This weekly’s investigation revealed that the grouse of the party chairmen was a N240 million paid to the party as partnership fund by the Amaechi led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state.

Other matters leveled against the party leader were hoarding of cards, which has hampered the registration exercise as against the NWC directive during the party convention held in Lagos late last year. This action described as anti-party, selfish and against the tenets of democracy is allegedly reasoned to make way for the registration of people that the party leader deems fit and to weaken the party in the state according to the partnership agreement reached with governor Amaechi.

Another source alleged that the partnership fund that is primarily supposed to be used to run the party, has been hijacked by the state acting Exco and the state leader, adding that only 5 out of 23 local government area chairman benefited from the financial largesse up to 3 months ago when they were denied payment.

Lack of Party functional secretariats in the local government areas, was also among the issues to be sorted out if Action Congress (AC) would participate in the elections come 2011, according to a source.

This source told The Verite that the Party has no functional secretariat or offices in the local government area, a thing that is not benefiting a major opposition party as AC.

When this weekly contacted one of the local government area party chairmen or comments, he said, “Mr. Press, like in every family, there must be disagreement and misunderstanding between father and the children. AC is not an exception. We are not happy for certain things that are happening in the party, but it is not what should be discussed on the pages of newspaper. Till we see our leader , Princewill Tonye , I don’t have any comments. All what I am saying is, we (the local government area chairmen) are not happy”.
 

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