{"id":1346,"date":"2013-04-02T03:35:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T03:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/opponents-list-tukurs-sins-as-pdp-crisis-goes-on\/"},"modified":"2013-04-02T03:35:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T03:35:11","slug":"opponents-list-tukurs-sins-as-pdp-crisis-goes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/opponents-list-tukurs-sins-as-pdp-crisis-goes-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Opponents list Tukur\u2019s sins as PDP crisis goes on"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

All is still not well with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as forces opposed to National Chairman Bamanga Tukur plan to convene an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.<\/p>\n

Backed by some governors, the anti-Tukur party chiefs are compiling breaches allegedly committed by Tukur.<\/p>\n

The party\u2019s last NEC meeting was held in July, last year, contrary to the quarterly provision in the PDP Constitution.<\/p>\n

Tukur has been avoiding a NEC meeting, following an alleged plot to pass a vote of no confidence in him.<\/p>\n

A source close to the planners of the NEC, who spoke in confidence with our correspondent, said: \u201cSome powerful interest groups within the Peoples Democratic Party are said to be pushing for the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to invoke the relevant sections of the PDP Constitution in an attempt to make Tukur address issues affecting the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are also planning to make Tukur to account for alleged breaches of the PDP Constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Tukur does not convene NEC meeting, they will seek the consent of two-thirds of party members to call for the session.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe move becomes necessary in view of Tukur\u2019s leadership style in the last one year, which has fragmented the party, which prides itself as the largest in Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proponents of the management audit of Tukur\u2019s style asserted that this is in line with the national chairman\u2019s belief that PDP is greater than any individual and party members should subject themselves to the rules and regulations of the PDP.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another top source listed Tukur\u2019s alleged breaches as follows:<\/p>\n

\u2022deliberate failure to convene the PDP NEC meeting and removal of some NWC members;<\/p>\n

\u2022operation of a parallel National Working Committee(NWC);<\/p>\n

\u2022shifting of the party\u2019s official functions to personal residence;<\/p>\n

\u2022polarisation of the NWC;<\/p>\n

\u2022alleged refusal to operate the principle of accountability which would allow stakeholders of PDP to be carried along; and<\/p>\n

\u2022disobedience of court order and refusal to honour the provisions on freedom, equality and justice; violating the independence of the Judiciary and fundamental rights of members of the party, as well as promoting divisions among various interests in the PDP.<\/p>\n

The source said: \u201cThe consensus of some governors and PDP leaders is that Tukur should step aside and face the PDP disciplinary committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, those angling for disciplinary action against Tukur have argued that there must be efficiency in a serious and credible political movement like the PDP for the party to continue to occupy the front seat in the political arrangement in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey alleged that PDP is being run as a fiefdom, in spite of the fact that its National Working Committee, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization, is accountable to its supporters and sympathisers through the National Executive Council of the party.<\/p>\n

\u201c But no NEC meeting has been held since July last year following fears that the national chairman could be disgraced out of office, should the quarterly meeting be convened.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is being alleged that following the removal of the three PDP national officers at the Party secretariat, the national chairman successfully intimidated other members of the NWC and took many unilateral decisions which are negatively rubbing on the image and administration of the Party.<\/p>\n

Tukur is said to have literally shifted the registered national headquarters of the PDP to his Wuse 11, Abuja home where all important meetings of the NWC and PDP have been holding since January. He reportedly took the decision as a result of his allegation that deliberations of NWC conducted at the party headquarters were filtering out of PDP national headquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what was the Acting National Secretary, Solomon Onwe, the current custodian of the rules and regulations of the PDP, looking at as the chief administrative and accounting officer? Could it be that he brought him in as a stooge, who is unsure of himself to do biddings of the national chairman; right or wrong? Onwe should be sanctioned alongside Tukur for not protecting the PDP Constitution and allowing the party\u2019s name and image to be dragged in the mud,\u201d another source said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThose pushing for disciplinary action against is alleging, through media interviews, that all his actions were approved by the Presidency, claiming that he meets with the President, who is the National Leader of PDP, 8.00pm every Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis antagonists, however, assert that if he is truly meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, there is every likelihood that the national chairman was feeding the president with half-truths or false information, in an attempt to feather his own nest, as the President would not likely approve of measures that would promote disintegration of the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say that they are sure that President Jonathan, noted for his respect for the rule of law, would never agree to any proposal to humiliate Justices of the Court of Appeal, through PDP\u2019s respect of a ruling of the Federal High Court.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

————————————————————————————————————————-
Posted in Nigerian Newspapers. <\/a>A DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<\/p>\n

Source: The Nation Newspaper<\/p>\n

DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on Nigeria News,<\/a> Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow us on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Follow @Dis_Naija<\/a>
\n