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We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by Musharraf: 6:17am On Dec 10, 2015 |
We don’t have money to complete our secretariat – PDP
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party
has declared that it no longer has money to complete its
multi-billion naira new national secretariat.
The new secretariat is located at the Central Business
District, Abuja.
Our correspondent, who has been visiting the secretariat
for some time, observed that contractors handling the
project were only doing skeletal jobs at the site.
When our correspondent visited the site on Wednesday,
there was no visible job being done there.
It was gathered that the project was billed to cost
N11.5bn when it was awarded some years ago.
Once completed, the building will comprise 12 floors,
including a parking space in two floors.
But the party said the hope of completing the secretariat
lies on its ability to secure the services of a developer that
would handle it, with an agreement on how it would
recoup its money.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa
Metuh, stated this in an exclusive interview with our
correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday.
Metuh also debunked the rumour making the rounds that
members of the National Working Committee of the party
got a huge sum of money from the fund realised for its
Presidential campaign early in the year.
He said, “During our sales of forms, we had planned to use
substantial part of the money to complete the secretariat.
“We also had a fund-raising dinner where money was
raised and we were told that about N21bn was raised and
that some of it would be given to us for the completion of
the secretariat but we didn’t see the money.”
It will be recalled that a former Minister of Information and
the Chairman of the party’s Fund-raising Committee, Prof.
Jerry Gana, had said the controversial N21.8bn donated to
the party by individuals, the party’s serving governors and
private consortium was not meant for the presidential
campaign of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan alone.
He was responding to criticisms that trailed the donation,
as majority of the then governors owed workers’ salaries
of their states.
Beside, the money raised was beyond the amount
stipulated in the Electoral Act for political parties to seek
votes for their presidential candidates.
Gana had said, “This administration of the party under our
able chairman resolved that we must complete this (new
secretariat) project so that we can move in there, and so,
part of the preparations for this year’s campaign is for us
to raise funds and I had the honour of leading a very
distinguished team of Nigerians to prepare for the fund
raising.
“We raised about N21bn on that day. The purpose of this
press conference is to say that right from the start, we
were raising money for the PDP and the project of the
party, the documents and letters said so, the speeches
confirmed it and during the day of the fund raising, in my
own speech and the speech of the Vice President who
happens to be an architect, there was a specific focus on
this building–that this is one project we want to complete.
“The Vice President, being an architect, gave graphic
details of where we were on this project and how we desire
to be. Therefore, the central aim of the fund-raising is to
empower the party to complete this building and other
projects.”
Metuh also told our correspondent that the money the
national leadership of the party had kept aside to use for
the secretariat from the amount generated from the sales
of forms was spent.
He said that the NWC was asked to divert the amount to
the campaign of its governorship candidates during the
last elections.
He said that the directive came after the party had lost the
Presidential election to the All Progressives Congress.
Metuh said, “The one (money) we kept for the completion
of the secretariat, after we lost the presidential election. We
were directed to divert the funds to the campaign
organisation (of our governorship candidates).
“So, we channelled it directly to our governorship
candidates across the country in over 30 states and other
candidates in the House of Assemblies.
“That really depleted the funds of the party and almost
brought it to ground zero.
“As we speak, we don’t have funds for the completion of
the new secretariat. The acting chairman of the NWC
would take the issue to the national caucus to know how
we can engage the services of developers on some
arrangements.” Copyright PUNCH. cc: lalasticala |
Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by greatiyk4u(m): 6:19am On Dec 10, 2015 |
Ok |
Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by Oche211(m): 6:29am On Dec 10, 2015 |
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Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by babyfaceafrica: 6:41am On Dec 10, 2015 |
PdP dying,dying ..........dead!!! |
Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by lmm4real: 6:44am On Dec 10, 2015 |
In house corruption |
Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by modath(f): 6:45am On Dec 10, 2015 |
... They should ask Dasuki for some now.. |
Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by akoladejesu(m): 6:50am On Dec 10, 2015 |
I hear u..... I will tell PMB to include it in his supplementary budget in 2016.... |
Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by naijaGhandi: 6:53am On Dec 10, 2015 |
I shake my head for this party, So you didn't know what happened to 21bn. Even in pdp, probity is an headache. |
Re: We Don’t Have Money To Complete Our Secretariat – PDP by Mynd44: 6:57am On Dec 10, 2015 |
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