PDP Sets up 242-member Convention Committee

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed 242 members to serve on its National Convention Planning Committee for the National Convention scheduled to hold on August 17, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The convention which is headed by the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, also has the Taraba State governor, Darius Ishiaku as Deputy Chairman, while Senator Ben Ndi Obi, is to serve as Secretary.

In a statement issued yesterday, by Secretary of the NCC, Senator Ndi Ben Obi, the party also appointed another 80-member National Convention Finance Committee under the chairmanship of the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel with the former governor of Katsina State Ibrahim Shema as Deputy Chairman while Senator Biodun Olujimi will serve as Secretary to the committee.

In the same vein, the party has set up committees to oversee the organization of State Congresses in Imo and Yobe State Chapters which have been fixed for Monday,August 8.

The National Caretaker Committee said that it has approved the conduct of state congresses in the Imo and Yobe States Chapters where the congresses were not conducted or concluded in May .

Accordingly, the NCC has nominated Hon. Austin Opara and Alhaji Shehu Musa Gaban to serve as chairman of the congress committees for Imo and Yobe states respectively.

Senator Solomon Ewuga is to serve as chairman of the Electoral Appeal committees for the congresses.
PDP also constituted the Committees/Panels for each state to conduct Ward Congresses to nominate three Ad-Hoc Delegates to LGA Congresses on August 10 and to conduct Local government Area congresses to nominate National Delegates to the National Convention on August 12.