Strong indications have emerged that some second term governors, elected on the platform of the PDP who are eyeing the Senate in 2015, may have some hurdles to cross ahead of nomination.
A meeting between the PDP national chairman, Dr Adamu Mu’azu, and governors elected on the platform of the party, which took place on Wednesday night at his residence, failed to reach a consensus on the vexed issue of endorsement and automatic tickets for first term governors, Senate-bound governors and their preferred successors.
They are expected to reconvene over the weekend, but a party source said ‘acceptable conditions’ are likely to be given to the outgoing governors who want the PDP ticket to
go to the Senate.
“They cannot have everything they want,” the source, a member of the party’s National Working Committee told a team of journalists in Abuja over the weekend.
According to him, the party was worried that even though it desired that some its ranking senators returned to the Senate in 2015, the activities of some of the governors had become
‘big constraints on the way of the party’s desire.’
As the party tries to manage this development, a south- south governor (names withheld) and the senator representing his senatorial district openly confronted themselves before President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa last week over the Senate ticket for the zone.
According to Leadership, aside confirming that there were indeed pressures from the outgoing governors on Mu’azu and President Jonathan over the issue of automatic senatorial tickets for the two-term governors, the NWC member disclosed that the national leadership of the party had concluded plans to meet with the governors to reel certain conditions.

“The truth is that the pressure has always been there since the issue of the president’s endorsement was concluded at our last NEC meeting.
It has taken a very dangerous dimension because of our desire to strengthen our National Assembly, especially the Senate, so that the polity could benefit from their wealth of experience, but the governors and their desire
to all go to the Senate is setting a big constraint on our desire for this.
“While we believe that the governors are our field commanders, we cannot say in the same breath that our senators are no more useful and should be discarded; so we have outlined some acceptable conditions that will guide both the governors and the senators; because, especially the governors, they cannot have everything
for themselves without consideration for others.
“We are going to tell them politely that if a governor wishes to go to the Senate, fine, but such one cannot be the one to anoint his successor; and, if at all, let the senator any governor wishes to replace also take the governorship slot,” he explained.

The disclosure by the NWC member came on the heels of the report that a south-south governor had lured the senator representing his (the governor’s) zone to Aso Villa to see the president. According to him, as soon as they settled for discussions, the governor told President Jonathan to ‘look for something for the senator’ after the elections because he (the governor) was already set to supplant the senator at the National Assembly.
“It was very embarrassing that the senator had to pointedly tell the governor that if he wanted to go the Senate, he (senator) was ready to be governor. It took the intervention of the president to calm frayed nerves because it was becoming a heated argument between them in the presence of Mr President,” he said

It has emerged that in Enugu State, Governor Sullivan Chime is set to replace Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.
In Delta, it is Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan versus Senator James Manager even as Cross River State governor Liyel Imoke has not hidden his plans to replace Senator Ndoma-Egba with Hon John Eno.
Akwa Ibom State governor Godswill Akpabio is trying to displace Senator Aloysius Etok just as Benue State governor Gabriel Suswam is battle ready to upstage former PDP national chairman, Senator Barnabas Gemade.
In Niger State, Senator Nuhu Zagbayi’s stay in the Senate might be abridged as Governor Babangida Aliyu has indicated an interest to take it over…



PDP, please ensure there is a level playing field for all aspirants

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Ok

For the fact that Buhari will lose and the presidency returns to PDP

For posterity sake, let us arise and give the Senate to APC while the House of Representatives goes either to PDP or APC

We cannot live at the mercy of a party that have kept us underdeveloped for 15 good years.

Say no to full time politicians, say no to godfatherism.

What I most desire is they should return all the active senators back to Senate like Sens. Ike Ekweremandu, Ndoma-Egba, chairman sen. cmte on FCT, Ita Enang et al. They are the most vibrant senators and Senate President. Pls our Senate chamber should not be a place of expired/adandoned governors in Nigeria. The Govs should go back to their businesses or back to their faimilies and love their wives after about 8 years of lonliness to their wives and family.

How I wish that one branch or both, of the Legislature, would be controlled by the opposition! Not the type we witness in Tambuwal's leadership of 'man by day and spirit at night'.

Let us practise real democracy for once and hope to reap the attendant development.


God bless Nigeria.

dis looks dicey

Ike Ekweremadu v. Sullivan Chime! Chime should go and seat down! Who does that bully think he is? Well, lemme see if he can bully out ekweremadu from that seat

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Every other govt can go but T.A orji will not smell that senate

hmmmmm that's cool




But.......

The madness will soon stop

PDP n there"Demo whahala,all na bobo, not even øƒ the size øƒ a Viju milk

NIGERIANS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL MY HAND THIS DAYS!!!
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After 8years as Governors, una still want become Senators , Brothers, una no dey tire to d steal money? Haba, even high-way robbers d retire o....

Ok

So u want mi to read dis long story dat concern mi nt shey

Ngwakwe:
For the fact that Buhari will lose and the presidency returns to PDP

For posterity sake, let us arise and give the Senate to APC while the House goes to PDP or APC

We cannot live at the mercy of a party that have kept us underdeveloped for 15 good years.

Say no to full time politicians, say no to godfatherism.

Who says Buhari can't defeat your paymaster round and square?

E No Concern Me! GMB FOR PRESIDENT

Chop i chop democrazy a.k.a stomach infrastructue. 😄

So u want me to read dis long story dat concern me nt shey

Nigerians and power sharing

its a good moves by the PDP Chairman. Heard T.A Orji also wants to displace Chukwumerije.........OK na

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you are on ur own

It is only God that can safe we nigerians and Nigeria as a whole cos we aint practising politics,dis is just politricks.........

Whatever, it is a PDP affair. They will all lose at the polls and be charged for corruption by the Government of General Buhari

I think we need "Mountain of Fire" Prayer Points to make sure these under-performing sons of women destroy our dear nation, after they've fully milked the resources of their respective states...

This GEJ endorsement will cause serious problems for PDP, come to think of it if he contested at their convention he still will have won, I wonder why they opted for the endorsement thingy. I forsee a big split in the party if they don't find a solution quickly, it is a matter of fact that no senator will back down for any governor shopping for a new job. The political atmosphere will be interesting, some last minute decamping but let it not be a blood game oooo cos some people are desperate let them just outwit themselves. A ray of hope for APC I initially concluded that they were out of the game.