Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors will converge at Ibadan, today to discuss the nation’s worsening insecurity.
It is the second of such meetings after the one the governors had held in Makurdi, the Benue State capital in April, 2021.
The Director-General of the forum, Hon. C.I.D. Maduabum, said that the forum would deliberate on issues on national security and the economy.
The meeting to be presided over by its Chairman and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, will also fine-tune strategies to render the party a viable alternative to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
According to him: “The meeting will further review the current state of the nation, especially issues of national security and the economy, and also fine-tune strategies to support PDP as a viable and necessary alternative to the All Progressives Congress administration.”
Recall that at the end of the Makurdi meeting, the PDP governors had called for the devolution of power and restructuring of the country as a way not to avert another civil war.
They had posited in a communique that the country was drifting at an alarming rate that could lead it to a failed state if not checked.
The governors also expressed deep concern and alarm at the deteriorating relations between various groups in Nigeria.
While noting that governors have a role to play in the handling of some of the worsening situations, they regretted that “their hands are tied behind their backs as the entire coercive authority in the country is monopolised by the APC federal government.”
The Governors concluded that Nigeria was in dire need of leadership at the Federal level to avert the looming disaster.
They also expressed concern that the security of lives and property of Nigerians was no longer guaranteed under the present government as a result of leadership incompetence and mismanagement of the nation’s affairs.
