Tag: NWC

PDP BoT chairman set to resign, as NWC members revolt against Ayu

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Walid Jibrin, is set to resign from his position, according to reports. It has also emerged that some members of the PDP national working committee (NWC) met in Abuja on Tuesday and resolved not to attend any meeting presided over by the incumbent National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, henceforth. Recall that Jibrin has held the position for six years after taking over the Board from Halliru Bello, who was removed in 2016. Sources close to the BoT…

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APC Govs DG tasks new NWC on computerization of membership register

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Salisu Mohd Lukman, has urged the leadership of the party to embark on collation of an electronically based data of all members of the party across the country. Speaking during an AIT political programme, JIGSAW, where he gave insight on his book; APC Litmus Test, the PGF DG said electronic membership registration will enhance the efficiency of the party’s administration and urged…

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Drama, as PDP suspends National Working Committee meeting indefinitely

Aminu Imam

The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Elder Yemi Akinwomi has suspended the scheduled National Working Committee, (NWC), meeting of the party till further notice. Following the Port Harcourt Court restraining order against the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman-South, Elder Akinwomi, acting on section 45 (2) of the PDP constitution took over the presiding over of the activities of the party and issued the directive. The Constitutional section says that in absence of the National Chairman, the Deputy National Chairman-South takes over…

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Drama, as PDP suspends National Working Committee meeting indefinitely

Aminu Imam

The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Elder Yemi Akinwomi has suspended the scheduled National Working Committee, (NWC), meeting of the party till further notice. Following the Port Harcourt Court restraining order against the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, the Deputy National Chairman-South, Elder Akinwomi, acting on section 45 (2) of the PDP constitution took over the presiding over of the activities of the party and issued the directive. The Constitutional section says that in absence of the National Chairman, the Deputy National Chairman-South takes over…

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Just In: Seven PDP NWC members resign

Aminu Imam

Seven members of the National Working Committee, (NWC), of the People’s Democratic Party  (PDP), have resigned citing “bad treatment” by the PDP national chairman. The party’s National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), confirmed this on Tuesday. Those who resigned include: the Deputy National Financial Secretary, Deputy Legal Adviser, Deputy National Auditor, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Deputy Women Leader, and Deputy Organising Secretary and one other. They also cited financial indiscipline and poor leadership as reasons for their resignation. They promised to remain loyal to the PDP but withdrew their…

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Protests rock PDP; members demand sack of NWC member

Ishaku Yohanna
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By Phoebe Kure Members of the Peoples Democratic Party from the Niger State Chapter on Wednesday demand the sacking of the party’s National Financial Secretary, Abdullahi Maibasira. The protesters, who stormed the Legacy House, Maitama Abuja used by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party as an alternative secretariat, were from Niger state, the home state of Maibasira. Maibasira was accused of conniving with the All Progressives Congress-led State Government to undermine the party. The tens of party members who came from Suleja Local Government alleged that the national…

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