*congress re-affirms state exco
The Anambra state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
told the party’s national chairman, Alh Bamanga Tukur to be wary of
those it described as “briefcase politicians” who have no positive
political value or essence, if the fortunes of the party in the state
would be restored.
Addressing the delegates at its mid-term state congress at the Emmaus
House, Awka auditorium at the weekend, the state chairman, Prince Ken
Emeakayi whose executive was re-elected said they have taken the
onerous task of re-positioning, refocusing and repackaging the party
for future challenges. He reiterated the need to rout the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) form the Awka Government House in
the state in the next election.
The chairman cautioned the leadership of the party at Wadata House
under the watch of Tukur to avoid the mistakes of the past which
eroded the hitherto overwhelming popularity and successes of the party
in the state/zone. This, he noted was as a result of listening to
self-made elders, leaders, stakeholders, sponsors, conveners and or
such high-sounding empty names who serves no proper use to the
collective interest of the party.
The chairman charged all elected ward and council executives to work
hard to return the party to its winning ways in the next round of
elections in the state. He also urged them to disregard any story on
the direction the party is going in the state, stressing that all the
political parties in the state, including PDP are facing one form of
challenge or another.
He reiterated that the emergence of his exco when the former chairman,
Chief Emma Nweze resigned on July 15, 2011. That since then it has
been a hectic battle to liberate the party’s grassroots from the hands
of the ‘briefcase politicians’ who had held it hostage for so long.
That attempts by political traducers to discredit his exco have come
to naught, adding that that two separate court verdicts affirmed the
validity of his exco none of which was appealed against and that the
party headquarters, the Police and the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) were formally written on the midterm ward, council
and state congresses, without objection.
Chairman of the congress committee and one of the founding fathers of
the party, Chief Okey Muo-Aroh went down memory lane on the
the emergence of PDP in the country. He observed that majority of
those now having stranglehold on the party were never members of the
party until recently. But that unfortunately they are now the regular
faces in PDP offices and governments.
He charged both the Tukur leadership and the members to ponder on the
irrelevance of the briefcase politician and where they were when PDP
lost the occupancy of the state’s Government House for about 8 years
now.
