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For peace in PDP, Sheriff insists he must co-chair any convention

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8 years ago

September 1, 2016

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Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has claimed that the reconciliation committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has made it mandatory that he must co-chair a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, where a unity convention will be hammered on and agreed upon.

He insisted that the recommendation must be followed to the later for peace to be returned in the crisis ridden party.

Sheriff however, applauded the Governor Dickson/Senator Mantu-led Reconciliation Committee for doing a good job in the bid to find a lasting solution to the party’s crisis.

According to him, “The reconciliation committee proposed that Sheriff and Makarfi should co-chair a National Executive Committee, NEC, where a unity convention will be hammered on and agreed upon. We, however, make it very clear that the caretaker committee has been declared non-existent, illegal, null and void and unknown to law.

“We, therefore, insist that the ideal thing to do is that Sheriff should convene a NEC meeting where Makarfi can attend as Board of Trustees (BoT) member and a date agreed upon for the unity convention, where a convention committee will be setup.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the functions of the BoT are well articulated in the constitution of the party and Section 32 (5g) states that it will “offer advice on matters. We, therefore, assert that the BoT has no power in the constitution to issue executive orders on the party’s matter.”

It would be recalled that the PDP BoT had at a meeting on Monday, sacked the Governor Nyesom Wike led national convention committee and also placed an embargo on the holding of the party’s convention in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, and opted for Abuja instead.

By Ebere Ndukwu …

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