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WORKERS of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have apologised to the leadership of the party over their actions during the week-long crisis that hit the opposition party.
In an apology letter addressed to Uche Secondus, acting national chairman, and members of the party national working committee, NWC, the staff said they regretted their actions.
“Following inflamed passions, several allegations of corrupt practices’ bordering on speculation were raised against our respected members of the NWC. We regret the unintended consequences of our allegations especially the resultant damage caused to the reputation of members of the NWC and the party,” the statement said.
The staff said they had learnt their lesson from infraction that proper channels of communication were not followed in expressing their grievances.
“To this end, we hereby offer our unreserved apology to the members of the NWC as well as the teeming members, supporters and stakeholders of the PDP for this unfortunate development,” they said.
The workers, thus, promised to work hard to help reposition the party “to save Nigeria from emerging fascism.”
The PDP workers had gone on strike in April over unpaid salaries. Last month, they also expressed their unhappiness at the party’s decision to cut their salaries and reduce staff strength by 50 percent. The workers accused the party officials of running down the PDP secretariat aground financially by squandering about N12billion in nine months.
The workers claimed that the party realised N11 billion from the sale of nomination forms while N1billion was got from the sale of delegates forms, but that members of the NWC of the party misused the money between when the sale of the forms commenced on October 27, 2014 until last month.
The workers in a response to Wale Oladipo, national secretary of the party, who had informed them of the party’s decision, queried how the party had spent such a huge amount in such a short period of time.
— Aug 17, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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