A member of the national reconciliation
committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dosu Fatokun has
identified inadequate internal democracy, lopsided reward system and
inordinate vested interests as factors responsible for the crisis in the
party.
Addressing State House correspondents in
Abuja, Fatokun said those claiming to be aggrieved members in the PDP
instigated the crisis upon realising that they were no longer visible in
the party.
Fatokun, a former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on communications, said the rebel members ought to have applied the party’s internal mechanism rather than resort to “extreme measures”.
He expressed optimism that the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Abubakar Baraje-led faction of the PDP as well as the legal defeat the faction suffered recently at a Lagos High Court would help enhance the reconciliation process.
He said: “They (aggrieved members) have tested the waters and got the results. This will encourage the breakaway PDP to dialogue more sincerely and return to the fold,” adding that the PDP’s national reconciliation committee, led by Governor Seriake Dickson, is striving hard to resolve the crisis plaguing the party.
He said: “I am a member of the committee. I am not competent to talk on our activities, but suffice to say that, we are working behind the scene and we are making progress. For instance, you do not hear much about acrimony in Ekiti State again and even in Lagos State where there had been two major factions. This is as a result of the intervention of the reconciliation committee.
Fatokun, a founding member of the PDP from Osun State, hinted that the reconciliation committee did not discuss the issue of President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition because “it is a non-issue”.
Fatokun, a former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on communications, said the rebel members ought to have applied the party’s internal mechanism rather than resort to “extreme measures”.
He expressed optimism that the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Abubakar Baraje-led faction of the PDP as well as the legal defeat the faction suffered recently at a Lagos High Court would help enhance the reconciliation process.
He said: “They (aggrieved members) have tested the waters and got the results. This will encourage the breakaway PDP to dialogue more sincerely and return to the fold,” adding that the PDP’s national reconciliation committee, led by Governor Seriake Dickson, is striving hard to resolve the crisis plaguing the party.
He said: “I am a member of the committee. I am not competent to talk on our activities, but suffice to say that, we are working behind the scene and we are making progress. For instance, you do not hear much about acrimony in Ekiti State again and even in Lagos State where there had been two major factions. This is as a result of the intervention of the reconciliation committee.
Fatokun, a founding member of the PDP from Osun State, hinted that the reconciliation committee did not discuss the issue of President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition because “it is a non-issue”.
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