The chairman of the caretaker committee of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed
Makarfi, says the party is
cash-strapped.
Makarfi said this
on Saturday while giving his opening remarks at the elective convention of the
PDP.
Highlights:
● The caretaker chairman said in the past 18 months, his
committee has only had access to one bank account which has less than N2
million.
● He said the payments of staff salaries, office needs,
maintenance and operational expenses have been from party leaders and personal
sacrifices.
● “We virtually lived from hand to mouth. All that we have
succeeded in doing, including the payments of staff salaries, office needs,
maintenance and operational expenses have been from party leaders and our
personal sacrifices.”
● He said since the Supreme Court judgment which recognised
the caretaker committee as valid, “things have been calmer, even though there
are still some outstanding legal issues involving Ogun state as well as the
south-west zonal leadership”.
● “It is my hope that
before long, litigations will cease to be the vehicle through which we resolve
our issues in the PDP, as the party has adequate internal mechanisms of
conflict resolution that are far better than washing our linens in public,”
Makarfi said.
● “I appeal to all members of our great party to eschew
division and rancour and imbibe the culture of subsuming their individual
interests into the larger interest of the party as the party is such a huge
umbrella that is big enough to accommodate the interests of all of us.”
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