The Edo state members of the Peoples Democratic Party have kicked against the proposed N1,000 to be levied on every member as the registration fee in line with its pilot phase of the electronic registration exercise scheduled to commence in the state yesterday, September 2.
Uche Secondus
Chief Olisa Metuh who is the party’s national publicity secretary had announced in August that the national working committee of the party had approved the resuscitation of the online registration of its member, using Edo as a pilot for the project, This Day reports.
The scribe had made the party members to understand that the project which would be handled by the PDP e-membership registration committee was targeted at returning ownership of the party to its members and strengthening the various structures of the party.
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Raymond Dokpesi who heads the registration committee in a meeting held at the state’s party secretariat had said that each member would be issued with a card containing their biometric information including banking details at the end of the registration.
However, the exercise suffered setback as it was greeted with rancour and murmuring from some of the members of the Edo PDP present when he announced a fee of N1,000 to be paid by each member into a Skye Bank account.
Dokpesi said: “In the far north of Weppa-Wanno, I think we have been sensitising the people and, as of today, all the women that are on the register have been so sensitised and have actually been paying into Skye Bank for this e-registration.
“If you like, you can pay the N1,000 using your debit card. If you like, you can do it by transfer from which ever bank is based in Nigeria, details of which will be provided.”
In an objection, one of the party members in Oredo local government area who pleaded anonymity, described the fee as expensive. He added that a large number of supporters of the party reside in the rural areas.
“That fee is too much for many of us. I do not expect a market woman or farmer, who earns little, to pay that amount just to be a member,” he said.
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Speaking with journalists at the end of the meeting, Uche Secondus, the party’s acting national chairman said at the end of the meeting that the party would work out details of the procedure for the exercise, adding that the party had resolved to carry out a digital reform in order to re-position itself as a national political party.
He said that the most important thing is that everybody has accepted and that they have agreed that the party must migrate from analogue to digital.
Secondus noted that in the digital platform, the party will be able to access everybody. He explained that the people at the local level through their handsets can access the party on a two-way interaction.
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The acting chairman said: “INEC has been reformed; the political parties must be reformed; our party must be reformed. We must comply digitally and that is why we are here to interact with our members.
“The party will now belong to all. As long as you register, you are a member of the party and you have equal rights.”
The national leadership of the PDP had on August 26, in Abuja implored Nigerians to join the former ruling party, pointing out that those interested in the PDP were free to do so without any condition promising that both the new and old members would be treated equally.
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Why Edo PDP Turns Down Party’s E-Registration Exercise
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