PDP Offers Free Technical Assistance To APC

The Peoples Democratic Party said it was ready to offer free technical assistance to the opposition All Progressive Congress on how to organise itself in a democratic setting.

Olisa Metuh

The ruling party said it in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh.

Metuh said that the proposed help would include the conduct of transparent and credible congress following APC's weekend postponed ward congress which he described as embarrassment to democracy.

"We know the history of this party and the pedigree of its leaders will hardly yield to democracy, but we are confident that our assistance is handy here," reads the statement in part.

Metuh said that the PDP had held successful congresses and national conventions where party members were allowed level play ground to pursue their ambitions irrespective of sectional, religious and ethnic affiliations.

"It is an irony that a party that daily claims it is on a mission to rescue Nigeria could not conduct its own congress," he said.

He added that the APC had no business in a democracy saying that it should be honourable enough to commence the process of its own disbandment, having experienced massive hitches in its congress.

Congress postponed over logistics problems

The APC ward congresses in Kano State was shifted to Wednesday, April 9, the Chairman of the committee for overseeing the conduct of the exercise, Mustapha Inuwa, said on Sunday.

He said the delay was caused by the late arrival of materials and officials.

"It was not possible to conduct the congress on Saturday as earlier planned because of logistics problems encountered not only in Kano State but across the country," he said.