By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – President of the 8th Senate and former Governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki has been appointed as the chairman of the 7-nember committee set up to ensure a smooth and rancour-free National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for May 27, as well as the party’s forthcoming national convention.
The Committee was set up on Sunday during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum meeting held at the Bauchi State Governor’s lodge Abuja.
Saraki, who disclosed this on his X account handle, said the decision was reached at a well-attended meeting by both serving and former PDP governors, adding that the Forum deliberated extensively on the current challenges facing the party and its future direction.
Other members of the committee are; Governors Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Caleb Muftwang (Plateau), and Peter Mba (Enugu). Other members include Senator Seriake Dickson, Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo, and former Governor of Abia State, Chief Okezie Ikpeazu.
Precise Post recalls that the committee is tasked with ensuring preparations for the upcoming NEC meeting and national convention are inclusive, peaceful, and productive.
Saraki pledged that the Committee members will do their best in delivering on the assignment given to them.
Saraki’s statement reads in full:
I just left a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum, attended by its serving and former governors, at the Bauchi Governor’s Lodge. We had a fruitful deliberation on the party’s present challenges and its future.
The meeting was well attended. As part of the decisions taken to chart a way forward, the meeting set up a seven-man committee charged with preparing for a rancour-free NEC meeting scheduled for May 27th and the forthcoming national convention.
The committee is headed by my humble self, and I will have the pleasure of working with my brothers – HE Dauda Lawal, HE Caleb Muftwang, and HE Peter Mba, governors of Zamfara, Plateau and Enugu States respectively. Other members are Sen. Seriake Dickson, Sen. Ibrahim Dankwambo, and former governor of Abia State, HE, Chief Okezie Ikpeazu.
We hope to do our best in delivering on the assignment given to us.
