Former President of the Senate, BukolaSaraki; Sokoto State
Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, Aminu
Tambuwal; and his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, on Monday, held a
consultative meeting with the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri.
Saraki while speaking with journalists at the end of the
meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, confirmed the consensus-building on who
will emerge as the party’s flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election was
working.
The immediate past Senate president who is a presidential
aspirant on the platform of the PDP said they were also working to hold
consultations with other aspirants from the party.
He said, “The consensus is working. We are prepared to meet
all of the (presidential) aspirants; all of the aspirants are going to meet as
a body.
“I know that there are moves already, some of the aspirants
are also meeting amongst themselves. But the eventual thing is for all of the
aspirants to meet. I think it’s easier when you are trying to reach consensus
to start in blocs.”
Saraki noted that Nigeria is in terrible shape despite the
propaganda of the ruling All Progressives Congress and it is only the PDP that
could rescue the country and provide the right direction for citizens.
He, however, stressed that the PDP needed to be united in
presenting a common front to wrest power from the APC in 2023.
The former Kwara State governor said he, Tambuwal and Bala
Mohammed, believed that although they had individual interests, “the interest
of Nigeria is far greater than individual interest.”
Saraki said the consultative meeting with Diri and other
critical stakeholders of the party was geared towards consolidating the
consensus-building and strengthening the unity of the party.
“We have come to seek
his (Diri’s) support in this approach to the 2023 presidential elections and
2022 presidential primaries of the PDP. He has spoken very well and we feel
very encouraged by his words.
“Our belief now is all about fixing and repairing this
country. The job is enormous, a herculean task that not one person can do. Let
us start now by building consensus to ensure the PDP will make Nigeria a better
place.
Also speaking, Governor Diri commended Saraki, Tambuwal and
Bala Mohammed for the move, adding “that there is no other way forward than the
unity of purpose of the PDP.”
Diri said, “We must realise that, first, we are an
opposition party. We are not a party in government and we cannot afford to
factionalise and fractionalise our party by way of individual ambitions.”
The Bayelsa Governor said the state chapter of the PDP was
prepared to work assiduously for the unity of the party and its quest to take
over the reins of governance to give Nigerians quality leadership and dividends
of democracy.
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