We won’t be talking about party chairmanship at NEC meeting – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party’s National Caucus has announced that matters concerning the selection of the national chairman will not be discussed at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made this declaration while briefing reporters following the caucus meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.

He claimed that because the issue was not discussed during the caucus meeting, it was not scheduled for consideration.

He clarified, however, that the PDP national chairmanship might be submitted for the committee’s upcoming meeting.

“The caucus did not consider that issue of leadership because we considered that at this time there are so many issues that are involved about the leadership. So, that issue was referred to the next NEC meeting.

“So, what we are taking to Thursday’s NEC, the issue of leadership of the party is not one of them, but the caucus has considered the issues that the National Working Committee (NWC) brought before it,” he said.

He said that impliedly, Umar Damagum, the current member, will remain in that position till the following NEC meeting, which is scheduled for this Thursday.

He stated that it was advised to permit additional discussions on the matter.