CONGRATULATING one of us here, Prof. Abubakar Sadiq Gombe, who was named the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the Social Democratic Party, SDP. He is an acclaimed statistician and a holder of Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy, and Ph.D. in Political Economy and Development. He served the SDP as pioneer National Secretary in 2010 to 2015 and was the Governorship Candidate of the SDP in 2011 in Gombe State. He also served as Chairman, Convention Planning Committee of the SDP in 2011. He was the pioneer Director-General of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Nigeria.