PDP Governors To Hold Crucial Meeting On September 17

State governors elected on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have scheduled a crucial meeting for September 17, 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

A statement by the chairman of the PDP Governors' Forum, Mr. Godswill Akpabio announced the meeting but was silent on the agenda.

However, THEWILL gathered that the governors are scheduled to discuss the party's primaries guidelines, which is yet to be made public and the forthcoming general elections amongst other matters.

The statement also congratulated Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, the state party chapter and the people of the state on the recent peaceful conduct of local government elections.

The forum said it was remarkable that PDP under the leadership of Shema won in all the 34 local government areas and 361 wards in the state.

'This victory further confirms the confidence the good people of Katsina have in our great party which they have kept faith with since the advent of the present democratic dispensation in 1999.

'It is also noteworthy that PDP is the party with a real national transformation agenda under the leadership of the President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

'The PDP administration, led by Dr Adamu Mu'azu, has also kept faith with the good people of Katsina State and Nigerians who have witnessed quantum leap in democratic dividends,' the statement added.