The former Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Ibrahim
Dankwambo of Gombe State announced Governor Dickson’s emergence after a
meeting at the Gombe State Governors Lodge, Abuja on Wednesday night.
The meeting which was attended by all the PDP governors also had in
attendance, the President of Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives , Yakubu Dogara, the Chairman of the PDP,
Prince Uche Secondus.
Shortly after presenting the new Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum to
Journalists, Dankwambo said that the governors elected under the
platform expressed concern over the state of insecurity in the country.
According to him, the governors were worried by the adverse effects of
the growing insecurity on food production in the country.
He added further that the governors decried the situation where farmers
are scared of going to the farms in fear of being killed or kidnapped.
The Governors called on President Muhammad Buhari to address the serious
challenge by declaring a state of emergency on security.
Until his emergence as the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum,
Governors was the Chairman of the PDP’s Standing Committee on
Reconciliation.
Governor Dickson who is the Chairman of the South South Governors Forum
is also co-Chairman Southern Governors Forum.
Governor Dickson made serious efforts to wrest the party from
disintegration during the most challenging period of its existence after
its defeat in the 2015 elections.