By Attah Ede
Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the North Central Zone, has appealed to the conscience and goodwill of their compatriots in other zones of the North to restore the seat of the Chairmanship of the party back to the North Central Zone to serve out its tenure.
The stakeholders also insisted on completing the tenure of the outgone national chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, who hailed from the zone and was suspended by his ward council leadership in Benue State.
It would be recalled that since Senator Ayu was removed, Amb. Umar Damagum, has been acting in that capacity.
All efforts to call a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting expected to bring in a replacement has allegedly been blocked by the National Working Committee (NWC).
The north central leaders however, made the appeal after their meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday.
In the communique issued at the end of the meeting, they reviewed the state of the party with particular reference to the vacant position of national chairman.
The communique reads in part, “The party is guided by its own constitution at all times, therefore, the leadership of the party needs to rise up to the occasion to restore goodwill and cohesion in the party by making necessary sacrifices and compromises to restore confidence and cohesion in the party.
“That the stakeholders must strive to build consensus to get the buy-in to the position of North Central zone.”
The meeting was attended by Plateau State governor, Caleb Muftwang, former Senate Presidents, David Mark and Bukola Saraki.
Others were the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro (Benue South), Senator Gabriel Suswam, Jonah Jang, Abdulfatai Ahmed, Babangida Aliyu, Idris Wada, Prof. Jerry Gana, Senator Dino Melaye and many others.
The regional party leaders also reaffirmed that North Central is united and will strive to “preserve the PDP as a veritable platform for good governance in Nigeria.
