PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur
Despite the appeal by the Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako,
that he erred with the dissolution of the executive of the state chapter
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some members of the national
secretariat are still accusing him of mobilising other PDP governors
against the National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
Also efforts by Tukur to reconcile the warring factions in the Taraba
State chapter of the PDP has hit a brick wall as the state Governor
Danbaba Suntai, has failed to honour the invitation of the PDP national
secretariat.
THISDAY gathered from party sources that there were moves by Nyako to
get PDP governors to rally round him to force the Tukur-led National
Working Committee (NNC) to reverse the dissolution of the Adamawa PDP
executive council.
The Media Adviser to PDP Chairman, Eddie Adenirokun, who confirmed the
plot to THISDAY, said the Tukur-led PDP should not be crucified for
trying to enthrone discipline in the party.
According to Adenirokun, “It is a common fact to us in PDP that Nyako
is mobilising other PDP governors against the national chairman.
“But let it be known that the sack of the Adamawa PDP executive was not
a personal decision of Tukur. It was the NWC decision based on
empirical fact of indiscipline against the Adamawa PDP executive.
“It is painful that the issue of enthroning discipline had to start
from the home state of the national chairman but you don’t make an
omelette without breaking an egg,” he said.
Tukur’s Media Adviser denied that the sack of the Adamawa PDP executive
was because of the politics of 2015 where Tukur’s is believed to be
nursing a governorship ambition.
Rather he said, “Tukur has a global image and therefore will not stoop
so low to interfere in affairs of a state chapter. What took place was a
decision of the NWC and not Tukur’s decision,” he said.
Meanwhile efforts to resolve the face-off between Suntai and Senators
Aisha Alhassan (Taraba North) and Abubakar Tutare (Taraba Central) over
non-conduct of congresses in the state which prompted the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), to write to the PDP requesting for
fresh congresses in the state has suffered a setback.
In response to several complaints made by aggrieved PDP members led by
Senators Alhassan and Tutare, the PDP deputy national secretary had on
September 17 summoned Suntai and the two senators to a meeting with the
NWC members in Tukur’s residence.
The national deputy secretary explained that the meeting scheduled for
September 22 “was to seek ways of the various interests affecting the
cohesion of the party in Taraba State.”
It was gathered that on the scheduled date, the two senators and some
NWC members were in Tukur’s house for the meeting but the meeting had to
be put off when the state governor sent a message to the national
leaders of the party that he could not sit down at any meeting with the
two senators in attendance.
The action of the governor has again prompted the two senators to fire
another petition to the PDP national secretariat, insisting that the
party must organise fresh congresses in the state to take over from the
executive appointed by the governor as earlier directed by INEC.
Meanwhile, a gale of resignation of appointment is sweeping through
executive committees in some wards and local government councils in the
state in protest against the directives of Suntai to PDP members,
instructing them not to associate with Alhassan and Tutare.
In one of the joint letters of mass resignation of the entire executive
committee of Sarikin Dawaki ward in Jalingo, the party elders said they
were quitting in protest against the suspension of the Ward Chairman,
Alhaji Nuhu Musa Kasimu; the Women Leader, Aishatu Shuaibu and two
others over alleged insubordination.
They said “the reason advanced by the party at the local government
secretariat in Jalingo for suspending the Ward leaders is frivolous and
vexatious as it was clearly stated in the letter summoning them to
appear before a disciplinary panel that they violated the order passed
across the state from the state secretariat that no executive should
have any fellowship with Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan.”
While querying the rationale and constitutionality of the order not to
associate with the senators who is a member of their party, they
informed the state executive committee that the order was an
infringement on their fundamental rights of freedom of association.
Meanwhile, Tukur has identified the lack of political will on the part
of previous administrations in the country as the major impediments to
the growth of the country’s industrial sector.
Tukur who lamented that Nigeria still import a lot of things that she
is supposed to be exporting to other nations in spite of her being
blessed like the developed countries of America, Europe and Asia, called
for the building of stronger institutions that will help actualise the
potentials of the nation.
The PDP Chairman was speaking yesterday with journalists during a tour
of facilities and Award of Long Service at ABUMET Nigeria Limited,
Abuja, where he commended both the staff and management of the
organisation for being one of the few companies that have not only
survived but has flourished when others are collapsing.
While recalling that the main objective why the company was established
is to build a first class aluminium industry to meet the growing need
of the Federal Capital Territory at the time, Tukur stated that: “From
available records at my disposal, ABUMET has performed wonderfully in
the areas of product acceptability by clients.
He however lamented that the uncontrolled importation of finish
aluminium products from China at subsidized rate is a big challenge to
manufacturers of aluminium in Nigeria.
The PDP Chairman, who also doubles as Chairman of ABUMET Nigeria
Limited, while blaming the lack of will on the part of governments
particularly regulatory agencies for failing to live up to their
biddings, called for a proper education and reorientation of the people.
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