NNPP dissolves excos in Taraba, Benue, Oyo, Bauchi, Gombe, blasts NNPC

…Replaces them with Caretaker Committees in line with the constitution of the party

By Henry Umoru

THE National Working Committee, NWC of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP has taken a swipe at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL and the All Progressives Congress, APC led Federal Government over the recent fuel price increase.

According to the NNPP, the APC led Government was manifesting “gross incompetence” and further dragging hapless Nigerians into deeper poverty.

The pump price on Tuesday was increased to N855, N918 and higher per litre, with the prices varying across the location, at NNPC stations across the country.

In a statement in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of NNPP, Ladipo Johnson, the party slammed the APC over the sharp increase in the price of petrol now put at N1000 per litre.

NNPP NWC criticized the handling of the national economy which, it said, was manifesting “gross incompetence” by the APC government and further dragging hapless Nigerians into deeper poverty.

Ladipo Johnson said, “From poor policy direction that has caused the people sleepless nights over high cost of living, we are now in double jeopardy on account of a sharp increase in price of petrol which will definitely lead to an increase in inflation and will drag the people of Nigeria into further poverty. This is nothing short of gross incompetence by a rudderless administration.”

Also the NWC of the NNPP has dissolved the state executive committees of Taraba, Benue, Oyo, Bauchi and Gombe states.

The NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Johnson who noted that this was part of the resolutions reached at the end of an emergency meeting of the party in Abuja yesterday, said that the party took the decision as part of important measures to reposition and revitilize the party in the affected states.

According to the statement, the dissolved state excos would be replaced with caretaker committees in line with the constitution of the party.

The statement read, “By virtue of article 14.2.1 (iv, v) and 15.2.1 (xvi) of the party’s constitution as amended on the 6th April 2024, the National Working Committee of the party is cloaked with the powers and has on this day, 5th September 2024 dissolved the entire executive structures from state down to ward level of the party in Taraba, Benue, Oyo, Bauchi and Gombe States.  

“The dissolved executive committees shall in accordance with the party’s constitution be replaced by caretaker committees, which will be announced in a few days, for the stipulated period of time.”

The party expressed appreciation to the outgone state executives for their service to the party and urged them to be ready to serve in other capacities in the future.

It further noted that after an extensive evaluation of all the other state executives nationwide, the NWC was satisfied that they were legally and morally ready to conduct the local government elections in their states.

NNPP however pointed out that the Kano State executive in particular was well constituted to undertake the crucial local council election with “a very high standard of leadership and effectiveness as backed by law.”

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