Some prominent sons and daughters of northern region have initiated a non-partisan platform, Abuja Roundtable, on strategies to curb socioeconomic and security challenges in the region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the personalities that form the roundtable are elder stateman Alhaji Bashir Tofa, former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Ms […]
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A trouble-shooting team in the Peoples Democratic Party, the Reconciliation and Strategic Committee headed by a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, met last week with critical stakeholders in the main opposition party. Amidst speculation of mass defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), TAIWO AMODU and LEON USIGBE examine the efforts of the six-member committee and its chances of aborting a depletion in the PDP.
Last December, the Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inaugurated a six-member National Reconciliation and Strategic Committee with the immediate past Senate President, Bukola Saraki, as chairman.
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Major Yahaya Shinko (rtd) is the secretary of a faction of the PDP in Kaduna State, otherwise known as PDP Restoration Movement. In this interview with John Shiklam, he spoke about the grievances of his group and why the party might be heading towards disaster. Excepts:
As the secretary of a PDP faction in Kaduna state, what are the issues that led to the crack in the party?
There are several issues, but there are three most important ones. One is in respect of the list of ward executives of the party. After the ward congress in March 2020, a list was duly approved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party, which was released to all organs of the party in the state, through the National Working Committee (NWC) on April 24, 2020.
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