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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has held its caucus meeting at the Bauchi governor’s lodge in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Tuesday’s meeting came after the party adjourned on Monday following its failure to exhaust all the items on its agenda, including issues around the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
After this, the party will hold its NEC meeting. Although the PDP fixed it for noon, it has now been moved to 2 pm.
That meeting will be held at the PDP secretariat annex – the Legacy House.
According to the PDP, Tuesday’s NEC meeting aims to “address critical issues affecting the party, including strategies for upcoming political engagements”.
The NEC, one of the highest decision-making organs of the PDP, comprises of Party National Chairman and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC), state governors, serving and former presidents, former vice-presidents, the chairman and secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT), principal officers of the National Assembly, state chairpersons, former governors, and founding members, among others.
Meanwhile, the PDP has condemned the Federal Capital Territory Development Authority (FCTDA) for sealing off its national secretariat at Wadata Plaza on Monday.
Briefing the press after a caucus meeting, Damagum called the action of the FCTA irresponsible and vowed that the party would challenge it.
Officials of the FCTA, on Monday, sealed off Wadata Plaza, the building housing the National Secretariat of the PDP in Abuja, over unpaid ground and tenancy rent. (Channels TV)