Professor A.B.C. Nwosu, a former federal Minister of Health, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Board of Trustees (BOT).
Nwosu announced that he would be leaving the PDP on January 12.
This was stated in a resignation letter that was sent to PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu on January 12, 2023. The party acknowledged receiving the resignation letter.
He was a founding member of the party and was involved in the party’s activities at the national and zonal levels in significant ways.
Nwosu explained his position by pointing to the PDP’s disregard for the rotational principle.
“Due to the party’s inability to adhere to the ROTATION provision in its (PDP) Constitution, this resignation is for me a matter of CONSCIENCE and PRINCIPLE.”
“I have been involved in the long and difficult journey to the rotational presidency between the North and South of Nigeria. In his resignation letter, he stated that Nigeria and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) “must learn to keep to an agreement reached by a Constituent Assembly (1995) and enshrined in the party’s (PDP) Constitution (1998).”
