By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has met with stakeholders on how to address grievances arising from the recent contentious party congress held in Cross River State.
Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Chairman of PDP-GF and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
He said the PDP-GF delegation to Croas River State included Governors Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State.
The statement further said the Governors held a meeting with their host, Prof. Ben Ayade, which lasted for about two hours at the Government House, Calabar.
It added that the issues raised at the meeting will soon be resolved and the party will be united again.
According to Bello, at the end of the meeting, Gov. Tambuwal told journalists that the meeting “was a fruitful, peaceful and productive engagement with the stakeholders of Cross River.”
“We’re here on the mandate of the PDP-GF which was sanctioned by the National Working Committee (NWC) to come and engage with our dear brother and colleague, Prof. Ben Ayade, the Governor of Cross River State and the stakeholders of our party here in Cross River on the issues of the congresses held here in the state that became contentious.
“We’ve engaged with (them) and the feelers we have is that by the grace of God, we’ll soon resolve these issues and the party will bounce back as one.
“There were lots of concerns about how the Congresses went about and everyone of us is interested that we restore normalcy to ensure that the family is brought back together and work together for the common interest of Cross River state,” the Governor said.
He also said his ensemble will take the report of the meeting to the Governors’ Forum and the NWC for examination, deliberation and action.
The trio were later led by Ayade to the state Industrial Park comprising of a frozen chicken lines (aka Calachika), Cross River State Instant Noodles, branded KISIMIE Instant Noodles, complex and the rice mill nursery.
They all expressed delight with the performance of their host who, despite the economic crunch, has done superlatively well, particularly in job creation and diversification of the economy of the state.