Tag: Peoples Democratic Party

PDP leaders storm NASS over Onochie’s nomination as INEC Commissioner

Aminu Imam

The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by the party National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus yesterday stormed the National Assembly to protest the appointment of Lauretta Onochie as one of the National Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). According to reports, the list containing the name of Lauretta Onochie and five others for confirmation as INEC Commissioners had since been sent to the Senate Committee on INEC led by Senator Kabiru Gaya for clearance by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. President Buhari had in a…

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“You can’t defect to APC with our mandate” – PDP tells Matawalle, others

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has cautioned the Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, and those of the National Assembly from the State against defecting to the All Progressives Congress, (APC). This is coming on the heels of reports that the governor is set to join the APC today. According to his spokesperson, Yusuf Idris, the governor will join the ruling party with “the National and State Assembly members as well as the PDP executives from all levels of the State”. The governor, who…

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PDP declares party activities in Niger illegal

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), says it did not authorise the inauguration of local government area chairmen in its Niger State chapter. In an issued statement, the party’s National Vice-Chairman, North-Central, Theophilus Dakas Shan, warned the general public to be wary of such individuals who carried out the illegal inauguration. The statement condemned the action and described the purported inauguration as an abuse of privilege which would not be condoned. Shan said the move came to the party as a shock that some leaders, conducted the said illegal inauguration at…

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“Stop threatening Nigerians with war” – PDP warns Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Says he can’t Stop Nigerians from amending Constitution The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against pushing the nation to the precipices by his arrogant and dictatorial remarks as well as inflammatory referencing to war, particularly in his apparent aversion towards the constitutionally guaranteed rights of Nigerians. The main opposition Party said its caution is in response to an incendiary comment credited to President Buhari, wherein he was reported to have observed the demand by Nigerians for Constitutional restructuring as contiguous with warfare, while sentencing the proponents…

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‘Probe APC if you are unbiased’, PDP tells EFCC

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has expressed his dissatisfaction over the action of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to investigate the Party. Recall that a member of the opposition party, Kassim Afegbua, in April petitioned the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over the alleged misappropriation of the Party’s funds. According to the petition, Afegbua asked that the PDP leadership account for N10 billion allegedly realised from the sale of forms in the 2019 general election.This made the anti-graft agency…

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Devolution of power: PDP govs. seek constitutional amendment

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, under the aegis of the PDP Governors’ Forum, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately send an Executive Bill to the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Constitution to devolve more powers to the states with respect to security arrangements culminating in some form of State policing and the general security architecture. Arising from a closed-door meeting held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, the PDP governors, in a communique issued at the end of…

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PDP governors set to meet today on insecurity, 2023 election

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Governors’ Forum is expected to meet in Ibadan, Oyo State, today. The Director-General of the Forum, Cyril Maduabum, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja, said the meeting would be presided over by the Chairman of the Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. The governors are expected to deliberate on major national issues including the worsening insecurity in the country, economy, and the party’s preparations for the 2023 general elections. The D-G said the meeting would avail the governors the opportunity to review the current…

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‘Nigerians are starving, dying’, PDP tells Buhari, APC

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to end what the party referred to as their insensitivity and take urgent steps to address the worsened food insecurity and the attendant hunger and starvation across the nation. The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, made this assertion in a statement issued yesterday.  The Party lamented that under Buhari, over 82.9 million Nigerians can no longer afford their daily meals due to the failure of the administration to take practical…

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Buhari’s ‘nepotism’ fuelling agitations for secession – PDP

Aminu Imam
Uche Secondus

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), has blamed the growing agitation for secession in different parts of the country on what it called a government of exclusion practiced by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC). The Party said “the APC government’s perfunctory management of Nigeria’s diversity, has heightened feelings that the government has an ethnic agenda, as every action of this administration goes to confirm the fears of the victims and legitimises the agitations of the separatist groups”. The National Chairman of the Party, Prince…

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Insecurity: ‘2023 Elections not realistic if challenges are not addressed’ – PDP Chairman

Aminu Imam

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has stated that preparations for the 2023 general election will amount to nothing if the country’s security challenges are not addressed. The PDP chairman gave the advice at the emergency meeting of the party’s national executive committee (NEC) on Thursday, in Abuja, and advised President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a national dialogue to discuss the rising insecurity in the country. The opposition party chairman said the meeting was called to enable the party to add its voice to the worrisome situation with a…

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