• About Us
  • Contact us
  • Advertise with us
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
Daily Episode
-18 °c
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • GENERAL NEWS
    • National
    Unity Youth Forum

    Foundation Charges Nigerians To Shun Zoning, Vote On Competency

    Alhaji Liman Isah Kantigi,

    Northern Youth Demands Kantigi’s Arrest As Union Suspends Presidents Over Petition

    How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    Video: How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    The Quranic Advocates for Inter-faith Dialogue Sheik Gumi

    The Quran Advocates for Inter-faith Dialogue: Sheik Gumi

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
  • General Crimes
    • All
    • Banditry
    • Climate Change
    • CRIMES
    • Fact-Check
    • Investigations
    • Music
    • Sports
    • Terrorism
    • Violence
    How Terrorists Kidnapped a Colonel, Killed Six Soldiers in Taraba

    How Terrorists Kidnapped a Colonel, Killed Six Soldiers in Taraba

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    Terrorists kidnapped a monarch

    Bandits Kidnap Kaduna Village Head, Demand Tramadol, Bread, Petrol As Ransom

    How Social Media Information Puts Victims In Danger

    How Twitter, Facebook Tagging Endangers Kidnap Victims

    oil bunkering

    Bunkering: A Suicidal Enterprise Enriching Southern Communities, Youth

    violence and insecurity

    Nigeria’s banditry: why 5 government strategies have failed

    Bandits Invade Plateau Community, Abduct Commissioner’s Wife, Child

    Bandits Invade Plateau Community, Abduct Commissioner’s Wife, Child

    Insecurity: Police Rescue Victims, Foil Kidnap Attempt in Kaduna

    Insecurity: Police Rescue Victims, Foil Kidnap Attempt in Kaduna

    attack on passengers

    Train Attack: Military Handover Recovered Passengers Valuables To Kaduna Govt

  • Under reported
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Opinions
  • Studio
    • All
    • Health
    • info-graphics
    • TV
    How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    Video: How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    essay writing competition for secondary schools

    Inside Kaduna Essay Writing Competition

    menstrual hygiene

    Kaduna Most Beautiful Queen Sensitizes Over 100 Female Students On Sanitary Pads

    rising crimes of banditry

    Insecurity: Outrage Over Strange Assassins In Kaduna, As Military Foils Attack On NDA

    Featured Video Play Icon

    Nineteen Year Old Abubakar Musa, Invents Agricultural Drones In Kaduna

    abandoned project site

    Months after Daily Episode Report On Abandoned Project, Contractors Return Site With Subpar Equipment, No Project Specifications Sign

    Boko-Haram

    Special Report: Deplorable Conditions Of Roads Triggers Terrorism, Banditry in Northwest, Northeast Nigeria 

    Featured Video Play Icon

    Days After Kaduna Massacre, 180 Almajiri Still Missing

    Featured Video Play Icon

    Christmas: Moments Of Joy Amidst Rising Insecurity As Rev. Kiri Sue For Peace

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • GENERAL NEWS
    • National
    Unity Youth Forum

    Foundation Charges Nigerians To Shun Zoning, Vote On Competency

    Alhaji Liman Isah Kantigi,

    Northern Youth Demands Kantigi’s Arrest As Union Suspends Presidents Over Petition

    How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    Video: How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    The Quranic Advocates for Inter-faith Dialogue Sheik Gumi

    The Quran Advocates for Inter-faith Dialogue: Sheik Gumi

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
  • General Crimes
    • All
    • Banditry
    • Climate Change
    • CRIMES
    • Fact-Check
    • Investigations
    • Music
    • Sports
    • Terrorism
    • Violence
    How Terrorists Kidnapped a Colonel, Killed Six Soldiers in Taraba

    How Terrorists Kidnapped a Colonel, Killed Six Soldiers in Taraba

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    How illegal Dumping Affects Climate Change, Roots Life-Threatening Diseases In Africa.

