PDP dissolves 14 state committees, alleges fraud in tax law

The National Working Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implemented major organizational changes and leveled serious allegations against the government.

The committee dissolved the State Working Committees(SWCs) in 14 states: Borno, Bauchi, Oyo, Zamfara, Yobe, Ekiti, Bayelsa, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Delta, Taraba, Kano, and Lagos.

It appointed caretaker committees to manage party affairs in these states.

The party affirmed that there is only one legitimate leadership under Acting Chairman Abdulrahman Mohammed, dismissing claims that a parallel executive led by Tanimu Turaki had been recognized by the electoral commission (INEC).

Key portfolios were assigned to committee members,and a calendar for state congresses was approved, scheduled to start on January 9, 2026. A date for the national convention will be set after these congresses.

Separately,the PDP issued a strong statement calling for an urgent investigation into what it termed the “fraudulent alteration” of Nigeria’s tax laws.

The party cited allegations by a lawmaker, Abdussamad Dasuki, that the version of the Tax Act gazetted differs from the one passed by the National Assembly.

The PDP warned this poses a grave threat to legislative integrity and demanded the law’s commencement date be postponed by six months for a full probe.

The opposition party also criticized the Tinubu administration’s governance,citing Nigeria’s perceived declining global standing, recent diplomatic incidents, and the President’s absence from a major ECOWAS meeting in Abuja as signs of failing leadership and insecurity.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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