Announces Date for National Convention
- Safiu Kehinde
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Bola Tinubu to reverse what it described as ‘anti-people’s’ policies.
PDP gave the charge at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja.
The PDP NEC, in a communique issued at the end the meeting by the party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, condemned the Tinubu-led administration, citing the worsening cases of insecurity, economic hardship, and multiple taxation amongst others.
The council also accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)- led administration of corruption, treasury-looting, budget padding, and diversion of public funds as it charged Tinubu to take practical steps in address the ills of the country.
“NEC expresses serious concern over the sorry and melancholic state of affairs of our Nation under the irredeemably exploitative insensitive and anti-people All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“NEC condemns the worsening insecurity; the wanton killings, banditry, kidnapping, marauding of communities and other acts of terrorism in various parts of our country, emboldened by President Tinubu’s apparent negligence and abdication of his Constitutional duty to ensure the safety and security of the nation and her citizens.
“NEC also laments the worsening economic hardship and extreme poverty in the country occasioned by the ill-advised and ill-implemented polices of the Tinubu administration; hike in fuel price, wanton increase in electricity tariff, multiple taxes and unexplained charges on services, resulting in collapse of the productive sector, closure of millions of businesses, massive loss of jobs, rise in criminality and general sense of misery across the country.
“NEC condemns the policy inconsistency, wholesale corruption, massive treasury-looting, budget padding and diversion of public funds that pervade the Tinubu administration resulting in infrastructural retrogression and loss of investors’ confidence in our system.
“NEC restates the PDP demand that President Tinubu administration should rescind all its anti-people policies and take practical steps to address the insecurity and economic recession in the country.” The communique partly read.
The PDP NEC further accused the ruling party of plot to turn Nigeria into a one-party totalitarian state through open threat and intimidation of opposition parties.
This, according to the council, was borne out of APC’s fear of inevitable defeat in the 2027 Presidential election.
“Furthermore, NEC stands in firm resistance to the sinister plot by the Tinubu-led APC to turn Nigeria into a one-Party totalitarian state as evidenced in the desperate attempts to stifle and annihilate opposition parties through open siege, threats and intimidation of opposition figures and institutions of democracy in Nigeria.
“It is clear that this plot is borne out of APC’s mortal fear of inevitable defeat in 2027 due to its dismal failure in government.” The statement read further.
The PDP held that democracy, the rule of law and the supremacy of the will of the people can only be expressed through their free and unhindered democratic participation in multi-party politics and governance.
Meanwhile, the PDP maintained that its ability to organise it’s 99th NEC meeting signalled the party’s unity and focus despite the challenges.
The PDP thereafter after announced the formation of the Committee for its National Convention slated to hold on Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th August 2025.
Also received and ratified at the PDP NEC meeting was the composition of the Committee on the Zoning of National Offices ahead of the convention.
The members of the Zoning Committee as listed in the communique include Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, as the Committee Chairman while his Katsina State counterpart, Dauda Lawal, as the Vice Chairman with Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang, serving as the secretary of the committee.
On the other hand, the members of the National Convention Committee include Adamawa State Governor , Ahmadu Fintiri, as the Chairman; Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke, as the Vice Chairman, and Enugu state’s Peter Mbah as the secretary.