    Terrorists kidnapped a monarch

    Bandits Kidnap Kaduna Village Head, Demand Tramadol, Bread, Petrol As Ransom

    How Social Media Information Puts Victims In Danger

    How Twitter, Facebook Tagging Endangers Kidnap Victims

    oil bunkering

    Bunkering: A Suicidal Enterprise Enriching Southern Communities, Youth

    violence and insecurity

    Nigeria’s banditry: why 5 government strategies have failed

    Bandits Invade Plateau Community, Abduct Commissioner’s Wife, Child

    Bandits Invade Plateau Community, Abduct Commissioner’s Wife, Child

    Insecurity: Police Rescue Victims, Foil Kidnap Attempt in Kaduna

    Insecurity: Police Rescue Victims, Foil Kidnap Attempt in Kaduna

    attack on passengers

    Train Attack: Military Handover Recovered Passengers Valuables To Kaduna Govt

  • Under reported
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Opinions
  • Studio
    • All
    • Health
    • info-graphics
    • TV
    How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    Video: How Muslims Celebrate Eid-Ftr In Nigeria

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    Nigeria, Cuba Signs Deal On Vaccine Production

    essay writing competition for secondary schools

    Inside Kaduna Essay Writing Competition

    menstrual hygiene

    Kaduna Most Beautiful Queen Sensitizes Over 100 Female Students On Sanitary Pads

    rising crimes of banditry

    Insecurity: Outrage Over Strange Assassins In Kaduna, As Military Foils Attack On NDA

    Featured Video Play Icon

    Nineteen Year Old Abubakar Musa, Invents Agricultural Drones In Kaduna

    abandoned project site

    Months after Daily Episode Report On Abandoned Project, Contractors Return Site With Subpar Equipment, No Project Specifications Sign

    Boko-Haram

    Special Report: Deplorable Conditions Of Roads Triggers Terrorism, Banditry in Northwest, Northeast Nigeria 

    Featured Video Play Icon

    Days After Kaduna Massacre, 180 Almajiri Still Missing

    Featured Video Play Icon

    Christmas: Moments Of Joy Amidst Rising Insecurity As Rev. Kiri Sue For Peace

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
No Result
View All Result
Daily Episode
No Result
View All Result

Aftermath of PDP congresses: Leadership that weathered the storm by Paul Agbo

by Abubakar Ismail Kankara
May 24, 2020
in National
0
Aftermath of PDP congresses: Leadership that weathered the storm by Paul Agbo
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The successes of the recently concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congresses across the country has proved that the leadership of the party is in charge of the affairs of the party in spite of the fears in some quarters of a showdown among gladiators that might lead to the main opposition party further sinking under.

 

">

After the approval by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at its 88th meeting to start the schedule of activities of the party for the year 2020, there was a cloud of doubt that hovered over the ability of the PDP coming out of the planned congresses in one piece.

 

The fears expectedly stemmed from the internal issues plaguing some states chapters of the party affecting some of the grassroots structures of the chapters from the perennial political power struggles among gladiators.

 

As the dust from the 2019 General Elections settles down, clearing way for new strategies ahead of the next general elections in 2023, gladiators of the party started putting in motion mobilization of their followers towards achieving power control at all levels of the party hierarchy of governance.

 

">

With the whistle blown by NEC commencing the year’s party activities, the sales of forms for the congresses started on February 5, at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja without any further delay. Sensing the importance of the congresses to the survival of the party, its national umpire, the national organising secretary (NOS) of the PDP, Colonel Austin Akobundu (rtd) on behalf of the National Working Committee (NWC) in a press release sent a cautionary note to millions of teeming supporters, party members and stakeholders across the nation to eschew bitterness and work towards the success of the congresses at all governance levels of the party.

 

Akobundu said: “Since millions of our teeming supporters, party members and stakeholders across the nation will be involved, it has, therefore, become necessary for me, as the officer constitutionally mandated to oversee all field activities of the party, on behalf of National Working Committee (NWC), to encourage all our members to see the year 2020 congresses as yet another opportunity to show the world, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is not only the largest party in Africa but a party of rules and due process.

 

The leadership of the party enjoins us all to be orderly, peaceful and law-abiding. “Let all aspirants campaign freely, ensure compliance with all constitutional provisions, maintain absolute decorum and avoid unwholesome behaviors that are capable of impugning on the integrity of the processes.

 

Remember the exercise is a family affair,” the national organizing secretary of the party said. The conundrum associated with political party congresses especially in Nigeria’s political party operations were never far away even for an experienced party like the PDP.

 

The party began its ward congresses on March 7, 2020, and as usual, the gladiators and their supporters in their usual characteristics had their show before, during and after the congresses.

