People’s Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives Caucus has written to the party’s Board of Trustees (BOT) over crisis rocking the party.
Gatekeepers News reports that PDP House of Representatives Caucus has asked the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the party to take a decisive action to resolve the current impasse rocking it in the overriding interest of all.
This was contained in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the BOT and signed by Kingsley Chinda, leader, PDP house of Representatives caucus.
The statement made it known that the BOT remains the hope of millions of the party members who keenly look forward to a vibrant, visionary and vigorous political campaign that will usher in victory to the party in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
Expressing worry about news reports on the party, part of the statement read ‘However, in the past few days, the nation’s mass media has been awash with worrisome news about developments within our party.
“Hitherto, the gale of defections from our party to the other parties as well as the palpable absence of a deep issue based and sustained opposition have been a source of great concern to members of the public and true party men, including those of us in the PDP House of Representatives Caucus.
“After the exit of three Governors, few weeks ago, four members of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and defected to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Worse still, this week, we received news of the defection of a member of our party’s Board of Trustees with great pain and disappointment. This news was visited with silence from the party managers as usual.
“Amidst these unsavory developments, increasing distractions of retaining the office for another term has blurred the capability of our national chairman to exhibit the selfless and tactical acumen required of an opposition leader in an abusive, irresponsive and dictatorial regime like that of Gen Buhari (rtd.). These obvious and palpable inadequacies have provoked growing calls from the grassroots for a change in our party headship as the voice of the masses will definitely be lost in a docile and voiceless opposition.
“Confronted with the pains and miseries foisted by the current ruling party that thrives in propaganda and outright lies, exposing the country to extreme poverty, insecurity, depressed economy and abuse of human rights. Nigerians are helplessly looking up to us to salvage the sunk state ship.”
The caucus has therefore, called for “very urgent and effective steps to be taken towards effecting a real paradigm shift and quick installation of a vibrant leadership in our great party. Without much ado, decisive efforts must be made by members of our BoT to compel the jettisoning of personal ambitions and encourage respected individuals to make such personal sacrifices that may be required in the furtherance of party and national interests. It is on this basis that the House Caucus of the PDP in an emergency meeting on 7th August resolved as follows:
“To formally ask the BoT and the Governors Forum of the PDP to ensure immediate and firm resolution of current challenges so as to enable a re-engineering, re-focusing process that would restore party members and millions of other Nigerians’ hope and confidence in the PDP as an alternative to the current dysfunctional, irresponsive and rudderless government of APC with its attendant suffering, miseries, political deceit, economic woes, insecurity and all-round disappointment foisted on on millions of Nigerian families across the federation, and;
“Urge the current National Chairman (Prince Uche Secondus) to consider making the necessary personal sacrifice worthy of a leader in the party’s current and future interest with a firm assurance of honourable regard and appreciation by the party leadership now and in years to come, by honourably resigning his position as party chairman immediately, to allow the party an early start.”
In lauding Secondus decision, the statement added, “Consequent upon above, we pray you to urge the national chairman (Prince Uche Secondus) to be a hero by resigning his position to allow you the opportunity to take decisive steps to resolve our party’s current situation, optimally address existing gaps and immediately map out a way forward for our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party.
“We look forward to a justification of our keen confidence in the ability of the Your Excellences, (the conscience and soul of our party) our esteemed Board of Trustees Members to advise the National Chairman to immediately resign his position to enable you make this happen without any further delay.”
