Members of the PDP are putting their house in order by constituting its NWC ahead of 2023
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is holding its national convention in Abuja to choose members of the National Working Committee (NWC), the organ of the party that oversees the activities of the party.
The PDP has adopted open-secret ballot for it’s elective convention, but majority of the positions would be by consensus arrangement, except three.
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday threw out former National Chairman Uche Secondus’ suit challenging the convention taking place.
Vanguard said as a last minute effort to ensure 100% consensus, stakeholders met at the Akwa Ibom Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.
At the meeting were former Vice Presidents Namadi Sambo and Atiku Abubakar; Governors Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state.
Also in attendance were former Senate Presidents— David Mark and Bukola Saraki.
One-time governor of Ebonyi state, Senator Sam Egwu; ex-Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, and immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, among others, were also at the meeting.
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There are 21 seats in the National Working Committee (NWC), of the PDP.
However, addressing newsmen after the meeting on Friday, Governor of Adamawa State and Chairman of the PDP National Convention Planning Committee, Ahmadu Fintiri, said only three positions are now to be contested for.
The positions are PDP Deputy National Chairman (South), National Auditor and Youth Leader.
Fintiri added that delegates would still cast ballots for all the positions despite the reality that 80 percent of the positions in the NWC would be contested unopposed.
The election would take an open-secret ballot mode, the governor told the press conference in Abuja on Friday.
Although last minute lobbying was still ongoing, none of the contestants for the three positions is shifting grounds. Instead, they are individually courting the support of heavyweights such as former Vice President. Whether last minutes compromise will be reached, is yet to be seen.