The national elective convention of the People Democratic Party (PDP) holds onDecember 9, the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party has said.
The convention is scheduled to hold at the Eagles Square in Abuja.
Already, the proposed budget for the convention has been submitted to the NEC for consideration.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye, made this known on Tuesday at the end of the party’s 76th NEC meeting in Abuja.
Adeyeye disclosed too that the NEC had granted waivers to new members in Anambra and Oyo states who recently defected from other political parties to the PDP.
His words: “As you know in Oyo State, so many people are joining PDP from other parties and we want to give them a level playing ground just like other members who have been in the party.
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“The effectiveness of that is that as we are conducting congresses of the party from wards to local government level, new members can participate.”
Upon enquiry, Adeyeye explained that the PDP candidate for Anambra governorship election, Mr. Obaze Oseloka, was among those granted waiver by the NEC.
He said infact, Oseloka had been granted waiver before the party’s primary election.
“What we did today was for the NEC to ratify the decisions of the national caretaker committee,” he said.
Among other things, Adeyeye said NEC also approved party election guidelines for 2017 Congresses and national convention.
He stressed that the proposed amendment to the party’s constitution was presented for consideration to avoid a repeat of what happened in 2013.
“Some of these proposed amendments were accepted, some rejected while others are still been considered,” he added.
