Nigeria: Crisis in PDP Will Soon be a Thing of The Past- Bayelsa State Governor

The Gover­nor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri is hopeful that the ongoing crisis within Nigeria’s biggest opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would soon become a thing of the past.

Diri, who described the PDP as a big family that has held sway in the South-South geo-political zone, noted that in such large families there were bound to be disagreements.

A statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, said the gov­ernor stated this on Sunday during the PDP South-South Zonal Stakeholders meeting at the Ibom Hall in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, ahead of the par­ty’s presidential campaign flag-off on Monday.

Diri said, “South-South is the only zone that has a pre­ponderance of PDP gover­nors. Therefore, it should be the zone to kick-off the PDP presidential campaign.
“We have also been lucky to produce the vice presiden­tial candidate.

“PDP will continue to demonstrate strength in the six states of the South-South. Our party is a big family and in any of such families, it is normal to have differences. I strongly be­lieve that the differences will be settled soon and we will come back as one indivisible party.

“Our region is blessed with human and material resourc­es as well as politically and we will continue to add value to Nigeria and the party.”

In his remarks, the PDP Vice Presidential candidate and Governor of Delta State, If­eanyi Okowa, said the essence of the meeting was to strate­gise on how to mobilise the people at all levels to ensure a landslide victory for the party in next year’s general election.

Okowa also acknowledged the role of the PDP governors in development of the region, stressing that time had come for the party to rescue the country from insecurity and economic downturn.

Also speaking, the Direc­tor General of the PDP Pres­idential Campaign and Gov­ernor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, noted that with the impressive turnout of stakeholders at the meeting, it was a clear indication that the party was ready to clinch victory in 2023.

According to him, the out­come of the Edo and Osun elections was a clear testimo­ny that the PDP was the party to reckon with in the election.

In his contribution, Chair­man of the Presidential Cam­paign Council and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, described the PDP as the pillar of the South-South region.

He underscored the need to go into the election as a strong team not only to make a strong impact but also to en­sure that the party took over the leadership of the coun­try in order to reposition the economy.