The
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, on
Wednesday appealed to Godwill Akpabio and Ibrahim Shema, governors of
Akwa Ibom and Katsina states respectively, to help the party source for
funds.
Tukur, who spoke at the inauguration of
the party’s National Finance Committee in Abuja, asked the members of
the committee to move round the country and appealed to PDP supporters
to donate money to the party.
While Akpabio is the chairman of the committee, Shema is the deputy chairman.
Some other members of the committee
included Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, two
ministers, representatives of the six geo-political zones and some
members of the National Working Committee of the party.
Tukur told members of the committee, who
were all presented with letters of appointment, that the party needed
money to continue with some of its projects particularly its national
secretariat complex located at the Central Business District, Abuja.
Our correspondent reported that the crisis rocking the PDP had taken its toll on the party finance.
Tukur told the committee members, “This
committee is going to appeal to our members, people of goodwill to come
and support us so that our party will continue to do its good works.
“I therefore charge you to help this
party mobilise members in order to do our works like the building of our
national secretariat.”
Speaking on behalf of other members of the committee, Akpabio assured Tukur that members of the committee would work as a team.
He said the problem that bedeviled the
party in the past was the inability of the members of the former NWC to
work as a team, which he said the committee would try to avoid.
He said, “I am emphasizing the word
‘team’ because I know that the problem we had in the recent past was
that the National Working Committee of our party did not work as a team,
but Mr. Chairman today, with the support of all the party faithful
across Nigeria, we believe strongly that today we have a team.”
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