The Federal Capital Territory Authority, FCTA, on Monday, sealed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
FCTA sealed the Secretariat located in Zone 5 area of Abuja for failing to pay its ground rent.
This was confirmed to DAILY POST, by the spokesman of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka.
According to Olayinka: “FCTA seals PDP Secretariat in Zone 5 Abuja. It was revoked for not paying ground rent.
“Senator Samaila Mamman Kurfi, owner of the property, failed to pay Ground Rent for 28 years.”
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Its policies generally lie towards the center-right of the political spectrum. It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011. Until the 2015 elections, it was the governing party in the Fourth Republic.
The PDP favors free-market policies which support economic liberalism, and limited government regulation. In 2003, President Olusegun Obasanjo and Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala embarked on an economic reform program, which reduced government spending through conservative fiscal policies and saw the deregulation and privatization of numerous industries in Nigerian services sector — notably the Nigerian Telecommunications (NITEL) industry. On the other hand, the PDP adopts a more leftist stance towards poverty and welfare. In 2005, President Obasanjo launched Nigeria’s first National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to ensure that every Nigerian has access to basic health care services.
Credit: dailypost.ng
