…Sets Up Ward Congress Electoral Committee
The Peoples Democratic Party, has constituted a ward congress electoral committee that will conduct the party’s ward congress ahead of the Ondo state governorship primaries.
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Saturday, disclosed that the party’s National Working Committee has fixed its Ward Congress for Monday, April 8, to elect three ad-hoc delegates per ward, one of whom must be female, across all 203 wards in Ondo State, as part of preparations for its governorship primary election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission set November 16, 2024, as the scheduled date for the state governorship election.
According to the PDP’s timetable, the party’s congress, where its governorship candidate will emerge, will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Consequently, the PDP Statement disclosed that the party’s National Working Committee has appointed Abba Moro and Nheoma Ndu respectively as Chairman and Secretary of the Ondo State Ward Congress Electoral Committee.
The statement read in part, “The National Working Committee of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has approved the nomination of the under listed party members to serve as members of the Ondo State Ward Congress Electoral Committee to conduct the three-man ad-hoc ward congress for the purpose of electing three ad-hoc delegates per ward (one of whom shall be a woman) in each of the 203 wards of Ondo State
“The ward congress is scheduled to hold at the ward secretariats in each of the 203 wards on Monday, April 8, 2024.”
Other members of the committee include Tom Zakari, Issaiah Makinde and Chief David Vaughan.
The PDP NWC charged all governorship aspirants, leaders, critical stakeholders, and members of the party in Ondo State to take note and be guided accordingly.
