Sen. Mark hands over Benue PDP to Gov. Ortom
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he said that other governorship aspirants of the party should not be worried because even as a leader of the party now he could not compromise the rules and constitution of the party1 he said that both the old and new members of the party had equal rights in the party stressing that it was on that basis that the partys executive positions had to be reviewed so as to accommodate the people that just defected to it1 also ortom promised that all the political leaders of the party in the state would continue to work together and it would be sustained1 the governor said that in politics there was neither permanent enemy nor friend but what was permanent was interest1 our coming together was for the interest of the state and that was what brought them together he said1 he commended the partys leadership for agreeing to review the partys structure in order to accommodate the people that defected with him to pdp1 we have constituted an integration committee which will work 247 to ensure proper harmonisation right from the council ward upwards he said1 there will be a level playing field for all the aspirants he said1 former governor of the state mr gabriel suswam informed the people that the officers whose offices were affected by the review would be given immediate appointment by the state government1 suswam said that the decision was arrived at for the best interest of the state stressing that the party was considering the future and all affected should accept the decision in good faith1 earlier the state chairman mr john ngbede warned local government chairmen against preventing people from joining the party at the local government level1 you do not have the right to deny anybody membership card of the party he said1 he expressed optimism that ortom would move the party to lofty heights now that he assumed leadership of the party1