National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is scheduled to meet in Abuja on Thursday.
The PDP Interim National Publicity, Dr. Aderemi Akintoye, announced the NEC meeting through a circular in Abuja on Tuesday.
The circular reads, “Emergency NEC meeting to hold Thursday, August 22 by 2pm. Members are advised to be punctual.”
It however did not include the agenda of the meeting.
NEC membership includes the President, NWC officials, governors,
state chairmen of the party and the Board of Trustees (BoT )members.
BOT members have no voting power in NEC.
However, it was gathered on Tuesday that governors in the Jang
faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum were bent on ensuring that the
National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur retained his job.
However, those backing the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi,
as the NGF chairman, it was learnt, might at the meeting table
alleged constitutional breaches by the PDP chairman as a prelude to
getting him booted out of office.
It was also learnt that the attempt to remove Tukur may be resisted by some groups sympathetic to the embattled chairman.
The committee, at its last meeting in Abuja on June 20 had asked
eight members of the NWC to resign.They were the Deputy National
Chairman, Dr. Sam Jaja; the National Organising Secretary, Abubakar
Mustapha; the National Youth Leader, Mr. Garba Chima; the Acting
National Secretary, Mr. Solomon Onwe; the Woman Leader, Mrs. Kema
Chikwe; the National Legal Adviser, Victor Kwom; the National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh; and the National Treasurer, Bala Kaoje.
Apart from the eight national officers, 12 others , who were either deputies or ex-officio members, also resigned.
Their resignations followed a report by the Independent National
Electoral Commission, which declared the way they emerged at the 2012
national convention, undemocratic.
NEC, had at its last meeting, fixed the party’s mini-convention for July 21, 2013.
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