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PDP Crisis BoT Members To Hold Key Meeting With Wike Today

PDP Crisis: BoT Members To Hold Key Meeting With Wike Today

October 4, 2022 6:59 am

As part of its reconciliation mission, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will today meet with the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, over the lingering crisis rocking the party.

The BoT’s meeting with Wike in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, comes after the advisory body met with the PDP presidential candidate in Abuja, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday. The BoT has also met with the vice presidential candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.

Recall that Wike and some other aggrieved governors and party leaders pulled out of the party’s presidential campaign council following the refusal of the PDP national …

2023 I’m PDP Member But ‘Obidient’ – Ex-Reps Member, Isibor

2023: I’m PDP Member But ‘Obidient’ – Ex-Reps Member, Isibor

September 20, 2022 6:29 am

A former member of the House of Representatives and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogbeide Ifaluyi-Isibor, has declared support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, over his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar.

Ifaluyi-Isibor said though he supported former Vice-President Atiku in the 2019 presidential election, he has switched to support Obi for the 2023 presidency because of his track records.

Ifaluyi-Isibor, also the Director of Mobilisation, Nigeria Diaspora Youth Coalition for Peter Obi, disclosed this on Monday while fielding questions on a Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily program which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New …

Ayu Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution - George

Ayu: Even Atiku Emerged Against PDP’s Constitution – George

September 17, 2022 3:10 am

Amidst the ongoing crisis in the PDP, a former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George yesterday asserted that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, wouldn’t have become its standard bearer had the party stuck religiously to its principle of zoning.

According to him, it was based on an in-house agreement that opposed the provision of the party’s constitution that the former vice president was allowed to contest which he eventually won.

George, who is a former military governor of Ondo State, stated this while appearing on Arise TV, in response to those faulting the calls for the …

2023 Tambuwal To Lead Atiku's Presidential Campaign As DG

2023: Tambuwal To Lead Atiku’s Presidential Campaign As DG

September 16, 2022 6:29 am

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have appointed the Sokoto State Governor and chairman of the party’s Governors Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Director General for the National Campaign Management Committee (NCMC) for the 2023 elections.

The party also appointed former governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke as Deputy Director General Operations, Professor Adewale Oladipu, as Deputy Director Administration, Chief Raymond Dokpesi as Deputy Director Technical and Systems, while Ekwesilieze Nwodo is appointed as Deputy Director Research and Strategy of the NCMC.

Read Also: 2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

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2023 Ayu’s Resignation Can Only Happen If.. – Atiku

2023: Ayu’s Resignation Can Only Happen If.. – Atiku

September 15, 2022 4:24 am

Amidst the unending crisis in Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the presidential candidate of the party, Abubakar Atiku has submitted that the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Senator Iyorcha Ayu is achievable.

Atiku made this disclosure while speaking during an interactive session with some leaders of PDP from the southwest zone in Ibadan yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that present at the interactive session was Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Atiku’s running mate, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, Senator Ademola Adeleke, Soji Adagunodo, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu …

I Will Inject $10bn Economic Stimulus Fund For MSMEs

I Will Inject $10bn Economic Stimulus Fund For MSMEs – Atiku

September 14, 2022 7:41 am

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that he would resuscitate Nigeria’s ailing economy by launching a $10 billion Economic Stimulus Fund within his first 100 days in office if he wins the 2023 presidential election. Atiku said the fund would prioritise support to micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) that offer the greatest opportunity for inclusive economic growth.

The PDP presidential candidate spoke in Lagos during the ‘Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Presidential Economic Agenda Forum for the PDP.’ He laid out his economic plan to salvage the country’s economic fortunes before members …

2023 I Won’t Rest Until I Unify PDP – Atiku

Flood Victims: Atiku Tasks FG On Humanitarian Assistance

September 11, 2022 5:55 pm

Atiku Abubakar who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the former Vice President of Nigeria has openly urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to initiate some humanitarian assistance for flood victims.

The Wazirin Adamawa who had also acknowledged that climate change is real, had added that flooding that has followed torrential downpours in towns and villages in Nigeria – like other places around the globe, confirms this.

Read Also: 2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

Atiku, in a statement Sunday, described the damage that has been occasioned on account of the floods as …

Vote Of Confidence Can’t Save Ayu, Wike Tackles On Secondus

Vote Of Confidence Can’t Save Ayu, Wike Tackles On Secondus

September 11, 2022 4:00 am

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that no vote of confidence can save the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, just as the tool of assurance that was passed by the party’s National Executive Committee in April 2021 failed to save Ayu’s predecessor, Uche Secondus.

Speaking yesterday, Wike said; ‘I was listening, watching, they said there is one man they call Secondus. They said he was dancing, celebrating that NEC gave their person a vote of confidence.

“He (Secondus) forgets history that the same NEC through Aliyu Babangida who moved a motion for a …

2023 Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

2023: Secondus Praises Atiku, NEC For Stabilising PDP

September 10, 2022 6:05 am

Against the backdrop of the ongoing crisis in the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the immediate former National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus has congratulated the party’s Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the National Executive Committee (NEC) for stabilising the party.

Secondus said the decision taken at the 97th NEC meeting has further strengthened the party’s unity ahead of the 2023 election.

The former PDP National Chairman in a statement, Friday noted that the outcome of the NEC meeting showed the party is set and ready for victory.

He also commended the immediate Past Chairman …

Tambuwal Has Not Resigned, PDP Governors Forum DG Insists

Tambuwal Has Not Resigned, PDP Governors Forum DG Insists

September 9, 2022 4:26 am

The Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, CID  Maduabum, has revealed that speculations making the rounds that the Chairman of the forum and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwual has resigned from the position were untrue.

Maduabum made this known in response to enquiries about the news making the rounds, especially on social media that Tambuwual had resigned and was appointed Director General of the 2023 PDP Presidential Campaign Council.

Read Also: PDP Chair: Wike Vows Not To Give Up The Battle To Sack Ayu

Speaking in a similar vein, the PDP National Publicity Secretary,  Hon. Debo …

PDP Crisis Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

PDP Crisis: Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

September 8, 2022 3:25 am

The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the time of reckoning was near for those who continue to insist that they can take everything to themselves in opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The governor asserted that nobody has what it takes to silence him from speaking against such injustice and the demand for the right thing to be done.

Governor Wike spoke at the inauguration of Emohua campus of Rivers State University, and the flag-off of staff quarters, performed by Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State on Wednesday.

The governor said such persons would definitely account …

8 PDP Governors Fails To Attend National Caucus Meeting

8 PDP Governors Fail To Attend National Caucus Meeting

September 8, 2022 3:04 am

No fewer than eight Governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday stayed away from the party’s National Caucus meeting which was held in Abuja on Wednesday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that some Chieftains who were in attendance included Bode George, former VP Namadi Sambo; National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, and the BOT Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin.

The party’s presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar was also in attendance at the meeting which was held behind closed doors.

The meeting which was believed to be geared towards resolving the party’s post-convention crisis.

The …

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