Dickson Submits PDP Reconciliation Report To Secondus

Urges party to lead coalition to sack APC

The Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee, Henry Seriake Dickson, has presented the report of his committee to the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, in Abuja.

At the event at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, Dickson commended the party’s leadership for setting up the committee, while commending members of the committee for service to the party and commitment to building a viral party that would wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Dickson said: ‘‘We will not stop serving until we salvage our country,” adding that he was the longest serving chairman of the committee, having served in that capacity since the days of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as chairman

The governor said even before the convention, his committee had swung into action, formulating the template and laying the foundation for the work of the committee.

After the convention, he said his committee criss-crossed the country and interacted with leaders and critical stakeholders of the party who also raised some concerns that were captured in the report.

While thanking the National Working Committee (NWC) for showing leadership, the governor said the mammoth crowd at the recent Jigawa PDP rally was a signpost of a quit notice for APC!

According to Dickson, the committee recommended that the PDP returns the party to the people, constitute all its standing committees, deliberately carve responsibilities for women and youths, deliberately give a sense of belonging to the South-west leaders in the party, constantly woo those who had left the PDP to return to its fold and above all, lead a coalition of all other parties to win more states and form government at the centre!

He said: ‘‘PDP NWC and its leaders must be temperate, not join issues with ourselves and even those who have left the party. The manifest destiny of PDP is to lead a broad-based coalition to sack APC and to achieve this, everybody is important and must be brought on board because the umbrella is large enough for all.

‘‘The NWC of our great party should constitute all statutory committees urgently and in the composition, women, youths and leaders should be involved in the committees. The South West is too strategic not to play a strategic role in PDP. We recommend closer interaction with the leaders of the South-west to build confidence in the region.

‘‘We believe the national convention has come and gone but we recommend that the party deliberately create positions for women in PDP because the party is the most women and youth –friendly. Mr. Chairman if we do this, it will reassure our women and youths that they are the future of our party.”