Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike has revealed that before he became Minister in Tinubu’s government, he had notified the National Working Committee (NWC) who gave him the permission to accept it.
According to him, even though he is currently a Minister in APC’s government, he was working assiduously for the revival of PDP, but claimed that there has been a lot of betrayal in the party.
Wike, who made this revelation during the South South zonal Congress of the PDP held at the Metropolitan hotel in Calabar on Saturday, explained that the crisis in the party was occasioned by people not speaking the truth.
His words: “You cannot build a party with lies. There is to much betrayal. Before I accepted the ministerial job, I wrote to the National Working Committee of our party and I was permitted. The document is still with me.”
Wike chided the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Party for praising governor of Abia state, but assured delegates to the congress that he will not allow another congress hold again”after this one,
On his part, former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke advised the new zonal leadership of the party to be focused and work for the progress of PDP in the region.
While welcoming delegates to the state, Duke urged them to unite the party ahead of future elections, saying the more hard working the leaders are, the more gains tha the party will experience.
Earlier, the Zonal chairman (South South), Chief Dan Obih said the crisis that has envelope the party was”self inflicted,” saying his leadership did everything in the,zone to unite members but regretted that some efforts did not yield results.
Our correspondent noticed that some members of the party in the zone were absent at the Congress. For instance, former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke was absent, just former Senator Gershom Bassey was nowhere near the venue.
High point of the congress was the re-election of Chief Dan Obih as zonal chairman while George Turner was elected zonal secretary, among other positions.
