PDP finally resolves national secretary debacle, reinstate Anyanwu

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The lingering issue of who is national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been put to rest.

This is as the party has finally reinstated Senator Samuel Anyanwu as national secretary.

This decision was announced on Wednesday by the party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, during a press briefing at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja.

Recall, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called on the party to resolve the ambiguity surrounding the position.

Yakubu made this appeal during a private meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) and party stakeholders in Abuja on Tuesday.

Following the resolution, the party thereafter postponed its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting earlier scheduled for June 30.

The briefing preceded a closed-door meeting with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Damagum, joined by Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, and other prominent party leaders, described the move as a “difficult but necessary” step that had gained broad support within the party.

“Senator Samuel Anyanwu has been reinstated into the National Working Committee as National Secretary,” Damagum said.

“It was a tough decision, but one that has been accepted by key organs of the party.”

He further noted that rather than holding the NEC meeting on June 30, the party will convene an expanded caucus session to deliberate on the way forward.

“Since INEC has not received formal notice from us, we will hold an expanded Caucus meeting on June 30 instead. A proper NEC meeting will follow after that,” Damagum explained.