Following the statement by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that he would put fire in the states of PDP Governors attempting to hijack the party’s structure in Rivers State, Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Senator Bala Mohammed has said that nobody can put fire in Bauchi State because the state has plenty of water.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Governor Mohammed stated this on Tuesday when received the leadership of the National Working Committee of the PDP who paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Office in Bauchi.
The Governor said that the crisis rocking the party is not personal, stressing that nobody should misunderstand the party as it is still united
According to him, “If we have quarrel, it is not personal, nobody should misunderstand us, we are together.This is not a splinter group, this is just a delegation from the National Working Committee of the PDP. We are going to discuss some of the issues in the party”.
The Governor added that, “This unsolicited visit by the National Working Committee shows that in Nigeria we have people of conscience and we are connected by the values that establish the PDP by our founding fathers”
Mohammed also said that, “Yes, none of the political parties are insulated of crisis here and there, but crisis is there and that why leadership is there.We have to take the bull by the horn to discuss and look at the constitution of our party.
“We must do things by the rule of law, we must respect people, we must put our interest aside, we must respect our diversities, we must bring and close rank, especially for party like the PDP that has a history,” he added.
Mohammed further said that, “We have a pedigree, most of the developments in the country were done by the PDP, since we left nothing has happened.As you can see all the members of the National Working Committee that are here are square heads in square holes”
He then assured that as the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, he will continue to give effective and efficient leadership and meaningful opposition in the country.
The National Legal Adviser of the PDP, Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade, SAN, who spoke said that, “On behalf of the National Working Committee of our great Party and our colleagues present here, I bring the Governor, our esteem Governor and his team warm greetings and good tiding from the Secretariat of our great party.
He explained that,” Your Excellency, the purpose of our courtesy visit is not far fetched, the purpose is to identify with you and also to take a physical look at all we have been reading in the papers about the excellent performance of our Governor.
“Today we are impressed we came into a new Governor’s Office about which different commentaries have been running and a lot of positive things. The round office, Office of the Chief of Staff where I observed my afternoon prayers. This is wonderful. Congratulations Your Excellency on this feat.
“Secondly, Your Excellency, we are here to also identify with you and to salute your courage as the Chairman of PDP Governors Forum. We cannot pretend, a lot of things have been going on in our party, we cannot pretend to say that all is very well.
“We are grateful and we are glad that yourself and other Colleagues Governors have taken the bull by the horns. So, we made it necessary for us to come and identify with you and tell you that whatever steps taken by the Governors Forum under your leadership, We as representatives of the National Working Committee will accept it and ready to implement,” he said.