A new Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party may emerge today (Monday).

The position became vacant on May 20, 2015, following the resignation of Chief Tony Anenih.

His decision to step down was linked to the party’s dismal performance during the 2015 general elections and repeated calls by aggrieved party leaders on members of the BoT as well as the members of the National Working Committee to resign.

In what appears to be a last ditch effort to stem the crisis within the party from further degenerating, the secretary to the BoT, Senator Walid Jibril, has convened an emergency meeting of members of the board.

The meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 8pm at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, is expected to have in attendance over 100 members of the body.

Jibril issued the notice for the 48th BoT meeting amidst growing calls for members of the NWC to resign.

Although the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it was gathered that top on the agenda is the state of affairs within the party as well as Anenih’s replacement.

When contacted, Jibril confirmed to The PUNCH over the telephone that the meeting would discuss issues aimed at repositioning the party for greater efficiency.

Asked if a new chairman of the BoT would emerge after the meeting, Jibril said, “It depends on the mode of the discussions. You know, there are a lot of issues to be considered like: where the chairman of the party is coming from and where the BoT chairman is to come from.

“You know the two most important party positions are the party chairman and the chairman of the BoT where this two people come from will be considered.”

Also, a member of the BoT, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said he received the notice of the meeting and confirmed that he would attend the parley.

He, however, said he was not privy to the agenda of the meeting but that he was not in doubt that pressing party issues would be discussed.

Babatope said,“Yes, the BoT is meeting tomorrow (today) at 8pm. I do not have an idea of what the agenda is.”

Although it is not clear how many members are willing to take a shot at the top job, it was however learnt that outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan would be given the right of first refusal.



http://www.punchng.com/news/new-pdp-bot-chairman-may-emerge-today/

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