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PDP In Fresh Crisis As National Officers Ask Mohammed, Metuh, Secondus To Step Down

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There appears to be a fresh round of crisis in Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, with some elected national officers calling on the acting chairman of the board of trustees, Bello Mohammed and the national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, to step down from their offices.

The call, which was made in a statement signed by four of the national officers, which they also said represented the views of all deputy national officers and some members of the National Executive Committee of the party, was sequel to the ongoing trial of Messrs. Mohammed and Metuh over corruption allegations.

Messrs Metuh and Mohammed are being tried for receiving monies from the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, out of the $2.1 billion meant for arms procurement but which was diverted to political spending.

The statement, made available on Monday, was signed by Dennis Alonge-Niyi, the deputy national youth leader; Bashir Maidugu, the deputy national legal adviser; Okey Nnaedozie, the deputy national organizing secretary and Abdullahi Jalo, the deputy national publicity secretary.

The national officers called on all relevant members and organs of the party to rescue it “from fortune hunters who have hijacked its very soul.”

They said, “We hereby strongly dissociate the Peoples Democratic Party from the ongoing trials of Dr. Bello Halliru Mohammed ( Acting Chairman of Board of Trustees) and Chief Olisa Metuh ( National Publicity Secretary) on various charges anti graft agencies.

“They are said to have received funds using accounts of their private companies without the knowledge and instructions of any organ of the party. All those mentioned in the ongoing corruption trial are, therefore, on their own and the party was not involved financially or in anyway with the office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, or any organ of the federal government in the last regime.

“They must bear full responsibility for their actions and must henceforth refrain from dragging the name of the party into the mud.”

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Funmi Iyanda Hosts Lai Mohammed, Ibukun Awosika on New Year Show

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Change-A-Life Nigeria Foundation will on Friday, January 1 kick off the New Year with its special annual talk show hosted by Funmi Iyanda on NTA with Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and Chairman, Board of Directors, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mrs Ibukun Awosika, as Special Guests.

Through segmented spotlights on peculiar human stories and hard talk bordering on security, poverty, education, governance and empowerment, Change-A-Life addresses matters at the core of human behaviours in Nigeria and the world in general.

As is tradition since the first edition in 2002, Change-A-Life continues to foster hope on the nation through moments of opportunities and good cheer evoked on the show, as well as the continuous celebration of heroes who inspire others.

The show will be broadcast live on NTA Network and DSTV channel 251 from 9am to 10am on New Year Day.

Members of the public interested in joining the studio audience are invited to send an email to abiodun@changealifenigeria.org.

 

ABOUT CAL NIGERIA

Change-A-Life is a social service non-profit organisation founded by Funmi Iyanda. The foundation acts as a bridge between people with academic, entrepreneurial and leadership potential with great need for support and the individuals, agencies and organisations with capacity and willingness to meet their needs. CAL’s primary focus is capacity building channelled through educational scholarships, life skills and vocational trainings, business grants, young adult mentoring, adult and community education, women empowerment and civic engagement. CAL started as an intervention program on New Dawn with Funmi on NTA with the support of the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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APC Yet To Get Handover Notes From FG – Mohammed

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said it was yet to receive handover notes from the Federal Government.

This is contained in a statement in Abuja by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party’s Publicity Secretary.

According to the statement, transitional committees on both sides are yet to meet.

“As we write, the Transition Committee of the FG has yet to hold a single meeting with our own Transition Committee, neither have they given us a line of handover note.

“As a matter of fact, the Jonathan Administration has said the handover notes will not be ready until the third week of May, meaning just a week before the handover.

“What time then do we have to scrutinise the handover notes? How can we plan when we don’t even know which projects they have, which ones they have completed and which ones are outstanding?

“How can we plan when we don’t even know how many barrels of oil are sold per day?”

The statement, however, acknowledged that the Inauguration committees on both sides had been having series of meetings.

The statement urged the government to caution its aides on inflammatory statements in order not to overheat the polity.

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