Over 6,000 delegates will elect the next National Working (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the October 30 national convention, Chairman of PDP national convention organising committee, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has disclosed.
Making the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, shortly after inaugurating 15 sub convention committees, Fintiri said, “We are expecting over 6, 000 delegates by our new constitution and we are fully prepared for that. We’re expecting everybody in every ward that is a delegate to attend the convention.”
Commenting on the leadership crisis in the Party, he said, ‘We are moving on. I am the chairman of the convention committee and you can see that we are doing our work. Everybody is happy and participating. I don’t see any crisis in this party.”
Fintiri however refused to comment on provisions of the party’s constitution that are likely to be amended at the convention, noting instead that the committee assigned to review the constitution is allowed to complete its job.
The event was attended by top party functionaries and Governors Nyesom Wike, Duoye Diri and Seyi Makinde of Rivers, Bayelsa and Oyo states respectively. The party’s national elective convention is slated for October 30/31 this year in Abuja.
Governors Wike, Emmanuel and Darius were appointed as chairmen of Special Duties, Constitutional Amendment and Contact and Mobilisation sub-committees respectively.
