Tag: Peoples Democratic Party

‘No southern candidate can win 2023 presidential election’ – Dokpesi 

Aminu Imam

Media mogul and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said that no political candidate from the South-East and the entire South would be able to win the 2023 presidential election as the opposition party.  In a published interview yesterday, Dokpesi said if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), decides to zone the presidency to the South, it will be fair for the ticket to be given to the South-East. The PDP chieftain said whoever emerges president needs to compensate the people of the South-East,…

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2023: PDP NEC approves zoning of National Chairman slot to the North

Aminu Imam

The National Working Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), yesterday approved the recommendation of its committee to zone the party’s next National Chairman position to the Northern part of the country. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the NEC, which was held in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said that the NEC considered and adopted Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Zoning Committee’s report, ahead of the party’s National Convention, scheduled for Oct. 30. The committee had recommended that the current elective National Working…

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2023: Zoning PDP’s presidential ticket to South ‘impossible’ – Sule Lamido

Aminu Imam

The former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said it is not possible for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to zone its presidential ticket to the South in the coming 2023 presidential election. Lamido stated this in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC), Hausa service, yesterday. According to the PDP chieftain, it would not be possible because of the personal interest of some few individuals in the party. This followed the decision of the PDP Zonal Committee, chaired by Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to position…

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Presidential election: Northern Coalition warns PDP, APC, others against zoning 

Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), has warned the ruling party, the All Progressive Congress, (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), and other parties to desist from zoning ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Presenting the group’s stand, Suleiman said, “Since democracy everywhere is a game of numbers, under no circumstance will the North succumb to intimidation, blackmail or threat from any quarter to abandon its collective franchise by not seeking the presidency in 2023 or any time in the future. “That the northern population which is in the clear…

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PDP zones chairmanship to North

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has zoned the position of National Chairman to the North. The Chairman of the Zoning Committee and Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, announced this on Thursday afternoon. Ugwuanyi said National Working Committee, (NWC), positions currently being held would be swapped between the North and the South. He said the mandate of his committee did not include zoning of the office President and Vice President. The decision came after a meeting of the PDP Governors’ Forum held on Wednesday night, where nine governors were said…

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2023 PDP zoning deadlock: Gen. Gusau other retired Generals in fresh move to rescue party

Aminu Imam

…David Mark, Oyinlola penciled for national chair, BoT roles The crisis trailing the job of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Zoning Committee led by the Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, will soon be resolved. A party source privy to the deadlock at the Enugu meeting last week over the zoning arrangement being pushed by the Northern leaders of the party said all other things being equal, the final decision of the committee will be unveiled in Abuja this week.  Investigation revealed that the zoning template of 2017, which zoned the…

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PDP chair/2023 presidency zoning crisis: Two opposing groups emerge over zoning of offices between North & South   

Aminu Imam

Two groups have emerged from within and outside the 44 man Ugwanyi Committee charged with zoning PDP NWC offices as the body concludes a crucial meeting in Enugu, the home base of its chairman. The first group called the ‘Maintain the Status Quo Group’ wants all the party offices to be retained in the geographical side to which they presently are.  However, the second group called the ‘Move Around Group’ wants all the posts presently in the South to be transferred to the North while the ones in the North…

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Electronic transmission: PDP Govs’ Forum tasks NASS to set up C’ttee to harmonise Electoral Bill 

Aminu Imam

..Says legislators should be guided by national interest The PDP Governors’ Forum yesterday called on the National Assembly to immediately set up its conference committee that will harmonise the different versions of the Electoral Act Amendment Bills passed by both chambers. The forum said the committee should have a clear mandate to harken to the wishes of Nigerians and be guided by the national interest, particularly on the issue of electronic transmission of results. In a press statement, chairman of the forum and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, insisted that a…

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2023: PDP Governors reveals readiness to rescue Nigeria from APC’s misrule

Aminu Imam

The Governors of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), yesterday revealed their readiness to reposition the party to rescue Nigeria from the alleged misrule of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in the 2023 general election. The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, disclosed this while briefing the media after a seven-hour meeting held by the Forum in Abuja on Wednesday evening. Speaking after the meeting, Governor Tambuwal said, “We had a robust discussion with them on how to move the party forward, bringing all…

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PDP crisis: Secondus loses out, as Fintiri emerges PDP Convention Committee Chairman

Aminu Imam

…PDP governors take over party The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National Executive Committee (NEC) yesterday, appointed governors to head its 47-member National Convention Committee and its 45-member Zonal Committee. This is coming on the heels of the appeal by the embattled Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus,  against the order of the High Courts, sitting in Rivers and Cross-River States, stopping him from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The PDP NEC also appointed the governor of Adamawa State, Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, as the Chairman…

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