By Admin. 23th Oct, 2024
Again, PDP shifts NEC meeting
The party said it postponed the meeting originally scheduled for Thursday to give it more time to focus on 16 November Governorship Election in Ondo State.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has once again postponed its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to 28 of November 2024, following the conclusion of its meeting held at Bauchi state governor's lodge in Abuja on Tuesday night, amidst internal crises bedeviling the party especially at the national level
The meeting was originally scheduled for Thursday 24, October. now shifted again to focus on the forthcoming Ondo state governorship election on the 16
PDP Governors Forum, chairman Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed announced the postponement after about four hours discussion with the National Working Committee (NWC) and the Board of Trustees (BoT) and other relevant organs of the party.
Bala who read the communique at the end of the meeting, said the decision to shift NEC meeting was aimed at giving the party more time to focus on 16 November Governorship election in Ondo State.
He explained that, rising from the consultative meeting of the various organs of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Party resolved as follows:
“The National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting originally slated for October 24, 2024, has been rescheduled to November 28, 2024
“The postponement is to ensure that the party goes into the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial election of November 16, 2024 with the unity and strength demanded to unseat the floundering All Progressive Congress, APC, government in the state"
“Reiterating the need for unity in the face of efforts by detractors to divide the party, the meeting called on all members to shun divisive utterances that could undermine ongoing efforts at strengthening the party to effectively play its role as the country’s main opposition, preparatory to taking over in 2027" he emphasized
He noted, that all it five organs of PDP were in attendance during the meeting however, this was the third time of shifting the NEC meeting, It was originally scheduled for August but was later postponed to September and then to 24 October.
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