PDP Dep. Nat. Chair (North): Why We Are Backing Sen. Nazif - Bauchi Elders, Stakeholders

-



Bauchi State elders and stakeholders have thrown their weight behind Senator Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif as the right person for the Peoples Democratic Party Deputy National Chairman (North).

Recall that the previous occupant, Senator Gamawa Babayo, who was suspended by the party leadership over allegations of dereliction of duty and anti-party activities, had also defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), making the position vacant.


Senator Nazif, it was gathered received the backing of the elders and stakeholders because he is cool-headed and will be loyal to the state governor, Senator Bala Mohammed.

The elders, it was further gathered,  have distance themselves from the aspiration of Senator Abdul Ningi, another party member, who it was learnt, was interested in the position.

Explaining why they are backing Nazif, the elders said they don't want any conflict of interest in the state, adding that peace in Bauchi is paramount.

Speaking with our correspondent, one of the elders said that they don't want a repeat of what happened in Adamawa in the days of Alhaji Bamaga Tukur as National Chairman of the party and Murtala Nyako as the governor of the state under the platform of the party.

The elder, who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, added that the crisis of interest between Tukur and Nyako almost tore the party apart then, adding that any form of distraction in Bauchi must be averted.

He said: "We are not supporting any other person except Nazif because he is cool-headed and besides we don't want a repeat of what took place in Adamawa and other places where party leaders contend power with a sitting  governor.

"We are not against others wanting to occupy the position of the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the party, but we don't want a situation where after elections, the elected officer will be contending with the governor. We want peace in our state."


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fayemi Defrays #31 Billion Debt Inherited From Fayose

-
Image
·        …Says 2020 ‘ll be year of life-changing projects Posted by Tony Okechukwu Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday disclosed that his administration has defrayed #31,105, 658,370.89 amounting to 26% of the total debt inherited by his administration from the immediate past government of Mr. Ayodele Fayose. Delivering a state of the State address at the State House of Assembly, the governor said the sum was expended to defray salaries, pension, gratuity, subvention arrears and contractual claims and obligations owed by Fayose. Fayemi however assured that despite the burden of inherited debts, the year 2020 would witness a massive commissioning of projects and institutionalizing of more life-changing programmes. The governor who described the failure of the immediate past government to meet its obligations to workers and pensioners as a violation of fundamental human rights stated that his administration is focusing ...
Read more

GOs Protest Fraudulent Election Results in Bayelsa

-
Image
Posted By Tony Okechukwu Members of various non-governmental organisations and civil society groups in Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of the state. Comrade Toitoi Newton of the Grassroots For Development, who led the protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yenagoa, told journalists that the CSOs demand a cancellation of the purported results from Constituency 4 in Southern Ijaw council and Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe council where election materials were carted away. According to Comrade Newton, elections did not hold in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri due to the violence orchestrated by political thugs aided by security personnel deployed in the community. He said the people were disenfranchisised as they were chased away from their communities on the day of the election. Comrade Stephen Seleke of the Advocacy for Peace also said an...
Read more

Attorny General of the Federation Clears Rift between Rival Factions of IPMAN

-
Image
By Desmond Ogudu There was wild jubilation across the rank and file of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) nationwide as the Honorable Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami in a landmark judicial release cleared the lingering ambiguity in the Supreme Court judgment of 14th December 2018. Addressing a cross-section of marketers from the Western and Northern Zones who paid him a solidarity visit, the National Deputy President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Alh. Debo Ahmed, began with congratulating His Excellency Pres. Muhammadu Buhari on his 2nd term inauguration in office and pledged the total support of the IPMAN towards his administration’s goal and objectives. He went further to assuring the teeming marketers of the Association's commitment in ensuring a total transformation in the oil and gas down stream sector of the economy. Speaking on behalf of the National President of IPMAN, ...
Read more