Stakeholders in the the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will henceforth obtain approval from the National Working Committee (NWC) before making any public statements.
National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Musa Gabam, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ambassador Rufus Aiyenigba, added that only the members of the party’s NWC would now determine its direction with regards to elections and related matters.
According to the statement, no member or candidate of the party was authorised to make any commitment on behalf of the party without the NWC’s approval.
The statement reads in part: “And for the avoidance of any doubt, the SDP national headquarters further makes itself clear by defining ‘members’ to include zonal chairmen, state chairmen, local government chairmen and ward chairmen and ‘candidates: to include the presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly candidates.”
The party warned that any member who went contrary to the guidelines would be sanctioned accordingly.
