Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Peace and Reconciliation Committee, Governor Seriake Dickson, yesterday met with one of the founding fathers of the party, Alhaji Adamu Ciroma, as part of efforts to resolve the crisis rocking the party.
Dickson told Alhaji Ciroma (Madaki Fika), that the visit was to intimate him on the efforts of the committee to ensure a peaceful resolution of the ongoing crisis in the party.
While presenting the template prepared by the committee on a peaceful resolution of the crisis, the governor thanked Alhaji Ciroma for finding time to receive the committee.
He added that he and members of his committee valued the fatherly advice and words of wisdom given by the elder statesman on the way forward for the PDP.
The Governor also thanked the politician for his sacrifice and service to the fatherland and to the party all through the years.
He urged Alhaji Ciroma to continue to provide his fatherly advice and counsel on party and national matters especially at this trying time.
“We must say that we value this meeting and indeed your invaluable contributions to the growth and development of the PDP in particular and the nation as a whole”, Dickson said.
The elder statesman and founding father of the party, thanked the governor for the efforts and sacrifices he has made to ensure that peace returns to PDP.
He opined that discord and disagreements are a normal occurrence in political parties worldwide, adding that the resolution of the issues should matter to the party for now.
He advised the governor to continue to handle the important assignment with the goodwill and good intentions he has always displayed and wished him success in that regard