?The PDP?said on Friday?that it had started the process of reconciliation?with its?estranged members with a view?to rebuilding?and reforming?the party.
Mr Olisa Metuh, the party`s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja.
“We are taking the reconciliatory efforts of the previous administration a notch higher.
“We are?rekindling the spirit of the founding fathers of the party, our National Chairman being a founding father himself.
“Our reformation and rebuilding process will be anchored on a solid base of truthful reconciliation of all members including those estranged,” Metuh said.
He said further?that the party had concluded plans to hold a three-day retreat for members of its National Working Committee (NWC) and the six zonal chairmen of the party.
He said that the retreat which would begin on June 17 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, would be hosted by the state chapter of the party.??
Metuh added that the retreat would provide an opportunity for the party`s leadership to have a first-hand assessment of the efforts of the governor?regarding the implementation of the party`s manifesto.
Hesaid the retreat was the first step in the line-up of reform programmes to prepare the party`s new officers for the challenges of revitalising the party.
“Recall that?our National Chairman, Dr Bamanga Turkur, assured Nigerians that the opportunity given to us by the party to serve is a historic moment to re-build?not only the party but the entire nation?during his acceptance speech.
?“We have remained focused on this commitment. This retreat, therefore, is an induction, a baptism of sorts meant to suffuse the party with all the ideas necessary to take it to the intended destination,’’ Metuh said.
Metuh said that the?agenda of the PDP's new leadership would formally be unveiled at the retreat by the party’s National Chairman.
He added that papers on party membership drive, party funding and strategy and party's internal democracy and discipline would be presented at the retreat. (NAN)