The ruling Peoples Democratic
Party has fixed December 6 and November 29 for its presidential and
gubernatorial Primaries respectively, ahead of the 2015 general elections.
This was announced by Olisa
Metuh, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja.
Mr. Metuh said party’s
National Assembly primaries would hold on November 22, adding that the dates
were proposed by the party’s National Working
Committee, NWC.
The dates are subject to the
approval of the party`s National Executive Committee, NEC, scheduled to meet on
Thursday.
“We expect all public servants, government appointees
and elected party officials who are interested in contesting any position to
resign their appointments seven days before the commencement of the ward
congress election,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria
quoted party officials as saying the sales of nomination and expression of
interest forms for various elective offices would be between October 27 and 28.
This is to enable public
office holders interested in elective offices to resign their appointments
before Oct. 20, NAN. Reported.
President Goodluck Jonathan
had met behind closed doors with caucus members of the party on Tuesday.
The meeting, which held at
the State House Abuja, was attended by Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Senate
President, David Mark, Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba and Deputy Senate
Leader, Abdul Ningi.
Governors Gabriel Suswam
(Benue), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Godswill Akpabio
(Akwa Ibom) and Theodore Orji (Abia), PDP Chairman, Adamu Muazu, PDP Deputy
National Chairman, Uche Secondus, former PDP Chairman, Ahmadu Ali, PDP Board of
Trustee (BoT) Secretary, Walid Jibril, Special Adviser to the President on
Political Affairs, Rufai Alkali, PDP National Women Leader, Kema Chikwe,
Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, were also at the meeting
which started at 8.37pm.
The BoT meeting of the party
is expected to hold at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday night, while the
National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the party is slated for Thursday
at the National Headquarters of the PDP in Abuja.
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