The National Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, and former governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarebe Musa, has informed party members that he will be vacating his position for a younger person due to his failing health. The outgoing chairman, who made this known when he declared open the 54th meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) in Kaduna Friday, said he would always remain in the party.
In his valedictory speech, he said, “Due to declining energy and failing health, it has become necessary for me to vacate the seat for younger and fresher blood.”
The outgoing chairman pointed out that his successor would not just be a young man in age but someone who is robustly committed to all the ideals that the PRP has always stood for.
Balarabe Musa promised to be always available for party assignments within the limits of his declining energy and failing health.
He thanked party members for all the support they have given to him over the years, pleading that they should render the same to his successor. “There is work to be done and all hands must be on deck,” he charged.
The outgoing chairman further told the incoming NEC members that the national secretariat of the party has proposed uniform guidelines for the 2018-2019 primaries in determining candidates at all levels of the party structure.
He pointed out that the party took the measure because of the limited time frame within which PRP must conclude its primaries on or before October 7, going by INEC timetable.
Alhaji Balarabe Musa warned that the guidelines are specific to the impending 2019 elections only and may be modified as deemed fit for other subsequent elections.
According to him, “Under our party’s constitution, the NEC is empowered by article five, section F, to issue such periodic guidelines.”
Balarabe Musa advised the PRP NEC to give state organs of the party, whether duly elected or protem, specific deadlines for the conduct of primary elections.
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