PDP’s national caretaker committee says it does not have the power to move the date of the national convention from August 17
The committee says it is working on a timeline that cannot be moved because it was backed by law
The committee also directed all members to prepare for the convention and ignore reports saying otherwise
The national caretaker committee of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed the reason it cannot and will not move the upcoming national convention from its Wednesday, August 17 date. In a statement released late on Thursday, August 11, the committee said it was bound by law to ensure that the convention held on August 17.
The statement read in part: “The attention of leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to spurious rumour in the online media purporting that the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of our great Party, H. E. Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, CON has suspended or postponed the forthcoming National Convention slated for August 17, 2016 to allow time for more reconciliation on the leadership crisis in the Party.
“The information is false, null and void and only exists in the imagination of the authors and originators of the rumour. For the umpteenth time, we reiterate there is no change to the August 17, 2016 Date slated for the PDP National Convention holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as approved by the Expanded Caucus of the Party in compliance with the Decision of the National Convention that reconvened itself within Ninety (90) Days.
“You will recall that the May 21st, 2016 National Convention in Port Harcourt that constituted the PDP National Caretaker Committee mandated it to organize and conduct another National Convention within 90 days from the Date of the last Convention. Therefore, the National Caretaker Committee has no power to extend the mandate given to it by the Port Harcourt National Convention and will not do so.”
The statement, which was signed by the spokesperson of the committee, Dayo Adeyeye, called on all members to ignore reports that the convention has been postponed or might be. “The National Caretaker Committee wishes to advise all stakeholders and the general public to ignore all rumours regarding the purported postponement of the forthcoming National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State declaring that August 17, 2016 Date for the National Convention is sacrosanct and will hold as scheduled.
“Finally, we enjoin all members of the Party nationwide to work closely with the leadership towards a successful National Convention that will elect credible Party leaders to fill in the vacant positions at the national level,” it concluded. Meanwhile, a member of the national caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Barrister Kabir Usman has resigned his membership of the committee to contest for the national publicity secretary of the party.
The committee says it is working on a timeline that cannot be moved because it was backed by law
The committee also directed all members to prepare for the convention and ignore reports saying otherwise
The statement read in part: “The attention of leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to spurious rumour in the online media purporting that the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of our great Party, H. E. Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, CON has suspended or postponed the forthcoming National Convention slated for August 17, 2016 to allow time for more reconciliation on the leadership crisis in the Party.
“The information is false, null and void and only exists in the imagination of the authors and originators of the rumour. For the umpteenth time, we reiterate there is no change to the August 17, 2016 Date slated for the PDP National Convention holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as approved by the Expanded Caucus of the Party in compliance with the Decision of the National Convention that reconvened itself within Ninety (90) Days.
“You will recall that the May 21st, 2016 National Convention in Port Harcourt that constituted the PDP National Caretaker Committee mandated it to organize and conduct another National Convention within 90 days from the Date of the last Convention. Therefore, the National Caretaker Committee has no power to extend the mandate given to it by the Port Harcourt National Convention and will not do so.”
The statement, which was signed by the spokesperson of the committee, Dayo Adeyeye, called on all members to ignore reports that the convention has been postponed or might be. “The National Caretaker Committee wishes to advise all stakeholders and the general public to ignore all rumours regarding the purported postponement of the forthcoming National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State declaring that August 17, 2016 Date for the National Convention is sacrosanct and will hold as scheduled.
“Finally, we enjoin all members of the Party nationwide to work closely with the leadership towards a successful National Convention that will elect credible Party leaders to fill in the vacant positions at the national level,” it concluded. Meanwhile, a member of the national caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Barrister Kabir Usman has resigned his membership of the committee to contest for the national publicity secretary of the party.
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