Alleged N12b waste: PDP NWC faces sack

• Jonathan, BOT under pressure to move against Secundus, Oladipo, Metuh, others

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders, embarrassed by the litany of
corruption charges against members of the party’s National Working Committee
(NWC), have commenced consultations on moving against the officials.

Workers at the PDP National Secretariat, Abuja, had accused members of the NWC
of massive corruption including alleged sharing of about N12billion realized from the
sale of forms for the March general electionS.
They also alleged that N1billion changed hands during the recent congress of the
party in Kogi State.
The allegations came on the heels of the planned reduction in the staff strength at
the secretariat by 50 per cent and salary cut by the same ration.
For a party still reeling from the effects of its loss of power in the March and April
elections, the workers’ allegations have not gone down well with party leaders
including former President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the Board of
Trustees (BoT).
Party sources informed The Nation last night in Abuja that the workers had
forwarded their grievances to Dr. Jonathan and other stakeholders.
It was gathered that the stakeholders have already launched into consultations to
save the party from further embarrassment.
Sources said the stakeholders were being pressurized to prevail on the National
Executive Committee (NEC) to dissolve the NWC forthwith on account of the
allegations.
A top source in the party said: “The workers have taken their protest to Jonathan,
who is the leader of the party and the BOT. They are mounting pressure for the sack
of the NWC by NEC.
“They said with the present NWC in charge, the PDP will die. Some BOT members
have started consultations on the way out of the challenge at hand.
“I think we may end up convening an emergency meeting of NEC in order to save
the party this unnecessary embarrassment.”