Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, has expressed optimism that the party will emerge stronger from its ongoing internal crisis, News About Nigeria reports.
The governor gave the assurance when he received the embattled Acting PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, alongside Northeast PDP Chairmen at Bauchi Government House on Friday
Though the governor admitted that the PDP is faced with varying degrees of problems, he noted that he would continue to partner with his colleagues (the governors) to resolve them.
He said, “This is why I always said we may have problems, we may have political hiccups, but certainly, we have a way of coming back. The coming of the ambassador comes on a day we have a lot of problems at the party. The most important thing in today’s outing is that the northeast is one. We are together and we are unified.”
Speaking on the removal of Damagum by a faction of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and Board of Trustees (BoT), Mohammed assured that he would consult his governor colleagues regarding the next line of action to take.
On his part, the embattled PDP Chairman explained that his visit was to discuss issues of the PDP.
He said, “You can see the chairmen of the northeast PDP with me. They come here also to support me to reiterate their commitment that the northeast, where they come from is one, and also they believe in the leadership of the governor’s forum chairman. Today we came for a friendly visit to discuss many things.”
