Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not in his pocket as it used to be in the past where governors are known to be the deciding factors in the party structures.
Governor Bala Mohammed who spoke to journalists on the just concluded PDP stakeholders meeting conducted at the Government House Bauchi on Saturday maintained that the PDP administration in the state intends to make an impact devoid of personal interest.
“We have informed our party that we are going to participate in the forthcoming local government elections in May. We want to actively take part and we will do it free and fair. We are not going to appoint our leaders at the party level and we will do a transparent congresses”, Governor Bala assured.
The governor said that the meeting discussed extensively on the need to provide leadership and good governance to the citizens of the state.
Governor Bala Mohammed who presided over the stakeholders meeting, explained that the meeting was targeted at discussing on how to conduct the forthcoming party’s congresses without conflict.
“The PDP led administration in Bauchi state will make the difference by making a positive impact on the lives of the citizenry without looking at our personal interest”, he assured.
“We came as stakeholders of the PDP in Bauchi state to discuss on the congresses that are coming. You know we in PDP, we are really deepening stakes-holding and we are following good governance where rule of law is always in the front banner because we have been given a time table by the national body”, Bala explained.
The Governor who said that they have been given a time table by the National body of the PDP to start preparation for the congresses, said that the meeting also attracted the presence of a leader at the party’s National Secretariat, Senator Nazif Gamawa as a stakeholder that came to join them in the meeting.
According to him, the meeting gave opportunity to the stakeholders to discuss all the nitty gritty of how the party is going to hold its congresses with minimal rancour, wrangling and conflicts.
He said that meeting also accorded them the avenue to disvuss on the need for his administration to be accountable by delivering on its campaign promises of overcoming the challenges facing the state.
On his part, the state chapter Chairman of the Party, Alhaji Hamza Koshe Akuyam while thanking God for a successful meeting applauded Governor Bala Mohammed for not interfering in the party’s affairs.
“I thank God for giving us the opportunity to call this meeting, we call it caucus meeting. You know, in politics there are always election cycles, now another cycle has come, those that were elected their tenure is coming to an end, so the party has given us guidelines for us to go and review. Those who are eligible to stand for election as party officials from the ward up to the state levels”, he said.
Alhaji Akuyam while assuring the Governor of the party’s total support, commended the members for the peaceful conduct of the stakeholders meeting.
