2021 PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION

NEC can only decide its zoning formulae after Gov. Ugwuanyi's zoning committee sends its report to the organ for deliberation, says party spokesperson.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it cannot decide where to zone its 2023 presidential ticket as well as the National Working Committee (NWC) offices until some issues are resolved, PREMIUM TIMES reports, as Governors Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State chair convention planning and zoning committees respectively.

After its 93rd National Executive Council (NEC) meeting attended by governors, lawmakers, former ministers and other leaders on Thursday in Abuja, the party also said it has approved the two new committees in preparation for its forthcoming national convention.

Sighted at least eight out of the 13 governors elected on PDP platform, as well as its two-term Vice President and 2019 Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, attended the meeting which was presided over by the party's Acting National Chairman, Yemi Akinwonmi.

The embattled National Chairman, Uche Secondus, was conspicuously absent.

At a press conference held after the long closed-door meeting, the RDP spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan told journalists that the NEC approved the composition of the National Convention Organising Committee and a Zoning Committee to arrive at a favourable zoning formulae for National Working Committee (NWC) offices.

The new committees will be chaired by the Governors of Adamawa and Enugu States, Ahmade Fintiri, and Ileanyi Ugruanyi, respectively, while Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, and the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, will deputise the duo.

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, was appointed as the secretary of the convention organising committee while the Deputy Governor of Zamfara, Mahdi Aliyu, will serve as the secretary of the zoning committee.

"NEC approved the composition of the National Convention Organising Committee as well as the Zoning Committee to zone the National Working Committee offices."

"NEC approved Ahmadu Fintiri, Governor of Adamawa State.