*Explains why he dragged PDP NWC to court

*Says impunity costs PDP 2015 elections

ABUJA- FORMER political Adviser to past President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, yesterday, lampooned the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on its rebranding move, saying the action was a waste of time.

Gulak who expressed pessimism over the rebranding of the party ahead of 2019 following its defeat at the Presidential election after 16 years, stressed that lack of internal democracy and impunity on the part of the leadership of PDP led to its defeat by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Addressing Journalists yesterday in Abuja, the former Political Adviser said that for the rebranding to succeed, the present National Working Committee, NWC must be properly constituted.

Gulak who explained that he dragged the PDP NWC to court as part of moves to right the wrong, said, “I’m from the North-east, having exhausted all internal mechanism to ensure that the constitutional provisions are adhered to and complied with and having also neglected, failed and refused to comply with the provision of the constitution, I decided to file an action in court. This is challenging the continued existence of ‎NWC without being properly constituted. That is my case in court and it is on behalf of myself and the entire North-east zone consisting of six states that have been excluded and ignored by the Uche Secondus led committee.

“We as a zone will not accept that we are not part of PDP, we as a zone cannot be ignored by Uche Secondus and his members. We as a zone like all other zones must be part of mechanism and operations of the PDP. The North-east zone after the elections has two PDP states, South-west has two PDP states, South-south all PDP, the South-east all PDP except Imo state, North-west has no PDP and it is part and parcel of PDP because it has the National Treasurer and National Organising Secretary.

“The entire North-east zone has nobody in the NWC‎ and as such the Constitution does not envisage that. We should not be shortchanged, we should not be excluded.”

Gulak who frowned at the continued vacant position of the National Chairman, said that North-east zone ought to produce the National Chairman of the party following the resignation of Adamu Muazu as the party chairman on May 29, 2015. Rather, the zone has been marginalised by the Uche Secondus led leadership of the party.

Gulak stressed that PDP may not make any impact in the next general elections if the right things are not done in time, adding, “Despite the constitutional provision of the party which zones the position of National Chairman to the North-east, the acting Chairman of the party has deliberately kept the post vacant six months after the exit of Muazu.”

He alleged that Secondus and his committee members were working to extend their ‎stay till next year against the party’s Constitution, warning that such impunity which led to the colossal loss the party experienced in the last election is still reigning in the party.

His words: “You are aware that on the 29th of May, 2015 the former chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu resigned his position as the party chairman and a vacancy was created by his resignation. By the constitution of the party, somebody from North-east is supposed to replace Muazu.

“I have individually and collectively with the people of North-east ‎gone to the NWC under the acting chairmanship of Uche Secondus to present the demand of the North-east geo-political zone and all our demands and claims fell on deaf ears.

“You can also remember that Senator Ken Nnamani led a group to NWC to tell them that the party organ especially the NWC and BOT must be properly constituted since there are vacancies created by the resignation of their former chairman. That also fell on deaf ears.

“I have to use all the internal mechanisms of the party to address the issue because as it is today by the Constitution of the party, the NWC is not properly constituted because there’s no national chairman and the resignation of Muazu created a vacancy in that organ and replacement from the constitution of our party must, come from the North-east.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/rebranding-pdp-waste-of-time-gulak/

You lost out and you are bitter about it. Join APC, thats what others did. We dey look all of una. Criminal Career polithiefcians

Well said sir. No amount of rebranding can change PDP. Rebranding is a thing of the mind and not window dressing! !!

... What is dead need no rebranding!

There's a saying in my place that says you don't try to bend dry wood, you only try that on moist wood.

Rebranding the PDP is an exercise in futility.

Hahahahaha

The party knows it is a 90% southern affair & so should the NWC be...... ,

This Gulak is a learner, quarreling over PDP not respecting constitution like that hasn't been the hallmark of the party in their 16yrs of misrule..

Still don't know what is left to quarrel over .....



cc: TonyeBarcanista, come ooo, Gulak is pouring sand sand in the REBRANDING garri ooo ...

Giving the dead a proper burial is the only thing thd living owe them. PDP died just before the last general election. It should just be buried. Epa o gboro mo.

Abeg what is PDP

Re what! No wahala, PDP deceived Nigerians for 16 years , its high time they start deceiving themselves.

Their business!

He don dey look for relevance. They will remember him now...

Is PDP still a political party? They are not serious about playing the opposition. They think it is a tea party. They are busy taking themselves to court instead of strategising on how to move forward.

Rebranding the PDP is a waste of time truely, cos Dokpesi is using it to settle old scores with Jonathan.

Let's be honest with ourselves here. Rebranding cannot bail Pdp out of this mess.
Pdp is like a sinking ship hitted by torpedo and that's why you see politicians defecting to Apc because nobody wants to get drowned politically.
The question is, what does Pdp wants to rebrand?
People like Tonyebarcanista always think that rebranding a Political party like Pdp is like ''love-vendor-my-Ride''. No, you don't rebrand a sinking ship.
But let me tell you something - pdp still has some chances of survival only if they can caution Fayose about the way he acts as a leader of opposition. Fayose's ignorance is too heavy and it will continue to cause Pdp more harms than good.

We need to move away from this mentality that PDP is something to be saved for the sake of our democracy. PDP might need Nigeria but Nigeria definitely does NOT need PDP - the old one or a rebranded one in whatever shape or form. Nigeria needs development and serious parties with a vision and purpose and sincerity to deliver this efficiently while tackling vices like corruption et al.

The fact that PDP still does NOT understand why it lost the last election says a lot. The fact that PDP and its cohorts think repainting the party new colours and new logo and new theme tune called rebranding is the solution to the party's woes says a lot. PDP is NOT the only opposition party in Nigeria, and considering what they have done to Nigeria, I would hope Nigerians are sensible enough to relegate an unrepentant and failed party like PDP even further in the next election cycle, and give a different opposition party more prominence.

For PDP to even stage an attempt at saving itself from the dustbins of history, they must first sincerely apologise to Nigerians for the attrocious leadership the country suffered under their hands, then they must also apologise for that insult of an apology earlier staged. Anything less than this, and I am convinced that only unrepentant bigots and touts would be willing to vote for the party of corruption and impunity and darkness. 16 years and we are still talking 4000mega watts, the insult.

modath:

The party knows it is a 90% southern affair & so should the NWC be...... ,

This Gulak is a learner, quarreling over PDP not respecting constitution like that hasn't been the hallmark of the party in their 16yrs of misrule..

Still don't know what is left to quarrel over .....



cc: TonyeBarcanista, come ooo, Gulak is pouring sand sand in the REBRANDING garri ooo ...

Though the party supposed to have a substantive Chairman by now to replace Muazu, and a substantive BoT Chairman to replace Anenih.

Warlord3000:
Abeg what is PDP

poverty development party
papa deceive pikin