, including those who won and those that lost out
at the party primaries.
Yesterday, he held what has been described as a peace and unity meeting with the Yobe State chapter of the party at the Hassan Usman Katsina House, Kaduna, Kaduna State.
Sambo told all the stakeholders in the Yobe State chapter of the party that the meeting was convened at the instance of President Goodluchk Jonathan who had asked him to felicitate with them for their unwavering support and continued loyalty to the party and the administration.
The vice president noted that for the party to emerge victorious at the 2015 polls in the state, all stakeholders needed to form a united force.
“We want a situation where PDP in Yobe State will come out as one family and face the 2015 election which, Insha Allah, we believe we will be victorious,” he stated.
Recounting the effort he had made in reconciling all the aggrieved parties at the PDP primaries, Sambo said, “The outcome of primaries in every election normally comes with quite a number of challenges and Yobe State is not an exception. This is why I thank you all for coming and honouring our invitation.
“I am pleased to inform you that I had a special meeting with Alhaji Adamu Waziri and Dr Yarima Ngama, and I am extremely pleased to say that we have come to a good understanding and agreed that these two great stakeholders will work together in the interest of the PDP.”
Specifically, he thanked them for their loyalty to the party, the president and the party national chairman.
Sambo urged all party stakeholders to ensure that they won the election in Yobe State, even as he assured them that the national leadership of the party would give them all the necessary support they need to emerge victorious in the 2015 elections.
Responding, former minister of state for finance and a PDP governorship aspirant, Dr Yarima Ngama, thanked the president and his deputy for the concern they had shown towards the progress of Yobe State and the state chapter of the party.
“We are very grateful to Mr President for asking you to come and meet us; that shows the care and concern of Mr President for the success of our party in Yobe State. We will all march together to ensure victory for the PDP”.
On his part, the Yobe State PDP governorship flag bearer, Alhaji Adamu Waziri, a former minister of police affairs pledged to “work assiduously to ensure total reconciliation within the party so that all candidates will emerge victorious in the elections and contribute our quota in restoring Yobe in the federal government of Nigeria.
Speaking to his fellow candidates he said, “We must work together; the success of every one of us is the success of each one of us. We have to do that to rescue our people, if our mission is to rescue our state and return good governance to our teeming population.”
Alhaji Waziri beat Ngama to the governorship slot of the PDP in Yobe State during the party primary.
Guber: Taraba youths insist on Umar as PDP candidate
A group of youths in Taraba State under the aegis of Taraba Joint Youth Forum (TJYF) has warned President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to truncate their chances in the state by sacrificing the former Acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar for the present governorship candidate, Mr. Darius Dickson Ishaku.
According to the forum, it is either Umar runs for the PDP governorship ticket or no one else, even as it claimed that it foresaw Ishaku’s defeat by the APC candidate, Senator Aisha Alhassan with a landslide victory if something was not done quickly.
In a statement by its Chairman, Jibrin Mohammed Auwal, the TYJF rejected the zoning pattern in the state chapter of the party which produced Ishaku, insisting that contest for the party ticket must remain open for the popular candidate.
The statement reads in part: “We believe that the former Acting governor Garba Umar has won the battle by keeping his party intact in Taraba State, enjoying the love of members of other political parties through the various initiative and programmes executed during his tenure.
“The voting pattern of presidential election in Taraba State come 2015 would go along with the governorship election, meaning many of the electorate would cast their votes for Jonathan if the former acting governor Umar is given his party’s ticket to run as Jonathan.
“The entire youths in Taraba want to draw the attention of Mr. President and the ruling PDP to the fact that we the youth wing of the electorate says no to the funny zoning arrangement, and that the contest must remain open for the popular candidate, Garba Umar”.
Warning that the PDP risks defeat in the state, the forum said, “Finally, we want to alert the ruling party that we foresee defeat by the APC candidate, Senator Aisha Alhassan against their present candidate Mr. Darius Dickson Ishaku with a landslide victory.
“Ishaku is not known by the electorate in Taraba State. He is considered as a non -starter and if allowed to fly the PDP ticket, it will be an advantage to the opposition party because he lacks the popularity to win.
“The PDP structure built by Umar so far toward Jonathan 2015 is now history and gone as the present government of the day headed by the incumbent Acting governor engages in clearing road the for his political friend and parley Senator Aisha of APC, giving her all the needed support to clinch the seat of power in 2015”.
