The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to hold its National Convention, which is scheduled for today October 30 and tomorrow 31, 2021 in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State is the Chairman of the Convention Committee.
Speaking late last week, Fintiri stressed the importance of holding the convention, particularly at this period in Nigeria’s history. He said, “As a nation, we are at a crossroads. We have to do the needful, beginning from this convention, to ensure that we get our best hands to steer us with their skills, their experiences and their integrity, so that Nigerians can move forward.
“We need to revamp, re-engineer and position this party into a winning spirit. This, I believe we will achieve.”
The governor disclosed that the screening committee had completed and submitted its report, adding, “About 31 candidates have indicated interest to contest for all the elective positions from the National Chairman to the least. 27 of them have been cleared, one has withdrawn and three have been disqualified.
“If they have any reason not to agree with why they were disqualified, this party is very democratic and they have the opportunity tomorrow to appear before the Appeal Committee. They may be considered or not, depending on the reason they bring forth. But I’m satisfied with the job done by the Screening Committee. It has paved the way for us to move forward. I assure you, we will have one of the best, open, transparent and democratic conventions in the history of this country.
We’re still working on the list of delegates. There are some litigations coming along with this. So we have to be sure that we have a clean list of delegates. It will be very difficult at the moment to talk about the actual number of delegates that will be attending this convention, but the basic information I can give you at the moment is that not less than 4,000 delegates will be in attendance.”
To ensure a hitch-free convention, it was gathered, PDP governors are constantly meeting and monitoring the activities of various committees set up to make sure everything is going smoothly.
