Tag: PDP Governors

Bala Moh’d emerges PDP Governors’ Forum chairman

Aminu Imam

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum. The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, disclosed this to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting held at the Government House in Bauchi yesterday. 13 governors and other key members of the PDP were in Bauchi for a one-day retreat for the officials elected under the party’s platform. Fintiri also revealed that the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was elected as Vice Chairman of the forum. Mohammed, according to him, was…

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G5 Governors: Ortom accuses PDP of insincerity with reconciliation

Aminu Imam

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has accused the Iyorchia Ayu-led Peoples Democratic Party leadership of insincerity in reconciling with the aggrieved governors under the Party. Ortom, who disclosed this to journalists yesterday during an interview, said the Party leadership should be held responsible should the reconciliation moves fail. He alleged that the Ayu-led excos were not putting the right measures in place to address the G5 governors’ demand. The G5 governors include Ortom; Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Ikeazu Ikpeazu of Abia, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of…

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2023: “When G-5 governors shut door of reconciliation, if heaven wants to fall, let it fall” – Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, says the G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon foreclose the possibility of reconciliation. Since the presidential primary of the PDP, there has been a crisis in the party over calls for Iyorchia Ayu to step down as national chairman of the party. The calls, championed by Wike and his allies, are based on the grounds that the PDP presidential candidate and national chairman cannot be from the same region. In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) on Friday, the…

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2023: ‘Enemies of progress frustrating PDP’s quest for presidency’ – G5 Govs. 

Aminu Imam

The five State Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dubbed as G5, have accused some “enemies of progress” of frustrating the party’s quest for the presidency in 2023. The Governors in the G5 group, led by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, are Seyi Makinde, of Oyo; Samuel Ortom, of Benue; Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu State. The governors have been at the forefront of calls for Iyorchia Ayu to step down as National Chairman of the PDP, on the grounds that the presidential candidate and…

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PDP Crisis: G-5 Govs. insist on shunning Atiku’s campaign

Aminu Imam

The five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have reiterated their readiness for reconciliation with the party leadership over the lingering crisis rocking the party. The Governors, under the aegis of its newly-formed group, ‘The Integrity Group,’ maintained that they will not participate in the presidential campaign, unless their demands are met. They insisted on their demands, including the resignation of the incumbent National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, and choice of his new helmsman from the South. According to a former governor, who is a member of the group, the…

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2023: G-5 Governors to flag-off PDP campaigns in Rivers

Aminu Imam

The G-5 governors in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are set to unveil the party’s campaign in Rivers State. Speaking during a press conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers, the Director General of PDP Campaign Council, Felix Obuah, who disclosed this, assured that upcoming campaigns will be issue-based. Obuah, who is a former PDP Chairman in the State, said it was imperative to provide the public with a clear insight as the party prepares for the official take-off of its campaign. According to him, the high point of the rally, which…

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2023: Jonathan denies reports linking him with aggrieved PDP governors

Aminu Imam

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked a purported media report that the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governors were loyal to him. Media Adviser to Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze, in an issued statement on Friday in Abuja, said the office’s attention had been drawn to media reports linking his name to the current troubles in the PDP. Eze said that Jonathan would have ignored the strange tale, since it was obviously baseless. “However, we are offering this clarification because we have been reached by many Nigerians who are concerned that such…

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2023 Southern Presidency:  Why PDP Govs. dumped Atiku, backs Tinubu’s presidential bid

Aminu Imam

There are strong indications that some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have pledged to work for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general elections following the crisis rocking the opposition party in recent times. Recall that the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the PDP presidential candidate and the subsequent announcement of Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as the vice-presidential candidate, as well as the refusal of the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu,…

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Anxiety mounts, as President Buhari may veto Electoral Bill again

Aminu Imam

…APC, PDP governors mount pressure Stakeholders in Nigeria’s electoral system have continued to lament the continued delay by President Muhammadu Buhari in signing the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill into law. When on Thursday last week, they gathered in Abuja for a one-day Policy Dialogue, organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, (NILDS), anxiety was written on the faces of many stakeholders as they took turns to lament the continued delay by Mr. President in signing the Bill into law. The soothing words of Senior Special Adviser to…

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PDP Govs. in fresh move to zone presidential ticket to South

Aminu Imam

…May prevail on Atiku to accept BoT chairmanship Some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have embarked on a fresh move to zone the presidential ticket of the party in the 2023 general election to the South, in line with the position of the 17 southern governors that power should shift to the region in 2023, it was learnt. Also, in a first major endorsement for power shift by a member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris…

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