It would be recalled that the State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) had released the timetable for the elections scheduled to hold on Saturday, July 24, 2021.
Amid the lingering internal strife in the state PDP, the chairman released the guidelines which, it was learnt, did not go down well with most of the executive members who said they were not carried along.
A member of the state executive said the timetable was unilaterally planned and released by the chairman without the input of other executive members.
It was further learnt that the other factions of the party opposed to Doherty may counter the embattled chairman this week over the release of the guidelines.
Oluchi Chibuzor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State, yesterday alleged that individuals and corporate businesses in the state were reeling under the burden of multiple taxation.
Consequently, the main opposition party claimed that the future of young people in the country, especially in Lagos State, “is not only dim but has become hopeless and hapless due to a hostile economic environment.
The Chairman of Lagos PDP, Mr. Deji Doherty expressed this concern during a recent virtual town hall meeting, kicking against what he described as illegal and multiple taxes imposed on individuals and corporate bodies in the state.
Doherty said the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu “has caused a negative impact on business and commercial activities and made life miserable for the people in the face of a global pandemic.
ANALYSIS: Inside the endless crises in Southwest PDP
The PDP controls just one of six South-west states but its seemingly unresolvable crises may lead to even the loss of that state.
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had planned to hold its zonal congresses this weekend. That of the South-west was, however, rescheduled for Monday in Osogbo, Osun State, following a disagreement over the initial arrangement to hold the event in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday. Like that of the South-west, that of some other zones were also rescheduled due to different crises.
The forced rescheduling of the South-west congress, however, reflects the critical state of the PDP in the region. For many years now, protracted leadership crises have left the PDP in factions in almost all the six states in the zone.
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