Appoints Obaseki chairman of e-registration committee
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to convoke a national conference in order to galvanize ideas and options to tackle the worsening insecurity in the country.
The opposition political party also called on the president to immediately declare a national state of emergency on security.
These were some of the resolutions the party reached at its emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja.
A communique issued at the end of the meetingalso said the NEC passed a vote of confidence on the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, as well as other members of the National Working Committee (NWC).
The party also appointed Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, chairman of its e-registration committee while his Adamawa State counterpart, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, will serve as deputy chairman.
PDP accused Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of misrule, which it claimed is the primary cause of the heightened insecurity in the country.
A statement by the national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, read:
“The National Executive Committee (NEC) after its emergency meeting today, Thursday, April 29, 2021, considered crucial issues regarding the programs of the party as well as extensively reviewed the state of the nation, especially the escalated insecurity engulfing all parts of our country and resolved as follows:
“NEC lamented the heightened insecurity pervading all parts of our nation due primarily to the misrule of President Muhammed Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as their failure to decisively tackle the menace of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, bloodletting and acts of violence in our country.
“NEC urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a national state of emergency on security.
“NEC also urged President Buhari to, without delay, convoke a national conference on Security so as to galvanize ideas and options to tackle insecurity in our country.
“NEC further commended the efforts of governors, senators, House of Representatives members and other officials elected on the platform of the PDP in forcefully seeking solutions to the spate of insecurity in our country.”
With regard to the programmes of the party, the meeting expressed satisfaction with the efforts of the NWC in preparation for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State and asserted its readiness to do everything possible, within the confines of the law, to win the poll.
The communique further read:
“NEC also received reports on the e-registration of members as the NWC announced the membership of the committee set up to conduct the exercise.
“The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has been appointed to serve as Chairman, while his Adamawa State counterpart, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, is appointed to serve as deputy chairman.
“The statutory members of the committee are the National Organizing Secretary, National Treasurer, National Financial Secretary, Deputy National Secretary and the National Publicity Secretary.
“Further nominations will be taken from the Board of Trustees, the National Assembly, Forum of State Chairmen as well as the youth and women demography of our Party.
“NEC unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, as well as the members of the National Working Committee (NWC).
“NEC further cautioned party members at all levels to be wary of agents of distractions and division while praising the effort of the NWC for being focused and purpose driven in piloting the affairs of the party.”
