PDP CRISIS: JONATHAN AND THE 5 CONDITIONS FOR PEACE For peace to reign in PDP, the aggrieved governors and the Baraje faction tabled five demands before Jonathan and a seven-man Peace Panel headed by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The conditions are: •The sack of National Chairman Bamanga Tukur, •Return of party structure to governors in Adamawa, Rivers, Kano, and other states, •Sticking to one term tenure by the President by foregoing re-election in 2015, •Resolution of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Rivers State crises, including the lifting of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s suspension; and •Stopping “harassment” of governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). Of the five demands, Jonathan met only one on Monday night. He conceded to party’s structure in the G-7 states and restoration of the structures to governors in Adamawa and Kano. There was deadlock on the NGF row because Amaechi rejected the proposal to step down as NGF chairman. Apart from being evasive on the Rivers crisis, Jonathan also agreed with the governors to shift talks on 2015 poll and the fate of Tukur to Sunday. STAY TUNED
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:56:08 +0000
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