The state congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Plateau state ended in the early hours of yesterday with former Minister of Sports, Damishi Sango elected as the state chairman of the party.
In the result announced at the Treasure Inn Hotel in Jos, venue of the election, Sango scored 754 votes to defeat his closest rival and former member of House of Representatives, Bitrus Kaze who scored 222 votes. Also elected Deputy Chairman of the party was former member of the state House of Assembly, Amos Gombi while former Assistant Legal Adviser of the party, Damian Shekarau was declared as Secretary during the election conducted under tight security watch.
In a statement issued in Jos yesterday and signed by Mr Clinton Garba, former Governor of the state and senator representing Plateau North, Jonah Jang applauded the peaceful conduct of the congress describing the emergence of new Peoples Democratic Party leadership in the State under the Chairmanship of Hon. Damishi Sango as the beginning of a new vista in the political history of the State. Jang said with what transpired at the congress, the delegates have shown that the mistakes of the past are being corrected and the party strengthened ahead of the 2019 elections.
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According to him, the onus is now on the new leadership to unite all divergent views, ensure cohesion and bring together all those who have left and were at the verge of leaving for the sole aim of regaining the lost glory of the party arising from the events of the recent past.
The former governor also appreciated the outgoing executive for holding forth and staying above board even in the face of daunting challenges noting that such steadfastness was a pointer to the fact that members of the executive are experienced, men of proven and tested integrity, who have been committed to the cause of the party in the State.
Senator Jang also charged the incoming executive to reunite aggrieved members, win new members and put the party in good stead to wrest power in 2019 adding that the current state of affairs in the State under the APC is a far cry of what the PDP had intended and as such, there is an urgent need to restore the dignity of the Plateau people by delivering good governance and development to fill their yearn ings and aspirations. He added “For all those who contested for one position or the other, this is time to display the highest form of sportsmanship by joining those who emerged to rebuild the party.
The incoming executive will definitely count on their wealth of experience and noble ideas which will be in the interest of the party as well as the people of Plateau State”
