WHY PDP SHIFTS FLAG-OFF IN PLATEAU STATE

FOR PLATEAU, PDP SHIFTS FLAG-OFF.
The PDP State Campaign Council has shifted the party's official campaign take -off from Friday, January 4, 2019 to Tuesday, January 8, 2019. However, the party maintains Mangu as the venue for the flag-off.
This was the major decision taken by the State Campaign Council at its emergency session presided over by PDP Chairman Hon Damishi Sango at the party's secretariat in Jos.
The Council explained that it has received credible information about the likelihood of a security breach since the ruling party in the state has also scheduled its flag-off the same Friday.
The party therefore wants to pre-empt an attack on its supporters and innocent people in Mangu and along the way by supporters travelling for or from the APC rally in Jos.
The party wants the people of Plateau to know that PDP has the highest regards for their safety, peace and stability of all communities.
It will therefore work to ensure that it avoids any provocative plans by the ruling party to further worsen the already ugly security situation in the state, especially in the Northern and Central Zones.
One of PDP's cardinal objectives is to empower the people economically. For this the party does not wish to deprive the people of the economic benefits of the internationally renowned Friday Mangu Market.
It wants the people all over the state and those coming from even outside the country to gain the full advantage of the Mangu Market holding on Fridays without having to sacrifice it or experience excruciating congestion. The economic freedom of the people is crucial especially at this point that the APC administration has only succeeded in making people's lives more unbearable through misgovernance.
Hon Sango also informed the Council that the party's leadership has agreed on some well-thought out measures to reconcile aggrieved members and motivate all party loyalists and friends to continue to be supportive of the party.
He said he is concerned about the issues some party members are raising to justify their leaving, staying aloof from the party, or attacking some personalities.
"We have started implementing specific and strategic steps to address all the issues.
"I appeal to party members to stand very firm and communicate in a way that will build the party.
"I have no grudges against anyone. My doors are open always. Let us talk as a family please.
"PDP will not fail the people of Plateau. Let us forgive each other and move on as a family to restore the fortune of Plateau people. There can be no excuse to allow APC return to power in this year's election. None whosoever."
From the
Media and Publicity Committee
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
Plateau State
03. 01. 2019