The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Umar Damagum, has urged social media practitioners and bloggers to refrain from spreading falsehoods that could ignite unrest among party stakeholders.
Damagum gave the charge at the end of a two-day capacity-building workshop on Effective Media Awareness and Peace in the Political Arena for Social Media Handlers from Northwest States.
The training, organized by the PDP’s Support group in Birnin Kebbi, aimed to strengthen the capacity of social media handlers and streamline their activities toward party cohesion and unity.
Represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Hon Yusuf Dingyadi, the PDP National Chairman emphasized the importance of propagating the party’s manifestos and visions, stating that the PDP is “bigger than any individual to destroy.”
The chairman commended the organizers and assured supporters and loyalists that there is no vacancy in the party leadership positions.
He condemned those aggravating internal differences within the party, urging them to stop breeding disharmony and political instability.
According to him, the present PDP leadership would continue to promote forgiveness, cohesion and unity within the party.
Also speaking, the Head of Media Mobilization and Political Awareness of the PDP Supporters Group in Nigeria, Dr. Suleiman Aliyu-Gafai, described the leadership crisis within the party as a disappointment that negates the founding fathers’ vision.
Gafai called on the party leaders and members to unite and strengthen the party’s unity, spirit of forgiveness, and discipline.
The workshop featured presentations, demonstrations and historical facts on PDP and northern Nigeria’s political unity, with over 50 participants from Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara States.
