NNPP Demands Probe over Mismanagement of N1bn Raised from Sale of Forms
The New Nigeria Peoples Party(NNPP) has demanded a probe into the Mismanagement of over One Billion Naira(N1bn) raised from the sale of forms between March 2022 and end of August 2023.
The decision of the party was sequel to the resolution of the new leadership of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) under Dr Agbo Gilbert Major at its maiden meeting held at the Abuja National Secretariat.
The statement signed by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party Mr. Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq said the decision became necessary after a review of the situation resulting from the gross mismanagement of the party in the past one year.
The meeting resolved to invite relevant security agencies to properly examine the accounts of the party with a view to demanding explanations from the party’s presidential candidate, the party’s chairman who left in March 2023, the sacked acting chairman and the National Secretary.
The development, according to the party, is to restore confidence of party members/candidates who came forward with their hard earned money to purchase forms.
The new leadership also querried the rationale for location of the Situation Room to the presidential candidate’s personal residence, noting that the illegal location created room for the massive corruption and manipulation leading to imposition of candidates by Buba Galadima and his co-travellers and resolved to set up a Committee to launch a probe into it.
The meeting also resolved to accept written complaints from aggrieved candidates who were shortchanged after making payments for forms into the party’s account.
The statement further said the party resolved to query the rationale behind the denial of other presidential aspirants the right to purchase form and participate in the primary election that illegally produced Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso insisting that it was against the spirit of fairness and equity which our great party preaches.
The party has however confirmed its withdrawal from the Memorandum Of Understanding signed by it with the Kwankwasiya Movement and TNM insisting that the principles of these two groups are targeted at massaging the ego of its sole owner and so not in line with the party’s policies of openness and inclusivity.
The party called on its numerous members and supporters to remain calm in the face of this brazen assault of the Kwankwasiya movement whose members were erroneously made to believe the party is sold to them and called on all aggrieved and displaced members who left for whatever reason to return home, adding that plans are underway to overhaul its structures across all levels nationwide.
