Two months after losing power at the national level and in majority of the states, the national leadership of the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has concluded plans to sack half of its workforce.

Towards this end, the National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, has communicated the decision of the National Working Committee of the party to all its directors.

Oladipo made the party’s decision known via a memo dated July 29, 2015, which was directed to “all directors and PS/DD/HOD/SAs/PAs and Establishment Staff” of the party in Abuja.

It was titled “Re-organisation and restructuring of staff at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party.”

Oladipo said the decision to cut down on the number of staff and other measures were taken at the 406 meeting of the NWC, where he said the report “on the reorganisation and restructuring of staff at the national secretariat” and decisions was approved.

Apart from the reduction in the number of the staff on the payroll at the party’s headquarters, he said the salaries and allowances of those to be left behind would also be cut by as much as 50 per cent.

He listed the decisions to include “reduction of the allowance of all NWC members by 50 per cent and reduction in the number of security personnel attached to the national officers by 50 per cent.”

Other measures included “reduction of the salaries and allowances of all staff (Establishment and Staff of NWC members) by 50 per cent, effective August, 2015.

“Abolition of Research Directorate and transfer of its functions to the Peoples Democratic Institute.”

Oladipo added that “Establishment staff who would remain are required to obtain individual letter of revalidation from their state chapters within one month of this circular as to their suitability for service at the national secretariat.”

Before the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan, who was the presidential candidate of the party, by President Muhammadu Buhari, who was the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, the PDP was usually being funded by the Presidency.

Apart from this, it also got money from the state governors, majority of whom were unable to deliver their states to the party during the last elections.

The party also got money from selling of forms to aspirants. But a source within the party said the “party lacks transparency and proper accountability.”

Investigations by our correspondent indicated that the decision to reduce the staff strength of the party was taken about a month ago by its NWC.

The NWC was said to have been angered by the decision of the workers of the party to collect furniture allowance.

Besides, the members of staff of the party were said to be privy to several withdrawal of money by the NWC members.

A senior staff of the party, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “We are in trouble in this party. The NWC members are lords unto themselves.

“There is no one to control them and the finances of the party. They have paid themselves several allowances. Even during the last Sallah break, they took money.

“But because we demanded for our furniture allowance, see the memo they gave us. The idea behind this is to sack us and then they will bring in their cronies.”

source: http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-broke-plans-to-reduce-staff-by-50/

How the mighty fall!

Imagine the so called most powerful political party in Africa going broke just because they lost election. This simply means that, PDP was been run with tax payers money for the past 16years.

PDP is dead and gone to its grave, hmmm ah gone to its grave. They planted a little APC tree over it head.... hmmmm ah over it head........

R.I.P PDP

wailing wailers

Good for them. PDP shall survive this disaster and come out better. They need to focus on rebranding and bringing in people with vision or purpose. They are now opposition, to keep APC in check and on its toes. The only winners are the common Nigerians when they fight each other.

A hungry man is an angry man!! no wonder their wailling has intensified lately



Barcanista were you able to collect protection for July? If no don't worry just go and engage in something productive with your life!!

Going going gone
Lagoon they must enter

Is normal because everybody is downsizing. even some are cutting their salary by 50% and increasing their security vote by 50%. do the maths bro

The fat boy must learn to hustle hard now.

There's no food on the dining table, fat boy must work for his meals now. The train of progress is moving on, but fat boy has been overfed, he is too bulky to catch up - weighed down by his own greed.

Fat boy must shed some excess weight. Run, fat boy, run.

Lolz

including their nairaland staff. little wonder why we haven't seen articles from the protection seeker of late.

They will still reduce till there is no more single person left.
KOWA should start warming up as the genuine opposition party.

A plot to eliminate the core arewastans

Is nigeria not broke, pdp na party 4 USA. Op f.................up like ur zoological republic poo-hari

PentiumPro:
They will still reduce till there is no more single person left.
KOWA should start warming up as the genuine opposition party.

you meant APGA?

FacelessPatriot:

you meant APGA?

APUGA? Agulu People Grand Alliance?

PentiumPro:

APUGA? Agulu People Grand Alliance?

The processing unit in your brain is pentium -1 right?

There's a lot of corruption in PDP, especially during the campaign. Without the free flow of government funds the poor guys in the office are now forced to bear the brunt.
Anyway, I hope they terminate their relationship with Nairaland. Let's see genuine posts/posters again.

What an irony of life.

Chaaaaii! So yam don finish 4 goats as yam supplier don head back 2 otueke? Pathetic

TheUmmah:
Chaaaaii! So yam don finish 4 goats as yam supplier don head back 2 otueke? Pathetic

The well is almost dry
Even some wailers on nairaland will start singing the praise of APC in order to continue feeding,
The feeding bottle of PDP has been running empty for the past few months.

And they're planning to take over their lost glory come 2019... Smh.

No wonder olisah metuh's vocal chord got longer.

eiyaa...

Barcanistar go just die of heart attack from this news

the guy miscalculate wella

PentiumPro:
APUGA? Agulu People Grand Alliance?

Lmaooooo

What will by the the fate of Nairaland wailing wailers?

Yungwizzzy:
A hungry man is an angry man!! no wonder their wailling has intensified lately



Barcanista were you able to collect protection for July? If no don't worry just go and engage in something productive with your life!!

BUNCH OF THIEVES - BOTJ PDP AND APC

How can they be broke with over 12 governors, 49 senators and over a hundred reps members? Not to talk of officials at state level!... Them T.Y Danjuma

Corrupt people,,, I 8 pig D pig

Unemployment

E just dey start.

It has even started showing on NL. We no longer have robots like temitemi, tit, oremussanctus, flets etc posting on NL every second. The useless ones have been sacked and the chief wailer has been given a wider work scope. Don't mind introvert, s/he is just jobless hence her/his constant appearance.

Soon, when the chief wailer goes mad, PDP will close their nairaland branch and focus on twitter.

No more federal money.