{"id":94318,"date":"2022-04-25T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94318"},"modified":"2022-04-25T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:09:08","slug":"19-pdp-northern-states-stakeholders-reject-consensus-say-all-presidential-aspirants-qualified-to-rule-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/19-pdp-northern-states-stakeholders-reject-consensus-say-all-presidential-aspirants-qualified-to-rule-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"19 PDP Northern States, Stakeholders Reject Consensus, say all presidential aspirants qualified to rule Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Stakeholders from the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have rejected what they see as an attempt to reduce the search for the party\u2019s presidential candidate for the 2023 election to a sectional affair.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that both former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, had emerged as the preferred candidates of the former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida-brokered consensus arrangement, which has caused a rumpus among those who had earlier subjected themselves to the initiative.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Apart from Saraki and Mohammed, other participants in the process were Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and former bank managing director, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.<\/p>\n<p>The northern elders who met in Abuja on Monday to kick against the sectional arrangement maintained that there is nothing called the Northern PDP as claimed in the IBB arrangement, which was announced by former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Prof. Ango Abdulahi.<\/p>\n<p>Led by former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, some of the party leaders present at Monday\u2019s meeting were former minister, Adamu Waziri, former Governors Babangida Aliyu, Boni Haruna and Ibrahim Idris; Sanusi Daggash, Dino Melaye, among others\u00a0 were also present.<\/p>\n<p>In a communique issued at the end of the meeting, which was read by Lamido, the stakeholders affirmed that all aspirants gunning for the PDP presidential ticket are capable of being the president, urging them to continue to talk among themselves to reach a consensus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While also urging the aspirants to be more temperate in their utterances, the leaders assured Nigerians that they are aware of their pains, prayers and desire to be rescued.<\/p>\n<p>Lamido stated: \u201cWe would like to state from the onset that there is nothing called the Northern PDP. Our coming together as key stakeholders from the Northern States is only for the purpose of debunking any notion or impression which might have been created by Prof Ango Abdullahi media statement about the Northern Elders Forum having shortlisted consensus PDP presidential Candidates.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe People\u2019s Democratic Party as conceived by its founding fathers is and remains the foremost National Political platform wherein the Democratic aspirations of its teeming members can be actualized devoid of any sectional consideration. Our party is neither Northern nor Southern but Nigeria!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe are happy to note that The Northern Elders Forum has through its Secretary Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed disassociated itself from Prof Ango\u2019s media statement. They made it clear that it is Ango\u2019s personal opinion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe aspirants have informed us that they are discussing among themselves. They are consulting other senior citizens in order to create a better understanding and unity among themselves. Their ultimate objective is to build a National Consensus that will produce a national candidate for the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge them to keep up with this commendable effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur meeting today is to reinforce the press release issued on 23\/4\/22 by Gov. Sule Lamido. We maintain that all our Aspirants are qualified to occupy the Nigerian Presidency under the PDP banner and we shall continue to support, promote and campaign and win the Presidency by the candidate produced by our National convention scheduled for May 28th \u2013 29th 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appeal to all Aspirants to be more temperate in their utterances and work to promote harmony and better understanding within the PDP Family.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe also want to assure all PDP members and indeed all Nigerians that we are aware of your pains, prayers, expectations and hope to be rescued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour abiding faith in PDP shall set us free in 2023. 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