Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women and youths have passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the party, saying they are solidly behind President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
At a seminar on Thursday for women and and youths, the target stakeholders which include zonal women and youth leaders, state women and youth leaders, female members of the Board of Trustees as well as female members of the National Executive Committee dismissed the alleged faction in the part.
In a communique issued after the release, the group stated: ” It is our firm belief that the initiative and knowledge drawn from the seminar are important in advancing the goals and objectives of our party.
“Therefore, the women and youth of the Peoples Democratic Party have taken a critical look at the compass of time, fourteen years during which Nigerians at successive elections, repeatedly restated their confidence in the ability of PDP as the custodian of their mandate. We hereby strongly resolve on the imperative of unity and cohesion of our great party to enable it sustain the stability of the nation and her democracy, hence the need for all members to ventilate all grievance through our internal mechanism for conflict resolution.
“We strongly condemn the attempt by some members of our party to subvert the unity and cohesion of the PDP. We wish to re-emphasize the position of the National Working Committee that the PDP has no faction and that there is clearly neither reason nor room for such.
“In this vein, we wish to alert millions of youths and women of our party nationwide to the antics of those who may be working with our opponents to cause division among us.
“The women and youth of PDP only recognize one indivisible Peoples Democratic Party ably led by our indefatigable National Chairman, Dr. Bamaga Tukur,CON.
“We consider it very necessary to commend the Federal Government under President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR. The ability of the President to deliver on his electoral promises is directly reflecting on the huge success which his transformation programme has recorded. The significant mileage which the nation has gained stands him out. We therefore pass a vote of confidence on him and urge all Nigerians to continue to support him.
“Similarly, we wish to commend the National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur CON and other members of the National Working Commitee (NWC) for their iron cast determination to take the party to greater height. We hence call on all party members nationwide to continue to give them support in order to sustain the pre-eminent position of the PDP as the only truly national political party, sensitive to the yearnings of all Nigerians, irrespective of tribe, religion or political persuasion”.