 

The congresses started with 26 states: Abia, FCT, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Ogun, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, and Yobe. By March 21, the party had conducted ward congresses in 23 out of the 26 states, with Jigawa, Ogun, Yobe states outstanding. Read

 

It also conducted Local Government Congresses (LGA) congresses in 16 of the states including Abia, FCT, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Katsina, Nasarawa, Plateau and Rivers.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic ravaging nations all over the world had an impact on the operations of the PDP forcing the party managers to evolve its party administration strategy to meet the challenges created by the global phenomenon.

 

The problem was that the tenures of the current party excos were to expire by April 30 for the Ward, May 05, for the LGA and May 10 for the state executives. More so, after the NWC approvals, the Directorate of Mobilisation and Organisation of the party under the directives of the NOS began compiling names of elected officers from the submitted result sheets in preparation for the change of baton from the outgoing excos to the incoming ones in order to avoid leaving a vacuum and creating a Constitutional crisis.

 

The authentic lists of approved names of excos were released to each state chapter. In the political climate of Nigeria, after every party congress, either to elect party officials or elect public office holders, there are always complaints, acrimony and more as losers bicker while winners want to take all.

 

The leadership of the PDP knew that from past experiences and more so that the PDP recently amended its Constitution and giving power back to the people by making five (5) Ward Excos Super Delegates (Ward Chairman, Ward Deputy Chairman, Ward Secretary, Ward Womens’ Leader and Ward Youth Leader).

 

This now makes the ward congress a keenly contested exercise at the grassroots level. This is also owing to the fact that bulk of the delegates in a state primary elections ostensibly come from the wards.

 

 

Source: Legit
Abubakar Ismail Kankara

Abubakar Ismail Kankara

Abubakar Ismail Kankara is a freelance multimedia journalist who covers underreported stories and fearlessly reports on corruption and insecurity in Nigeria. He is regularly hired to film documentary shorts, features, television interviews, and docu-style commercials.

Related Posts

Rotimi Amaechi

Buhari Congratulat Amaechi, Danu On Chieftaincy Title

by Abubakar Ismail Kankara
February 5, 2022
0

The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday congratulated the Nigerian minister of transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, for bagging a traditional...

abandoned project site

Months after Daily Episode Report On Abandoned Project, Contractors Return Site With Subpar Equipment, No Project Specifications Sign

by Abubakar Ismail Kankara
February 3, 2022
0

Nearly six months after the Daily Episode reported on the abandoned landslide, erosion, and flooding project in the Zagezzagi area...

Dr. Aliyu Muhammad Waziri

Arewa Youth Awards NAMCS President as ‘’Hasken Matasan Arewa’’

by Abubakar Ismail Kankara
November 2, 2021
0

The Arewa youth congress of Nigeria has awarded the National President of Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative Society (NAMCS) Dr. Aliyu Muhammad...

A Year After the #EndSARS Protest and the Fallout from Police Brutality

A Year After the #EndSARS Protest and the Fallout from Police Brutality

by Abubakar Ismail Kankara
October 20, 2021
0

A Year After The #EndSARS protest and Aftermath of Police Brutality #EndSARS Protest; One year after the Nigerian youth, in...

Next Post
Nigerian government asks DSS, EFCC, others to monitor school feeding program contractors

Nigerian government asks DSS, EFCC, others to monitor school feeding program contractors

Bauchi gov: I survived COVID-19 but our people do not believe it’s real

Bauchi gov: I survived COVID-19 but our people do not believe it’s real

Recommended

Ana siyasantar da batun annobar COVID-19, Almajirai inji Gwamna Ganduje

Kano confirmed coronavirus cases hit 693, 33 deaths

2 years ago
NERC Direct DISCOs To Suspend New Electricity Tariff for 2weeks

NERC Direct DISCOs To Suspend New Electricity Tariff for 2weeks

2 years ago

Popular News

    Connect with us

    ">
    • About Us
    • Contact us
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Submit Article
    • Copyright Notice
    • Advertising Guidelines
    inquiries : +234 8032398985 info@dailyepisode.ng

    Copyright © 2022 DAILY EPISODE Designed by AIACCESS CONTRACTORS

    No Result
    View All Result
    • Home
    • News
    • General Crimes
    • Under reported
    • Business
    • Politics
    • Opinions
    • Studio

    Copyright © 2022 DAILY EPISODE Designed by AIACCESS CONTRACTORS

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Fill the forms bellow to register

    All fields are required. Log In

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In