Peoples Democratic Party Archives - Page 14 of 18

Sep

19

2022

PDP forum tells Wike to Accept NEC resolution on Ayu, support Atiku-Okowa

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Iyorchia Ayu, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

One group, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP (RAF) Aspiring Representatives Forum, has appealed to Governor Wike Nyesom and his supporters to allow peace to reign in the party to ensure the party’s victory in the 2023 presidential election. The group made the appeal at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, during which it pledged to mobilize voters for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in all 360 federal constituencies. Wike and some PDP members, including some four governors, have been demanding the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to correct the imbalance in his leadership. They said that with…

Sep

18

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Over 13,000 APC members decamp to PDP in Kaduna

News2023, All Progressives Congress, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, over 13,000 All Progressives Congress, APC, members in Kaduna State, on Saturday, in Zonkwa, defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Speaking during the defection ceremony in Zonkwa, Kaduna State PDP Chairman, Hon. Felix Hassan Hyatt, who described the defection as symbolic and historical, noted that the good work of the opposition party will help it win the governorship election in the coming year. According to him, the only PDP stronghold in the entire North-west Zone was in Southern Kaduna. He regretted that Southern Kaduna, under the ruling party, had experienced infrastructural deficit and…

Sep

09

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP crisis: I never resigned as govs forum chair – Tambuwal

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The Governor of Sokoto State, Waziri Tambuwal, has denied ever resigning from his position as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum. Tambuwal was one of the PDP presidential aspirants before his eventual withdrawal for Atiku Abubakar during the party’s primary. He disclosed this in a press statement issued on Friday by the Director General of the forum, CID Maduabum. The statement read: “This is to inform the general public and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, that the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF), Rt Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has not resigned as…

Sep

09

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Ayu survives dismissal as NEC passes vote of confidence on NWC

News2023, Iyorchia Ayu, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a vote of confidence on the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). This action has saved Ayu from dismissal. The NWC is headed by the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. The confidence vote was passed at the NWC on Thursday, in Abuja. This was a follow-up to the adoption of a motion on a vote of confidence proposed by House Minority Leader Ndudi Elumelu. Introducing the motion, Elumelu commended Mr. Ayu and the NWC for their stubbornness and for handing over the Osun state to the party in the July 18…

Sep

09

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: Atiku reveals how crisis within PDP can be resolved

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has promised that he will live up to the expectations of the party and Nigerians if he is elected president in 2023. Atiku made the promise during his remarks at the PDP 97 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday. He thanked NEC members for their support during the party’s convention in May, where he emerged as their candidate. “I cannot thank you enough. My promise is that I will meet your expectations and the expectations of Nigerians. “Let me also take this opportunity to thank our outgoing…