By Samuel Luka
The Zonal Working Committee and states Chairmen of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Northeast Zone have blamed the present economic hardships in Nigeria on the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Presenting the communique of a meeting held in Bauchi on Wednesday, the Zonal leadership of the PDP in Northeast, regretted that upon the untold hardship brought by the APC on the generality of Nigerians, no proactive measures are being taken to salvage the situation.
The Chairman of the Gombe state PDP, Alhaji Tahir Shehu while reading the communique, said that the PDP years were a blessing to Nigerians.
The communique also declared support to the recent decision taken by the Party's Governors Forum on the leadership tussle which engulfed the party at the national level.
The support which was contained in a Communique stressed that the meeting was necessitated by the current happening at the National Level of
the Party.
"As regards to the National Chairmanship tussle, the meeting wish to align itself with the position of the governors, the BOT, National Assembly Caucus and all the Major critical stakeholders in the zone", the Communique disclosed.
The Northeast Zonal Leaders of the PDP expressed optimisms that the decision will bring decorum and sanity that will lead the party to lofty height.
Tahir Shehu added that the meeting reflected on the 16 years of the party at the helms of affairs as a ruling party and how it lost out to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2015.
The meeting which asserted that PDP remains the last hope Nigerians as a messiah, maintained that only the PDP can provide the needed solution to the current challenges facing the country.
The Northeast Zonal PDP noted that the since the inception of democratic rule in 1999, the party has been dominant in the Northeast, sub-region, producing a former Vice President, former/ Serving
governors, former/ serving National Chairmen, among others.
The meeting acknowledged and appreciated the unparalleled
infrastructural development across PDP controlled states, urging the Governors not to relent on the solid foundation they have laid.
The communique also expressed satisfaction with the tremendous support and encouragement it is receiving from the PDP governors for the Zonal Office and all the state chapters of the party.
It passed vote of confidence on Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi and Taraba for performing very well and urged them to continue providing the dividends of
democracy to the people of the zone and Nigeria at large.
The communique also appreciate the host, Governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of PDP Governors Forum for facilitating and providing conducive atmosphere for the meeting.
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