SDP Crisis: 36 state, FCT chairmen demand immediate constitution of Board of Trustees

By Henry Umoru, Abuja

The 36 authorities chairmen of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and their Federal Capital Territory (FCT) counterpart person called for the contiguous constitution of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) to fortify interior checks, beforehand transparency, and heighten corporate leadership.

Addressing journalists successful Abuja, the Chairman of the Forum of State Chairmen, Femi Olaniyi, said the BoT, being the conscience of immoderate governmental party, should beryllium constituted without hold to beforehand accountability and stableness wrong the SDP.

Olaniyi recalled that the forum had earlier supported the suspension of the erstwhile National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, and different officials, pursuing investigations into alleged fiscal and administrative irregularities.

He explained that the party’s Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Sadia Liman (mni), had submitted its study to the National Working Committee (NWC), which was reviewed and released successful a White Paper.

According to Olaniyi, the forum supports the decisions taken by the NWC aft considering the committee’s findings.

He further noted that the forum’s presumption was informed by the information of its typical connected the disciplinary panel, Mr. Kingsley Agbo, who serves arsenic the SDP president successful Ebonyi State.

Olaniyi besides urged applicable authorities to look into issues raised successful the study and guarantee owed process successful addressing them.

The forum reaffirmed its enactment for the Acting National Chairman, Professor Sadiq Abubakar Gombe, and the National Secretary, Dr. Olu Agunloye, arsenic good arsenic different members of the NWC.

“We walk a ballot of assurance successful the NWC and telephone connected each well-meaning Nigerians to articulation america successful gathering a enactment that upholds societal justness and a amended beingness for each citizens,” Olaniyi stated.

He dismissed claims that the SDP was unwilling to accommodate caller members, describing specified views arsenic inaccurate. He added that the enactment welcomes collaboration and inclusivity aimed astatine strengthening ideology and nationalist development.

The caller developments travel amid ongoing interior restructuring wrong the SDP.

Last week, the National Working Committee (NWC) announced disciplinary actions against immoderate nationalist officers pursuing investigations into alleged misconduct and breaches of the party’s constitution.

Reading the communiqué astatine the party’s nationalist secretariat, National Publicity Secretary, Rufus Aiyenigba, said the determination followed the adoption of the study of the Disciplinary Committee and the consequent White Paper that reviewed its findings and recommendations.

Those affected include: Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam – Former National Chairman and Mr. Ogbonna Chukwuma Uchechukwu – Former National Youth Leader

Others see Mr. Clarkson Nnadi (former National Auditor, who resigned) and respective members sanctioned for alleged acts of indiscipline and procedural violations.

The SDP enactment emphasized that the measures were portion of efforts to reconstruct order, heighten transparency, and reposition the enactment up of aboriginal elections.