South-West PDP Congress Should Hold As Scheduled ― Makinde

Governor Seyi Makinde

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has commended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Working Committee (NWC) for its decision to hold the South-West Zonal Congress slated for Saturday, April 10, 2021.
The governor, however, warned the NWC against allowing divisive elements within the party to “unduly influence party decisions on the national level.”

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has commended the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Working Committee (NWC) for its decision to hold the South-West Zonal Congress which has been scheduled for Saturday, April 10, 2021.

Makinde praised the NWC for its decision, stating that the party leadership “bowed to superior reasoning regarding the congress.”

The governor, however, warned the NWC against allowing divisive elements within the party to “unduly influence party decisions on the national level.”

Makinde said in a statement by his media side, Taiwo Adisa, that “any attempt to shift the date of the PDP National Congress from April 10 is a signal to party loyalists that the hierarchy has been compromised,” an action which would lead to “dire consequences.”

“As the only serving PDP governor in the South-West and an invested party in the PDP’s growth and development, I commend the National Working Committee (NWC) for the decision to go ahead with the South-West Congress.

“I am glad that they bowed to superior reasoning regarding the congress. I am also happy that the congress will be held in Ibadan, Oyo State, in line with our party’s constitution and as stipulated in paragraph 8 (1) (g) of the Guidelines for the Conduct of Ward, LGA, State, Zonal Congresses and National Convention for the purpose of electing Party Executive Committees at all levels which was issued and signed in January 2020. We look forward to hosting other members of the South-West PDP, come April 10.

“However, it has come to my notice that some divisive elements within the party are trying to unduly influence party decisions on the national level. It is shameful that while the peace and reconciliation committee is going about trying to bring the party together, some people are determined to factionalise it. The NWC must not reward these individuals who are working against the party’s overall interests.

“I must warn that any attempt to shift the Southwest Congress’s date from April 10 is a signal that the hierarchy has been compromised. Such an action would have dire consequences. For one thing, we will be forced to take all necessary measures to take back our party,” the governor said.

(The Nation)