APC Governors welcome PDP split; expresses readiness to collaborate with new faction
Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have
lauded “the courage and resilience” of members of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, who formed a parallel faction on Saturday.
They made this known in a statement jointly signed on Sunday, hours after the newly-registered People’s Democratic Movement, PDM, also hailed the breakaway faction of the PDP.
Seven governors, including that of Jigawa, Kwara, Adamawa, Niger, Kano Sokoto, and Rivers, as well as some chieftains of the ruling party had stormed out of the Eagles Square, venue of the convention, to register their displeasure at the turn of events in the party.
But the opposition governors, operating under the name, Progressives Governors Forum, said the PDP split of August 31, 2013 and the emergence of Abubakar Kawu Baraje led PDP is a necessary and inevitable result of repressive rule of the PDP.”
According to them, “Recent events, first with the orchestrated crisis in the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), suspension and expulsion of PDP leaders, including serving Governors without fair hearing and complete demonstration of lack of tolerance and respect for different opinions are signposts of crisis that should unavoidably result in the split of any organisation.”
“The PGF commend the courage and resilience of the Baraje-led PDP and
in particular congratulate all the serving PDP Governors for standing
up to be counted among patriotic political leaders of Nigeria. It must
no doubt be a conscious decision that must have been borne out of
commitment to make all the sacrifices needed to rescue our dear nation
from the current reign of terror and bad governance.
“As serving governors too, we are ready to support, work with our colleagues in partnership and solidarity with the goal of facilitating accelerated human development by embracing policies and programs to improve quality of life of all Nigerian citizens, eradicate poverty and create jobs in the country. We are under no illusion that our reality as a nation today calls for both intra and inter party networking.
“We are therefore ready to transform our relationship with all serving governors irrespective of our partisan differences in order to move our dear country, Nigeria, forward. Nigeria has outlived all dictatorships in the past and will definitely outlive any present or latent, manifest or potential dictatorship. Congratulations!”
They made this known in a statement jointly signed on Sunday, hours after the newly-registered People’s Democratic Movement, PDM, also hailed the breakaway faction of the PDP.
Seven governors, including that of Jigawa, Kwara, Adamawa, Niger, Kano Sokoto, and Rivers, as well as some chieftains of the ruling party had stormed out of the Eagles Square, venue of the convention, to register their displeasure at the turn of events in the party.
But the opposition governors, operating under the name, Progressives Governors Forum, said the PDP split of August 31, 2013 and the emergence of Abubakar Kawu Baraje led PDP is a necessary and inevitable result of repressive rule of the PDP.”
According to them, “Recent events, first with the orchestrated crisis in the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), suspension and expulsion of PDP leaders, including serving Governors without fair hearing and complete demonstration of lack of tolerance and respect for different opinions are signposts of crisis that should unavoidably result in the split of any organisation.”
“As serving governors too, we are ready to support, work with our colleagues in partnership and solidarity with the goal of facilitating accelerated human development by embracing policies and programs to improve quality of life of all Nigerian citizens, eradicate poverty and create jobs in the country. We are under no illusion that our reality as a nation today calls for both intra and inter party networking.
“We are therefore ready to transform our relationship with all serving governors irrespective of our partisan differences in order to move our dear country, Nigeria, forward. Nigeria has outlived all dictatorships in the past and will definitely outlive any present or latent, manifest or potential dictatorship. Congratulations!”
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