PDP GOVERNORS MEET IN ENUGU

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PDP GOVERNORS MEET IN ENUGU

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will be meeting in Enugu.

The governors are Sheyin Makinde of Oyo, Umo Eno of Akwa-Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Agbu Kefas of Taraba and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara States.

Others were Ahmed Fintiri of Adamawa, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers and the host governor, Peter Mbah of Enugu State.

The meeting will be preceded by a gala and cultural night while the agenda for the meeting remain unclear.

However, close sources disclosed that the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Damagum, and other key party leaders are expected to join the governors in the Enugu parley.

The sources said that governors would most likely deliberate on how to organise successful state congresses nationwide on July 27, preparations for the forthcoming Edo and Ondo States off-season governorship election.

They are also expected to review the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Governments as well as the issue of mass defections of top party members in Imo, Abia states.

This is more especially the recent defection of the former President of the Senate, Sen. Pius Anyim and others to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC ).The governors of Osun Ademola Adeleke and Bayelsa Douye Diri were yet to arrive as the time of filing this report.

About Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.

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