{"id":46857,"date":"2016-02-25T22:35:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46857"},"modified":"2016-02-25T22:35:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T21:35:06","slug":"dickson-meets-ex-ministers-rallies-support-new-leadership-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dickson-meets-ex-ministers-rallies-support-new-leadership-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickson meets ex-Ministers, rallies support for new leadership of the party"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div id=\":n0\" class=\"ii gt m1531a3871f69c0a6 adP adO\">\n<div id=\":n1\" class=\"a3s\">\nBayelsa State governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1670296444\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span> had a<br \/>\nmeeting with the Forum of Former Ministers, with a call on them to rally<br \/>\nround the new chairman of the party, Senator Alli Modu Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>While advising against litigation over internal party misunderstanding and<br \/>\ntheir recourse to divisive and inflammatory comments in the media, the<br \/>\ngovernor &#8220;appealed for support for the new PDP chairman and the need for<br \/>\nmembers of the forum to align itself with the position already taken by<br \/>\nNEC in respect of the leadership issues affecting the party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The governor also called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the<br \/>\nparty to produce a timetable soonest that will lead to the conduct of a<br \/>\nconclusive and transparent convention.<\/p>\n<p>He specifically urged them to align themselves &#8220;with the position already<br \/>\ntaken by National Executive Council (NEC) in respect of the leadership<br \/>\nissues affecting the party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dickson in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel<br \/>\nMarkson-Iworiso, said at the end of the consultative interactions held in<br \/>\nAbuja, thanked and appreciated them, not only for their continued<br \/>\nmembership of PDP, but also for their effort at putting together the forum<br \/>\nto further strengthen the party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The governor commended the former ministers for the inclusion of all<br \/>\nmembers who served between 1999 till date, which has created a diverse<br \/>\nblend of human assets which the party need especially now that the PDP is<br \/>\nin opposition. Dickson urged them to join hands with other leaders and<br \/>\nstatutory organs of the party in the onerous task of re-building and<br \/>\nre-positioning the party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The countryman governor seized the opportunity to call on other senior<br \/>\nmembers of the party to put themselves in an organized platform and be<br \/>\nready for effective mobilization of all party men and women across the<br \/>\ncountry. He reiterated the call for the inclusion and respect of all<br \/>\nmajor stakeholders of the party especially now that the party is in<br \/>\nopposition&#8221;, Markson-Iworiso stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Dickson also enjoined the forum to join hands with<br \/>\nothers back home in their respective states to mobilize and re-position<br \/>\nPDP &#8220;along the lines of reforms as proposed by the new leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayelsa State governor, Hon. 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