Babangida, Amaechi, 10 Other Governors Shun PDP Meeting
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum may not
be over soon as 12 out of the 23 governors of the party failed to
attend its meeting in Abuja on Wednesday night.
Majority of the governors and stakeholders have rejected the appointment of the Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, as the chairman of the committee, being President Goodluck Jonathan's boy.
The meeting, initially slated for 3pm, had to be shifted to about 8pm when information got to its organisers that majority of the governors might not attend. At 8pm, the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, who was at Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, had to leave due to poor attendance by the governors.
Tukur was said to have come with the intention of briefing the governors on the modalities he had considered before naming members of the party’s National Reconciliation Committee.
Apart from coming from the same state as the President, Dickson is seen as part of the problems rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the PDP. Dickson openly supports the Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Jonah Jang, who was defeated by Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State during the forum’s election on May 24. Amaechi won 19 votes and Jang, 16 votes.
Shortly after the meeting ended, our correspondent gathered from a top member of the PDP that the Bayelsa governor had indicated his readiness to step down his appointment.
The governors that boycotted the meeting were those of Kano, Jigawa, Adamawa, Niger, Sokoto, Rivers, Taraba, Cross River , Ebonyi, Bauchi and Kebbi.
Majority of the governors and stakeholders have rejected the appointment of the Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, as the chairman of the committee, being President Goodluck Jonathan's boy.
The meeting, initially slated for 3pm, had to be shifted to about 8pm when information got to its organisers that majority of the governors might not attend. At 8pm, the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, who was at Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, had to leave due to poor attendance by the governors.
Tukur was said to have come with the intention of briefing the governors on the modalities he had considered before naming members of the party’s National Reconciliation Committee.
Apart from coming from the same state as the President, Dickson is seen as part of the problems rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the PDP. Dickson openly supports the Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Jonah Jang, who was defeated by Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State during the forum’s election on May 24. Amaechi won 19 votes and Jang, 16 votes.
Shortly after the meeting ended, our correspondent gathered from a top member of the PDP that the Bayelsa governor had indicated his readiness to step down his appointment.
The governors that boycotted the meeting were those of Kano, Jigawa, Adamawa, Niger, Sokoto, Rivers, Taraba, Cross River , Ebonyi, Bauchi and Kebbi.
