The Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee has approved the timetable and schedule of activities for year 2021 party congresses in nine states in the country.
The states are Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun, Kwara and Ebonyi.
This was disclosed in a statement by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday.
Ologbondiyan said the excos of eight of the states, which were elected in 2017, would expire soon.
In line with the time table, the party’s spokesman announced that the sale of nomination forms, including ad-hoc delegates forms had been scheduled for July 26 to August 27, while the last day for the submission of forms had been fixed for 6 September.
He said the sale of all forms would be sold at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.
Ologbondiyan said, “In the case of Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun and Kwara states, the tenure of the excos by Section 47(1) of the PDP Constitution (as amended) would be expiring, having been elected in 2017.
“For clarity, in Kogi state congresses are to hold only in Wards and Local Governments, while in Osun, congresses are to hold in some respective wards only.
“However, in the case of Ebonyi, congress would be conducted to elect new EXCOs following the dissolution of the state structure due to political realignments occasioned by the defection of the state governors and others to another party.”
“The NWC urges all members of the party and teeming supporters across the country, particularly in the affected states, to be guided by the official timetable and schedule of events and disregard any other document reported to have been earlier circulated by unauthorized persons.”