Why We Refused To Be Part Of Tukur's Convention..New PDP

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The New PDP has said its leaders refused to be part of the post convention dinner held at the Presidential Villa on Monday because they considered it as a waste of resources.

It said there was no need for the dinner because there were other serious national issues that needed urgent attention.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, the New PDP said national issues like the ongoing strike by the university teachers  ought to attract urgent attention of President Jonathan.

It said,  “To us, that dinner was organised to give credibility to the charade that was called PDP Special National Convention.

“As a serious group, we cannot be a party to such squandermania while Nigerian masses are wallowing in abject poverty and our children kept at home instead of being in school because the Federal Government could not meet the  lecturers’  demands.

“We wish to have nothing to do with such, which we considered as wasting of public funds and such trivialities associated with Tukur and his leadership – which explains why he must be kicked out of the national secretariat of the party.

“We cannot be a party to such a gathering while the PDP family is facinga  serious crisis that if not checked would dim the party’s chances of winning future elections. This is a sign of a man chasing a rat while his house is on fire.”

It also  also urged Tukur  and  his team  to stop making   statements capable of derailing the efforts of the elders committee of the party under the leadership of  Obasanjo to restore normalcy and unity amongst PDP members.

But the National Publicity Secretary of the Tukur-led PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said, “We will not exchange words with our aggrieved brothers;  reconciliation is ongoing and  our focus is to redouble the efforts to ensure that our  members rededicate  themselves to the party and for our elected and appointed representatives to work harder now more than ever in satisfying the yearnings of Nigerians.”