PDP Officials Squandered ₦12billion in Nine Months – Workers

Workers of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have accused the members of the National Working Committee of the party of squandering ₦12billion in nine months.

Out of the total sum, the workers said ₦11billion was realised from the sale of nomination forms while ₦1billion accrued from the sale of delegates forms.

They alleged that the money was squandered shortly after the sale of the forms commenced on October 27, 2014 till date.

The workers said this in their response to a letter sent to them by the party’s National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, on Wednesday.

Oladipo said in the letter, had informed the workers about the decision of the NWC to reduce the party’s workforce by 50 per cent and to also cut the salaries of those to be retained by the same percentage.

The national secretary of the party said the decision, among others, would take effect from August.

He said,
“Establishment staff, who would remain, are required to obtain individual letters of revalidation from their state chapters within one month of this circular to their suitability for service at the national secretariat.”

But the workers, after a meeting in Abuja on Thursday, sent a reply to Oladipo.

Their reply, which was directed to Oladipo, was dated July 30, 2015 and titled, ‘Re: Organisation and Restructuring of staff at the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party’.