Ahead of the July 16 Osun State governorship elections, the National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party has approved the Osun State Screening Committee and Appeal Panel reports which cleared all the six governorship aspirants.
This is as it slated its primary election for March 7, 2022.
The Party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Thursday, titled, ‘PDP slates activities for Osun governorship primary’.
Bature said, “The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, at its 544th meeting on January 26, 2022, after a careful consideration, approved the Osun State Screening Committee and Appeal Panel reports which cleared all the six governorship aspirants.”
The statement also revealed that the Party’s primary elections to pick a flag bearer for the July governorship election holds on Monday, March 7, 2022.
However, the Party outlined activities ahead of the primary. They include the Osun State stakeholders’ meeting with the NWC holding in Abuja on February 1, 2022, ward congresses to elect 3-man ad-hoc ward delegates holding on February 16 – 17, 2022, and local government congresses to elect one national delegate per local government and person living with disability, holding on February 26, 2022.
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