PDP not in hurry to reconstitute BOT — Walid Jibrin

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT), Senator Walid Jibrin, has said the party is not in a hurry to reconstitute its board.

Sen. Jibrin said the process of reconstituting the board would commence as soon as the party met with the requirement in the amended constitution of the party.

In a statement issued in Kaduna, Jibrin said the process of adopting the amendment which empowered every state and the FCT to legitimately have one person representing them and five members from each of the six zones in the BOT was about to be concluded.

“I am working very hard with the state chairmen and our six national vice chairmen in order to bring forth very able, responsible, experienced and respected members into the BOT.

“Once the exercise is concluded, the new BOT members and already existing members will now be inaugurated,” he stated.

Sen. Jibrin explained that he did not want to rush calling for BOT meeting without successfully concluding the exercise that would ginger in new members of the BOT who shall be the conscience of the party.

“Bringing in new members with high knowledge of the party, well experienced, able and men and women of high integrity stocked with honour and integrity should never be done in a hurry. Please bear with me, we are unlike other parties without BOT,” he said.

The BOT chairman thanked leaders of the party, including governors, national and state assembly members, state chairmen, elders, women, youths, former ministers, former governors and all forums “for making our party proud and darling of Nigerians.”

He said the BOT was ever ready to stand against any plot to frame PDP leaders, including governors, past ministers, past governors and all members.

“Please keep the umbrella and our slogan, Power to the People, very intact,” he added while congratulating the national chairman of the party “for working hard towards making the party stable.”