Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president of Nigeria and Nyesom
Wike, governor of Rivers, are expected to attend a programme organised by the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors’ forum.
Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto and chairman of the forum
is the host of the event slated to hold at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja on
Thursday.
According to C.I.D Maduabum, the director-general of the
forum, Muda Yusuf, a renowned economist,
would speak on the theme “Good governance at the sub-national level: issues,
perspectives, expectations and outcomes” at the event.
“The programme will serve as an opportunity for PDP leaders,
stakeholders and members to come together, since after the general election,”
the director-general said.
Outgoing governors, governor-elect including Seyi Makinde,
Umo Bassey Eno of Akwa Ibom, Peter Ndubusi Mbah of Enugu State, Agbu Kefas of Taraba, Siminalayi Fubara of
Rivers, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara and Caleb Mutfwang
of Plateau are expected to attend the programme.
Members of the PDP’s national working committee (NWC),
national executive committee (NEC), and board of trustees (BoT) are also to
grace the programme.
Both Atiku and Wike would be publicly seen together at the
event for the first time since the February 25 election.
Since Atiku won the party’s presidential primaries on May 28
2022, Wike, championing the “presidency must come to the south”, alongside four
other governors had opposed his presidential campaign.
Atiku came second in the election behind Bola Tinubu of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) who was declared by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the election on March 1.
In the election, Tinubu polled 231,591 votes in Rivers as
against Atiku who scored 88,468 – the first time since the fourth republic
started in 1999 that PDP was unable to get 25 percent of votes in the state.
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