The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus,
has promised to decentralise power of the party’s national leaders to
state executive committees.

Mr. Secondus said this on Monday in Abuja at the handover of the party
leadership by the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee to the
new national leadership of the party elected at Saturday’s national
convention.

He said that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party would
empower the states’ executive committees so that attention could be
focused on regaining power in 2019.

“Let me assure the state chapters and our state chairmen that from today,
you will have full powers to operate to make sure that our party
progresses in the right direction.

“I will empower you on behalf of the EXCO.

“We will decentralise power from the centre so that we will be less busy
here to focus on same mission to reclaim our lost grounds in 2019,” Mr.
Secondus said.

He assured that with the taking over of party leadership by a new
executive committee led by him, there would be no more impunity in PDP.

“The old order is gone. We will operate in the new order. There will be
transparency in primaries,” he said.

The chairman said the first assignment for NWC would be reconciliation
among party members, especially candidates at the just-concluded
convention.

He said the work of reconciliation had started and expressed optimism that
it would be productive.

He added that the gate of PDP was open to all party members, especially
those who left, irrespective of their religious beliefs and class.

“This is the only platform that does not belong to any group or big man.
This is a party that provides for the big, the small and the
less-privileged.”

Mr. Secondus said the All Progressives Congress (APC) was running a broken
government, and pledged that PDP would rescue and rebuild the country.
He said his leadership would not be distracted by the “false propaganda”
of the ruling party.

Mr. Secondus said the new executive would come up with its policies and
plan for a retreat, which would hold in next couple of days

He commended Mr. Makarfi for accomplishing the mission the party bestowed
on him even in the trying moments of the party.

He added that Mr. Makarfi also organised the best convention in the
history of any political party in the nation at a time people were so
sacred and afraid that there would be nothing like PDP again.

“You are our hero. History will remember you.

“We need you to stand by because your advice and input will be very
useful, if we must move forward,’’ he said.

Earlier, Mr. Makarfi had advised the new executive to ensure that the
party won the 2019 general elections.

He also urged it to focus on reconciliation, and appealed to party members
to work together with the new leadership.




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