The governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have given the Acting National Chairman of the party, Umar Damagum and his National Working Committee (NWC) to organize the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party on or before February 2025.
The governors rose from their meeting on Saturday to hand down the deadline for NEC meeting.
The NWC has kept postponing the NEC expected to discuss some issues bedevilling the party and present a substantive National Chairman of the party who will take over from Damagum and complete the tenure of the suspended Iyorchia Ayu.
April, the NEC was set for August 15 but was postponed to October 24, and then later rescheduled to November 28 before it was indefinitely postponed.
In a communique read to journalists by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State who is also the chairman of the Forum, the governors said, “The Forum notes the concerns of Nigerians, PDP founding fathers, elders and members of our great Party of seeming divisions within the ranks and files.
“The Forum wishes to state categorically that it remains resolute in its determination to ensure unity and cohesion of this great Party that Nigerians have come to trust as the best platform for democratic governance.
“The Forum is constrained to accept the latest postponement of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Party in empathy with our colleague, Governor Umo Eno whose late dear wife will be buried on the same day earlier scheduled for NEC.
“The Forum is strongly advising the NWC to call NEC latest by the first week of February 2025 to allow for elaborate consultations with critical stakeholders of the Party. The period between November and February is to address the existential problems confronting the Party, with a deliberate timeline of activities within the period under review to address issues of leadership and litigations confronting the Party.”
