Progress Abisola
Governor elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party would hold on March 13. The governors arrived at the decision on Friday at their first meeting of the year which came up in Asaba, Delta, state.
The meeting was attended by 11 governors of the states controlled by the PDP across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The date for the NEC meeting was part of the seven-point resolution reached at the forum and contained in the communique read at the end of the meeting.
Chairman of the Forum, and Governor of Bauchi state, Senator Bala Mohammed, who read the communique, urged the National Working Committee (NWC) to put every machinery in place to ensure a hitch-free NEC meeting on March 13, 2025.
The communique read in part: “The Forum, having examined all the notices required by law to be given to validly convoke NEC, advised NWC to reschedule NEC to March 13, 2025.”
The forum further noted the Court of Appeal judgment affirming Udeh Okoye as the National Secretary of the party, saying that as a party that believes in the rule of law, it will respect the position of the Appellate Court on the matter.
“The Forum noted with delight the ongoing efforts at resolving the crisis in the National Working Committee, NWC, on the position of the National Secretary, and has reaffirmed its support for the Court of Appeal judgment; consequently, the Forum advised the NWC to set up the machinery for the effective implementation of the court judgment.
“While commending the country’s valiant and patriotic Armed Forces and Security Agencies for maintaining the frontline in securing the country and the gains of our gallant personnel against bandits in parts of the country, the Forum viewed with deep concern, the resurgence of brazen non-state actors. It, therefore, calls for the strengthening of the nation’s security architecture.”