After
some series of meetings by the various organs of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) since yesterday, the opposition party has scheduled its
national convention.
1. Happening now at the PDP National Secretariat is the meeting of the Expanded National Caucus of the Party. The Caucus is part of meetings pic.twitter.com/mPM0OM8ZUq— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) July 17, 2017
The National Executive of the Peoples Democratic Party has fixed
August 12, 2017, to hold a none-elective national convention in Abuja.
The decision comes after a series of meetings by the various organs of the party since yesterday.
At an expanded caucus meeting in Abuja on Monday, Nigeria’s former
president, Goodluck Jonathan called on members of the party to focus on
rebuilding it ahead of the 2019 general elections.
According to the former president, the PDP has the chance to regain
power at the centre if the leaders are able to build the party
structures that were almost destroyed by the protracted legal tussle.
In the same vein, both the Senate Deputy President Ike Ekweremadu
and the chairman of the PDP governors’ forum, urged members to rebuild
the confidence of the electorates in their constituencies, so that they
can vote the PDP in subsequent elections.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee, Senator
Ahmed Makarfi, assured members of the party that he will deepen the
party’s reconciliation efforts, to reunite those who have defected to
other political parties.
The meeting is the first of its kind, in the wake of the Supreme
Court judgement which put to rest the leadership tussle that threatened
the unity of the party in the last 13 months.
It was attended by chieftains of the party, including former
national chairmen, serving and former governors, as well as former
ministers of the party.
However, the ousted National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff and his major supporters were absent at the meeting, although
the Caretaker Committee said they were invited.
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