North West PDP, Supports Ameachi As NGF Chair

THE People’s Democratic Party (PDP), could not have endorsed Governor David Jang of Plateau State as the chairman of the NGF because the party is known to respect leaders elected through proper democratic process, the National Vice Chairman North West Zone of the party, Ambassador Ibrahim Musa Kazauredeclared at the weekend.

Kazaure also declared the support of the zone for Governor Chubuike Ameachi as the duly elected chairman of the forum.

The National Vice Chairman, who made the disclosure, yesterday, in government house, Dutse, Jigawa State said, “Rotimi Ameachi is the democratically elected chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum.”

According to him,  “we are in a democratic era, we respect only leaders produced through election. The issue of governors forum is not entirely a PDP affair since it involves Governors from other opposition political parties, the general public should understand this.”

Kazaure denied that PDP is behind the Plateau State Governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, as the new chairman of NGF, as it is a well-known fact that he lost the election.

“The NGF issue is governors’ affairs and they have the right to take their own decisions, so, this is different from the party (PDP) matter, the issues are entirely different,” He said.

He said it is wrong to intimidate any Governor because they are the bed rock of any political agenda in the country.

“No matter what, whether you like it or not governors are the fathers of the party, they are the ones who made political office holders at whatever position in the party to be what they are and sidelining the Governors is tantamount to killing the party,” he said.