BY AUGUSTINE AVWODE
The Peoples Democratic Party bounced back from crisis to the path of peace on Thursday as the National Working Committee in a meeting at the National Secretariat, Wadata House, under the National Deputy Chairman, South, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, who now acts as the National Chairman of the PDP confirmed to newsmen that after a robust deliberation with the NWC members, they agreed that in the overall interest of the Party that a NEC meeting be fixed for Saturday, the 28 August, at 12 noon to affirm and approve all Convention activities which will hold in October this year.
In attendance were the Deputy National Chairman, North, Sen Nazif, the National Secretary and all other key members of the National Working Committee which formed the required quorum.
A chieftain the party told The Point that “This latest development put a final stop to the issues and speculations that PDP was in disarray. This has shown that PDP has a very strong internal conflict resolution mechanism.”
The Point had reported yesterday that the PDP was ready to sort out the leadership crisis plaguing it, beginning from today. A top chieftain of the party, who pleaded anonymity, had confided in The Point that moves were afoot to resolve the crisis once and for all with the meetings of the party’s Governors holding today, Board of Trustees on Friday and that the generality of stakeholders across the party were rooting for a Convention before the end of October.
