By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has inaugurated a 22-man Reconciliatory Committee to reconcile aggrieved individuals within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
Speaking on Monday at the Exco Chamber of the Government House, Bauchi, the governor, while inaugurating the committee, mandated the members to meet and reconcile aggrieved individuals within the party.
He said that the inauguration of the Reconciliatory Committee was in furtherance of the PDP’s tradition of making sure that it goes intact as a family, noting that no one is larger or bigger than the party as all of them must come together, irrespective of what happened during the primaries.
Governor Mohammed, while stating the term of reference for the committee, one of which is to reach out to all those who contested, those who won and those who lost declared that there is no victory, and no vanquish, urged them that, “You must appeal to appeal to their political sensibilities and their other side, that is, their own fate, to really appreciate whatever our people have decided. The delegates decided and they are the representatives of the people, we must appreciate and take it in good faith”.
“And they will form a sub-committee to teach out to the other side who wish to come into the party because it is a darling today, they are welcome. You must make sure that nobody leaves the party even a single person. We want to go together as a state and as a government, we want to make sure we put aside all disparaging issues, issues that are based on lies, issues that are just based on political gimmicks.”
The Committee which has four weeks to carryout its assignment, has Senator Adamu Kariya as Chairman while other members are Abdulkadir Doguwa, Umar Ningi, Mohammed Danbaba, Bappa Disina, Abubakar Faggo (Secretary of the Committee), Abdullahi Yari, Abdon Gin, Simon Balewa, Sanusi Sarkin-Aska and Abdullahi Musa.
Others are: Yerima Misau, Imamu Itas, Amina Gabu, Tukur Adamu, Zainab Rufa’i, Danbaba Rimin-Zayam, Esther Ahmed, Audu Hassan, Inuwa Malamin Kasuwa, Sani Chinade and Salisu Garba (Assistant Secretary).
Speaking on behalf of the committee, the Chairman, Adamu Kariya, appreciated the state governor for establishing the committee.
He promised to do the job successfully by reaching out to all the members who lost in the primaries at various levels and make sure they feel at home.
“Just as you have directed us, by God’s grace, we will not allow any member of our party leave the party. We will do our best to reconcile all those aggrieved within the party,” he assured.
Meanwhile, Governor Mohammed declared his unflinching support for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to win the presidential election in 2023.
“I am firmly behind our presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and I will do everything possible fir him to win the presidential election. In the same token, all those who contested in all the elections from the senatorial to the state assembly, must embrace that family approach, must embrace that approach,” he stated.
The governor said that though he did not get the ticket of the party, he was however, victorious having made history as the first person in the state to contest the presidency after the death of Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.
He said: “I am receiving today, the executives of the party who are here on a congratulatory visit over the dual success that I recorded. Since the demise of the late Prime Minister, nobody from Bauchi state ever came out to contest for the office of the President except me; with that, I have made history and that in itself is victory for me.
“We have taken it to be God’s making and we have accepted it in good faith, he gives power and he takes it away. The campaigns we did for the presidential ticket, we did it with God’s permission and to us, we were victorious”.
“I really cherish that position in recognition of the support that you gave me all the way over the period. The support has been mixed, many people didn’t want me to go because they wanted me here (in Bauchi as governor) and it was all out of love; others wanted me to go so that I can represent this section of the country and the country at large because of the capacity I have developed over the years”, he said.
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