Party Congress: Tambuwal Charges PDP To Uphold Fairness, Transparency

The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF), Governor Aminu Waziri of Sokoto State, has reiterated the need for the party to adhere to the principle of fair play in its forthcoming primaries and all future political competitions.
Tambuwal was speaking at 89th session of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Abuja yesterday.
The meeting was chaired by the party’s national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.
On the same occasion, Tambuwal received accolades from the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT), Sen Walid Jubril, who described his ascension to the position of the chairman of the PDP-GF as a good omen for the party.
According to Tambuwal, the party must get its acts right as the “whole world is watching us.”
He noted that as the party is known as that of Democrats who have stuck to their guns and demonstrated fairness, equity and good conscience “as it was shown in our last primary in Port Harcourt; we must not fail to do what is right.
“We must be free, fair and transparent in all our primaries, from ward congresses through the state to the national level.”
He reiterated that the unity of the party is also sacrosanct in the march towards its quest to reclaim the leadership of the country in the future.
In his remarks, the BOT chairman, Sen Jubril applauded the efforts made by Tambuwal to ensure that the party is more cohesive since he was elected as the chairman of the party’s governors forum.
“Tambuwal has started working in earnest since the day he was elected as the leader of our governors’ forum.
“Under his watch, the party is set to do well in all future elections. As you can see, his networking has seen an increase in the number of our governors attending this meeting today,” the BOT chairman observed.
Gov. Tambuwal, nine other governors, some of them represented by their deputies attended the meeting.