PDP BOT Holds Emergency Meeting, Brainstorms On How To Resolve Crisis

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting on Thursday, seeking ways on how to resolve the crisis in the party.

The meeting, held at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, follows reports of grumblings in the part and the resignation of seven of its national officers  under controversial circumstances.

Chairman of the BOT, Senator Walid Jubrin, explained that the meeting was important because of the crisis in the party, and the challenges require that the board intervenes.

“The APC government has failed the country, and this is not the time for the PDP to be engaging in in-house fighting,” Senator Jubrin told members of the BoT.

“The PDP must put its house in order and prepare for its Congress to elect leaders ahead of the next general election, and we must put personal interests aside. It’s time for the party to wake up from slumber.”

Senator Jubril called on the National Chairman and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to resolve the challenges.

He urged members to be fearless as they diagnose the challenges facing the party including the recent resignation of some principal officers of the party.

The PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus in his remarks noted that regardless of the divergent opinion, the planned December National Congress will make way for a smooth transition from one NWC to another peacefully.

He also commented on the recent resignation of the seven principal Officers. saying that the NWC met with the officers to rescind their decisions, but they finally did what they wanted.

He also appealed to the BOT to look critically on the issues so as not to jeopardize the preparations for the planned National Congress in December.

Seven national officers of the PDP had on August 3 resigned from their roles in the party.

The party chieftains in different letters addressed to its National Secretary on Tuesday alleged being sidelined and unfairly treated by the National Chairman.

Some of the executive members who resigned include the National Deputy Publicity Secretary, Diran Odeyemi; Deputy National Organising Secretary, Hassan Yakubu; and the Deputy National Woman Leader, Hadizat Umoru.

– Channels TV