The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has stated that the emergence of Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman has generated massive positive impact on the fortunes of the party.
Benue State Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr. Bemgba Iortyom, in a statement, noted that the party has recorded an increase in the interest being shown by Nigerians of all classes to acquire membership of the party across the country.
According to him, barely 24 hours after Ayu’s emergence, over 170,000 citizens including prominent Nigerians have applied to be registered in the party.
“Already elder statesmen, associates and political peers of the National Chairman-elect have contacted him, expressing renewed faith in the country’s democratic process with his emergence on the scene as PDP’s helmsman.
“They have also commenced the process of applying for and acquiring membership of the party with a number of them enthusing that with Dr. Ayu leading the way, the mission embarked upon by PDP to rescue Nigeria from misrule by APC is achievable.
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“Information gathered from the desk of Benue State’s representative on the National Technical Committee on E-Registration of the PDP, Mr David Mzer, the online registration portal data shows that as at 3pm, on Monday, November 1st, 2021, out of the 172,351 applications from Benue State, 102,230 applications were new members, intending to join the party, while 70,121 were old members who applied for revalidation of their membership,” Bemgba said.
While explaining that the increased happened barely 24 hours after the emergence of Dr. Ayu, the PDP state publicity secretary, said it represents a sharp increase in the number of both old and intending members from the state who had applied on the party’s registration portal, www.iampdp.com to be registered before the official flag-off of the exercise in Benue State.
“This rush to gain PDP membership has also been witnessed in other states of the country, resulting in more traffic on the party’s membership registration portal and it is no coincidence that this is happening closely on the heels of the emergence of the 3rd Republic Senate President as the party’s chief strategist and administrator.
Bemgba recalled that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, after his emergence at the National Convention, called on Nigerians to join it to help rescue the country from APC misrule.
