The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.
According to the party’s National Working Committee, the meeting, which was originally scheduled for March 13, has been moved to March 15, 2025.
Announcing the development, Sunday Udeh-Okoye, national secretary of the party, said in a press statement that various organs of the party, including the board of trustees (BoT), governors’ forum, and the national assembly caucus, were consulted before the NEC meeting was shifted.
He said the postponement would allow the party to conclude the pending zonal, state, local government, and ward congresses.
ENigeria News reports that the NWC, led by Umar Damagum, the acting national chairman, has postponed the NEC meeting three times since September 2024—a decision rejected by the board of trustees (BoT).
The NEC is the highest decision-making organ of the PDP, comprising state governors, serving and former presidents, former vice presidents, the chairman and secretary of the board of trustees (BoT), principal officers of the national assembly, all state chairmen, members of the national working committee (NWC), former governors, and founding members, among others.
Section 31 (4) of the PDP constitution states that a NEC meeting must be held once in three months. However, the last NEC meeting was held in April 2024.