Yesterday, he held what has been described as a peace and unity meeting with the Yobe State chapter of the party at the Hassan Usman Katsina House, Kaduna, Kaduna State.
Sambo told all the stakeholders in the Yobe State chapter of the party that the meeting was convened at the instance of President Goodluchk Jonathan who had asked him to felicitate with them for their unwavering support and continued loyalty to the party and the administration.
The vice president noted that for the party to emerge victorious at the 2015 polls in the state, all stakeholders needed to form a united force.
“We want a situation where PDP in Yobe State will come out as one family and face the 2015 election which, Insha Allah, we believe we will be victorious,” he stated.
Recounting the effort he had made in reconciling all the aggrieved parties at the PDP primaries, Sambo said, “The outcome of primaries in every election normally comes with quite a number of challenges and Yobe State is not an exception. This is why I thank you all for coming and honouring our invitation.
“I am pleased to inform you that I had a special meeting with Alhaji Adamu Waziri and Dr Yarima Ngama, and I am extremely pleased to say that we have come to a good understanding and agreed that these two great stakeholders will work together in the interest of the PDP.”
Specifically, he thanked them for their loyalty to the party, the president and the party national chairman.
Sambo urged all party stakeholders to ensure that they won the election in Yobe State, even as he assured them that the national leadership of the party would give them all the necessary support they need to emerge victorious in the 2015 elections.
Responding, former minister of state for finance and a PDP governorship aspirant, Dr Yarima Ngama, thanked the president and his deputy for the concern they had shown towards the progress of Yobe State and the state chapter of the party.
“We are very grateful to Mr President for asking you to come and meet us; that shows the care and concern of Mr President for the success of our party in Yobe State. We will all march together to ensure victory for the PDP”.
On his part, the Yobe State PDP governorship flag bearer, Alhaji Adamu Waziri, a former minister of police affairs pledged to “work assiduously to ensure total reconciliation within the party so that all candidates will emerge victorious in the elections and contribute our quota in restoring Yobe in the federal government of Nigeria.
Speaking to his fellow candidates he said, “We must work together; the success of every one of us is the success of each one of us. We have to do that to rescue our people, if our mission is to rescue our state and return good governance to our teeming population.”
Alhaji Waziri beat Ngama to the governorship slot of the PDP in Yobe State during the party primary.
Guber: Taraba youths insist on Umar as PDP candidate
A group of youths in Taraba State under the aegis of Taraba Joint Youth Forum (TJYF) has warned President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to truncate their chances in the state by sacrificing the former Acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar for the present governorship candidate, Mr. Darius Dickson Ishaku.
According to the forum, it is either Umar runs for the PDP governorship ticket or no one else, even as it claimed that it foresaw Ishaku’s defeat by the APC candidate, Senator Aisha Alhassan with a landslide victory if something was not done quickly.
In a statement by its Chairman, Jibrin Mohammed Auwal, the TYJF rejected the zoning pattern in the state chapter of the party which produced Ishaku, insisting that contest for the party ticket must remain open for the popular candidate.
The statement reads in part: “We believe that the former Acting governor Garba Umar has won the battle by keeping his party intact in Taraba State, enjoying the love of members of other political parties through the various initiative and programmes executed during his tenure.
“The voting pattern of presidential election in Taraba State come 2015 would go along with the governorship election, meaning many of the electorate would cast their votes for Jonathan if the former acting governor Umar is given his party’s ticket to run as Jonathan.
“The entire youths in Taraba want to draw the attention of Mr. President and the ruling PDP to the fact that we the youth wing of the electorate says no to the funny zoning arrangement, and that the contest must remain open for the popular candidate, Garba Umar”.
Warning that the PDP risks defeat in the state, the forum said, “Finally, we want to alert the ruling party that we foresee defeat by the APC candidate, Senator Aisha Alhassan against their present candidate Mr. Darius Dickson Ishaku with a landslide victory.
“Ishaku is not known by the electorate in Taraba State. He is considered as a non -starter and if allowed to fly the PDP ticket, it will be an advantage to the opposition party because he lacks the popularity to win.
“The PDP structure built by Umar so far toward Jonathan 2015 is now history and gone as the present government of the day headed by the incumbent Acting governor engages in clearing road the for his political friend and parley Senator Aisha of APC, giving her all the needed support to clinch the seat of power in 2015”.
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