Out of the 23 state governors elected under the umbrella of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the country, only three yesterday graced the book launch marking the 77th birthday anniversary of the party's national chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
The three that attended the occasion were those of Kaduna Mr Patrick Yakowa, Bauchi Isa Yuguda and Abia Theodore Orji. A few were represented by their deputies.
Consequently, Abia State Governor Theodore Orji who spoke on behalf of the PDP governors apologized on their behalf citing "circumstances beyond control" for their absence. Due to their poor attendance, the PDP governors could not make a collective financial contribution to the book launch as governor Orji said: "We will meet to take a collective decision and make our contribution later."
President Goodluck Jonathan who personally attended the occasion extolled the virtues of the PDP national chairman, describing him as a pan Africanist who is committed to the unity and integration of the African continent.
While wishing him many more years ahead, Jonathan expressed hope that with Tukur's exposure and leadership qualities, the PDP will continue to grow as the leading party on the continent.
Former Information Minister Professor Jerry Gana who presented the book entitled: The Global Villager, a literary biography of the party chairman described Tukur as one of the principal pillars in the formation of the PDP.
Gana who acknowledged Tukur's role in African integration said having struggled actively in the PDP's formation and contributed immensely to its growth, Tukur is qualified to chair the party.
In his remarks, the PDP national chairman said his reform agenda for the party will leave no one behind.
He stressed the need for genuine reconciliation in order to move the party forward.
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PDP is bound to oblivion because it has been a Political Party with no national agenda. No Political party have reigned so much havoc and brutal looting of national revenue like that company of regressive and unpatriotic looters in the history of this nation . The annoying deficit is that this Party refused to learn from history of corruption from Ahamadu Bello and Akintola era of post Independent Nigeria culminating to the carnage and hurrendous civil war in the 60s up to the 70s Nigeria nation . UNfortunately , this time have in it, , number of Igbo renegades whose objective seem to be ,"If you can't beat them , join them ". These individuals in my view are renegades within the Igbo community and are, as a matter of fact in the minority . I hate to hear that dichotomy of tribal or ethnic sentiment in Nigeria . It may have played significant role at the post independent electoral process, when new and emerging politicians used it as ploy to divert local attention and bribed their way through disengeneous agenda , the consequence to national cohension has been obvious . Those who have robbed the nation and build unrelenting barrie or boundry between themselves and the wider voting population have refused to ask themselves the intelligent question of the meaning and use of creating a society of haves and have nots, inequality that has been dangerous to empower communities to abandon the local hygiene for which the Igbo community is well known ? At least we all know the colonial governemt with all of it's pitfalls and inconsistency left us with environments with sparkling streets, public telephones and water supply in every community . Why should we have tripple amount of national income and have been dwarfed by unjustifiable inequality ? This is what the PDP must ask itself in modern Nigeria . Pathetically , Bamanga Tukur has written a book with content that only challenge his political character and practise if he is intelligent to read himself . I encourage readers to go to my website and read my excursion into "Game Changers " as critical pre-requisite to changing an iota of a thing in a country dominated by political novices with endless apetite to robb citizens from share or include 99.9 % of the population into full meaning of nationhood, and to participate in both economic and growth opportunity