The National Conscience Party (NCP), formed by late legal luminary and human rights activist, Gani Fawehinmi has lamented that it has no funds to conduct its presidential primary earlier scheduled for between tomorrow, September 28 and 30.
The Publicity Secretary of the party, Okereke Emmanuel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, Thursday in Lagos that the primary has been postponed due to lack of funds to financed the meeting, adding that in the past, it was its founder, late Fawehinmi, that was its main sponsor.
He said that after his death, members had been contributing to carry out the party’s activities.
“The presidential primary scheduled for this weekend (Sept. 28 and 30) had been postponed due to lack of funds. Delegates coming are to be given money, but there is no money for all these logistics.”
This is even as the South-South and South-East zonal chapters of the NCP have called on its National Chairman, Tanko Yunusa, to step-down ahead of the party’s presidential primaries.
A statement by the two NCP deputy national chairmen in the zones, Goodluck Obi and Pastor Peters Omoragbon, said the call became necessary since Tanko Yinusa is also a presidential aspirant.
The NCP chieftains are also requesting for complete review/reversal of the “exorbitant nomination fees’’ for all aspirants seeking elective offices.
However Emmanuel said that the two men, (Obi and Omoragbon) have no authority to demand for anything in the party as they were no longer recognised leaders of their zones.
“As far as we are concerned, they demanded for the national chairman to step-down before presidential primaries, there is nowhere in NCP constitution that demands for resignation.
“The founder of the party, Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, contested for presidency while he was the national chairman.
“Some people requested him to step-down, but late Chief Fawehinmi said if there is any provision for such in the party’s constitution, as a law abiding person, he will step-down.”
Source: NAN.
