Makarfi disowns PDP staff vacancy advert

THE National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disowned the advertisement placed in some dailies for staff job vacancies at the national secretariat of the party.
The National Secretary of the party, Prof Wale Oladipo, had placed the advertisement in apparent response to the refusal of PDP staff to recognise the Senator Ali Sheriff leadership and return to work.

But in a reaction on Thursday, the National Publicity Secretary of the NCC, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said there were no staff vacancies in the party.
He said in a statement: “We wish to state unequivocally that there are no vacancies for employment at the National Secretariat of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). All the staffers of the party in line with the establishment manual are intact and standing strong with all the organs of the PDP in its bid to salvage the Party from destroyers.
“It is sad to note that Professor Wale Oladipo is ignorant on the workings of the PDP, the establishment manual and the position of the recent Appeal Court Judgment of February 17, 2017, which ordered the party to revert to the status of the party before May 21, 2016.

“The publication is therefore a ploy by Senator Sheriff and his cohorts to disengage the establishment staff of the PDP for acting in line with their constitutional mandate and convictions.

“The vexatious publication is a cheap blackmail designed to intimidate our hardworking and highly principled staff. It belongs to the trash bin and should be ignored.”
The NCC said that Nigerians, PDP members and teeming supporters should note that, “the self appointed National Working Committee as currently constituted under Senator Ali Modu Sheriff cannot form a quorum to take any valid decision.”

It added: “Unless Senator Ali Sheriff complies with the Appeal Court ruling of status quo ante May 21, 2017, any decision taken by the present illegal NWC is not binding and will be challenged before the Court of competent jurisdiction.
“Let Senator Ali Sheriff and his cohorts be reminded that though the Court of Appeal judgment is in their favour, the National Caretaker Committee is still in full operations given that its appeal against the judgment is before the Supreme Court; and more so that the committee still enjoy the support of the entire organs of the party.”

According to the NCC, “the actions of Senator Sheriff and his cohorts in recent times are completely against the spirit of the political solution they have professed to abide with. He cannot be declaring support for a political solution as a panacea to end the leadership crisis and at the same time igniting fire by taken decision that are against the law and capable of causing more rancour in the party.”

The NCC reiterated that as law abiding party members and citizens, they would continue to work with all the organs of the PDP to make sure this crisis is fully resolved.