PDP NWC shifts NEC meeting to May 15

The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party has rescheduled the national executive committee (NEC) meeting from March 13 to May 15.

Sunday Udeh-Okoye, national secretary of the party, announced the postponement of the NEC meeting in a statement released on Sunday.

Udeh-Okoye noted that various organs of the party, including the board of trustees (BoT), governors’ forum, and the national assembly caucus, were consulted before the NEC meeting was shifted.

He said the postponement would allow the party to conclude the pending zonal, state, local government and ward congresses.

The NWC, led by Umar Damagum, the acting national chairman, has postponed the NEC meeting three times since September 2024 — a decision rejected by the board of trustees (BoT).

The NEC is the highest decision-making organ of the PDP, comprising state governors, serving and former presidents, former vice-presidents, the chairman and secretary of the board of trustees (BoT), principal officers of the national assembly, all state chairmen, members of the national working committee (NWC), former governors, and founding members, among others.

Section 31 (4) of the PDP constitution states that a NEC meeting must be held once in three months. However, the last NEC meeting was held in April 2024.