Wike’s Camp Joyful As Damagum Survives Plots Of Pro-Atiku Camp

The camp of Nyesom Wike was in a jubilant mood on Thursday after it pushed through a tenure extension for their man and acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Amb Umar Damagum against the desire of the camp of Atiku Abubakar at the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting.

GWG.ng reports that following the recommendation of the National Caucus, the National Executive Committee, NEC of the PDP opted not to drag the issue of Damagum vacating office as was demanded by the Atiku Camp.

Rather the party opted that he should make adequate plans to step down at the next NEC meeting that is to come up before August.

Speaking to reporters at the end of the meeting, chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said that predictions of doom as concerning the meeting did not come to pass.

“ You can see there was no dissension and rancour. It was planned that the party will have an implosion. PDP is more than that, we have given beyond all these.

“This party is a united party that is guided by experience and constitutionality. There were a lot of permutations and mischievous thinking outside there.

“But we looked at all the issues and we worked along our guidelines and constitution. There is no problem or dissension and problem among members.

“On the issue of a new chairman from North Central, the PDPGF Chairman said, “In the next two months we will see a lot of activities.

“Leadership is a responsibility. We said in September we would have come out from our congresses.

“We will look at the issue of leadership and look at the issue of our constitution where it will be. And we will do it with no rancour.”

Reading the communique of the NEC meeting, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said:

“The NEC of our great Party, at its 98th meeting today, Thursday, April 18, 2024, thoroughly assessed the State of affairs of the Nation and the Party and resolved as follows:

“NEC commends all the Organs of the Party for their collective resilience, steadfastness and commitment towards the unity, stability and sustenance of our great Party despite dauting challenges.

“NEC also commends members of the PDP, with particular reference to the youths and women for their courage in resisting the antics of the divisive and anti-people All Progressives Congress (APC), especially, its desperation to emasculate the opposition and foist a one-Party State on our nation.

“NEC expresses concern over the ill-implemented policies of the insensitive APC administration, leading to worsening insecurity, harrowing economic hardship, soaring unemployment rate, high cost of food and other necessities of life with pervading misery and despondency across the country.

“NEC expresses serious apprehensions over the spate of acts of terrorism and violence including the escalated cases of mindless killings, mass abduction of innocent Nigerians and marauding of communities in various parts of the country.

“NEC condemns the insensitivity, nonchalance, incompetence and arrogance in failure of the APC administration which continues to conduct itself in a manner that shows that it has no iota of interest or commitment towards the wellbeing of Nigerians.

“NEC also condemns the creeping totalitarianism and tendencies towards a One-Party State which is inimical to the peace, stability and corporate existence of our nation as well as the development of Democracy and good governance in the country.

“NEC, after due consideration demands that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should urgently convene a special National Security Council meeting to proffer a holistic solution and measures to curb the disturbing insecurity with its attendant negative consequences on our national life.

“NEC also demands that President Tinubu should immediately rejig his Economic Team to bring in persons of proven integrity and competence without bias and vested interest to assist in repositioning the economy.

“NEC further demands that the Federal Government should review all policies and programmes which are stifling the economy with suffocating effect on the lives of citizens; including the increase in price of fuel without cushioning measures, hike in electricity tariff, increased taxation and implementation of adverse fiscal policies.”

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