A former Health Minister in the ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Prof Alphonsus Nwosu, has resigned as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), BoT member.
In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, and the Acting BoT Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, Nwosu said he was displeased with the internal wranglings in the party occasioned by lack of respect for the agreement reached on political positions in the country.
According to him, the inability of the party to adhere to the rotational or zoning provision of party’s constitution formed the basis of his resignation.
Persecondnews quotes from the letter: “I hereby resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party and its Board of Trustees with effect from today Thursday 12th January, 2023.
“This resignation for me is a matter of conscience and principle because of the Party’s inability to adhere to the rotation provision in its (PDP) constitution.
“The journey to rotational presidency between the North and South of Nigeria has been a long and arduous one and I have been involved.
“We must learn to respect the provisions in the constitution and the agreement reached by members of the party.
“Nigeria and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) must learn to keep to an agreement reached by a Constituent Assembly (1995), and enshrined in the Party’s (PDP) Constitution (1998).”
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