Kaduna PDP To Makarfi: We’re Solidly Behind You

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has pledged its support to the newly appointed chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the party and former governor of the state, Senator Ahmed Makarfi.Makarfi was appointed to head the committee via a voice vote, following the sack of the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP, during last Saturday’s national convention of the party, held at the Sharks Football Club Stadium, Port Harcourt.Addressing delegates from Kaduna State weekend in Port Harcourt, chairman of PDP in the state, Mr. Hassan Hyat, declared that every member of the party in the state will automatically become a foot-soldier of Makarfi to enable him succeed in his new assignment.Hyat said, “Why we are talking is because we want to tell the world that the PDP family in Kaduna State is solidly behind him in this new assignment and we will move with him step by step until he achieves the result of this assignment he has been given.“All of us in Kaduna State, especially we that are party officials and elected members and faithful members of the party, we are automatically his foot soldiers. None of us is going to have any rest until he has concluded the assignment given to him in the next three months.”The PDP chairman described the emergence of Makarfi as the handiwork of God, saying the state has been crowned with the responsibility of refocusing the party within three months.He said, “The appointment of distinguishedSenator Ahmed Makarfi was not something that any one of us dreamt about. We didn’t come to Port Harcourt to contest any election, but God, by His magnanimity decided to crown Kaduna State with the responsibility of refocusing the party, our party, the great party, PDP, that everybody is proud of.“In doing that, it comes to mind what everybody knows that gold fish has no hiding place. By this time yesterday, nobody among us knew that we will wake up today by having our leader, our respected leader, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Ahmed Makarfi, becoming the interim Chairman of the caretaker committee for three months.“We know that recognitions are based on certain criteria; we that are from Kaduna State, we that have been participating in politics in Kaduna State and the whole people of Kaduna State are aware of the qualities of our new party leader. I had course to tell some people if you give Senator Makarfi one month to reschedule a convention, he is going to do it successfully. So he has been given three months.”