Former Sports Minister, Damishi Sango emerges as Plateau PDP Chairman

      

The battle for the PDP Chairmanship of Plateau State may have been laid to rest, as former Minister of Sport, Hon. Damishi Sango, has been elected as Chairman of the party in the State.
Sango was returned elected with other executive members after the party held its congress in the State, Wednesday in Jos.
The former Minister polled 758 votes to defeat his closest rival and former member, House of Representatives, Hon. Bitrus Kaze who scored 222 votes.

Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Mallam Mustapha Habib, while declaring the results of the congress, , explained that the election was conducted in accordance with section 45 sub-section 5 of the party’s constitution.
Habib said, ”I am glad we have conducted this election successfully, and now a new crop of people are elected to man the affairs of the party in this state.
”It was not easy, but with the help of God, it was hitched free.
In his acceptance speech, Hon. Damishi Sango promised to use his wealth of experience as one of the founding fathers of the party to take it to an enviable height.


Sango said that, one of his cardinal programmes would be to reconcile all aggrieved members of the party, with a view to making it bounce back.
He expressed optimism that the party would return to power in 2019, adding that its structure in the state was still intact.
”PDP is at the moment on sabbatical leave, it is not death; our structure is still intact, nobody have decamped from the party.
”APC is strange to our to us on the Plateau, but I want to assure that by 2019 this strange party and its cohorts will have no business with the Government House in Rayfield.
”For those of us who are old among the new executive, we have the wisdom, while the young ones have the strength, we shall combine the two to ensure we cross the Rubicon,” he said.

He assured that he would carry every member of the party along, adding that his mode of administration would be grassroot based.
Speaking after the results were declared, former Governor of the State and Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District, Jonah Jang, said PDP is a party with internal democracy.
Jang called on those who lost in the contest to close ranks and work with the present leadership to rebuild the party.

”We are one in PDP, and in any contest there must be a winner and a loser, so I urge those who lost to come so we can rebuild the party so as to capture power in 2019,” he said.
Also, the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Yusuf Gagdi tasked the new executive to live above board and provide leadership that would carry every member of the party along.
He urged them to embrace team spirit and work towards providing solid and constructive criticism to the APC led administration in the state.

According to him, criticism would always stimulate good governance for the people as it would put those at the helm of affairs on their toes.
He appreciated the party members for peacefully conducting themselves during the exercise, stating that such spirit should be maintained at all times.
Others elected into other positions include, Hon. Chris Hassan, Mr. Benedict Shepnohur, and Simon Dominic who were elected Vice Chairmen for Northern, Central and Southern zones of the state respectively.
Also, Mr Damien Shakarau was elected Secretary of the party among other executive council members.