Nigeria’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed the time-table for its primaries towards the 2015 general elections.
Abubakar Mustapha, national organizing secretary of the party said in a statement on Saturday, “In exercise of its powers under Section 29 (2) (a) and (b) of the Constitution of our Great Party (2012 as amended), the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the review of timelines (Time-table) for the conduct of Congresses/Primaries preparatory to the 2015 General Elections.
The governorship primaries and national convention of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will hold in December. Also the primaries for the House of Representatives and the Senate will also hold in December.
While the primaries for House of Representatives will take place 6th December ,2014,primaries for the Senate are scheduled to hold the next day ,that is 7th December. Appeals into primaries for National Assembly positions will be heard on 8th December.
For the gubernatorial primaries, the PDP said deadline for return of forms is 14th November. Next, there will be “screening and appeals” scheduled to hold between 22nd and 25th of November.And ultimately, the Governorship Primaries will hold 8th December,2014 .
Despite the fact that President Goodluck Jonathan has been endorsed as its only presidential candidate, the PDP has still scheduled the “screening and appeals” on presidential primaries for 26th of November.
The party’s National Convention is scheduled to start 10th December and end the next day, 11th December 2014
The new time-table which the party said supersedes the earlier one is as follows:
A. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY:
a. Return of Forms – 06/11/14 (Completed)
b. Screening – 07-09/11/14 (Completed)
c. Screening Appeal – 10/11/14
d House of Assembly primaries- 29/11/14
e. Appeals 30/11/14
B. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY:
a. Return of Forms – 14/11/14
b. Screening and Appeals – 19-21/11/14
c. House of Representatives Primaries – 06/12/14
d. Senate Primaries – 07/12/14
e. NASS Appeals – 08/12/14
C. Governorship:
a. Return of Forms – 14/11/14
b. Screening and Appeals – 22-25/11/14
c. Governorship Primaries – 08/12/14
e. Appeals 09/12/14
D. PRESIDENTIAL:
a. Return of Forms – 15/11/14
b. Screening and Appeals – 26/11/14
c. National Convention 10-11/12/14
The statement said further “It is noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been notified of the review.”
Your comment…yahaya bello u are the ghost in kogi state not people who started working before u become a graduate
Your comment…The time may not be now for NLC as ascerted by the the PDPNYF.
The reason is you can’t eat your cake and have it. When Mr Yahaya Bello donated new toyota 18-seater bus to NLC,Its Executives accepted it with other incentives. I was suprised to see NLC inscribed on the toyota bus “COURTESY -ALHAJI YAHAYA BELLO”. I think it should have read “COURTESY-KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT” to say the least!
Truly nothing like these inscriptions should have been on the vehicle.
NLC as it is and other related bodies or congresses should be somewhat “INDEPENDENT”.
NLC should not embark on any industrial action,the negative effects will be felt by the masses.
NLC at national level is a typical example where there are two faction of the congress,what a mess if not for a Very matured President,he wouldn’t have set up any committee to look into the minimum wage issue.
Let’s join hands together to make Kogi State work in a positive direction. The state government must also ensure the workers are paid soonest as a result of the hardship.
I only aired my opinion, not a supporter of any group. Cheers!