{"id":112436,"date":"2024-06-06T19:52:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112436"},"modified":"2024-06-06T19:52:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:52:05","slug":"lp-crisis-party-bows-to-pressure-renames-obidient-directorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/lp-crisis-party-bows-to-pressure-renames-obidient-directorate\/","title":{"rendered":"LP crisis: Party bows to pressure, renames Obidient Directorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1801125019720947453\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Following a backlash over the naming and composition of the leadership structure of the \u201cObidient Directorate,\u201d the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has renamed the directorate.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, announced the party\u2019s decision in a tarse statement in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Obidient Directorate will now be known and referred to as the Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration.<\/p>\n<p>Ifoh said, \u201cFollowing the controversies arising from the creation of the Directorate of OBIDIENT Affairs, in the party, the Directorate is hereby renamed the Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inauguration will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the party\u2019s National Secretariat, Utako, Abuja, by 10 a.m. Party members and the general public should take note.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recall that over 200 support groups, which make up the Obidient Movement, had denounced the LP leadership for setting up the directorate and naming some persons as directors.<\/p>\n<p>The support groups, in a statement dissociating themselves from the new directorate, accused \u00a0the National Working Committee (NWC) of the LP, under the leadership of Comrade Julius Abure, of trying to use the directorate to strip the movement of its independence.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a backlash over the naming and composition of the leadership structure of the \u201cObidient Directorate,\u201d the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has renamed the directorate. 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