PDP shifts presidential primaries to Dec 10

Guber primaries hold Dec 8

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee at the weekend announced sweeping changes in the dates earlier fixed for conduct of its governorship primaries and Presidential convention.

In a statement signed by the PDP National Organising Sec­retary, Abubakar Mustapha, the governorship primaries and presidential convention earlier scheduled to hold on Novem­ber 29 and December 6, 2014 would now hold on December 8 and 10, 2014, respectively.

The party in the same vein has also extended date for the submission of completed nom­ination forms. Details of the reviewed timetable as released by the party at the weekend read in part: “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 new timetable, which supercedes the earlier one , is as follows:

House Of Assembly: (a) November 6, 2014 – Return of Forms (Completed); (b) No­vember 7, 2014 – Screening (Completed); c. November 10, Screening Appeal; (d) Novem­ber 29 – House of Assembly primaries and November 30 – Appeals. -
B.National Assembly: No­vember 14 – Return of forms; November 19-21 – Screeing Appeals; December 6 – House of Representatives primaries; December 7 – Senate prima­ries; November 8 – NASS Ap­peals.

Governorship: Novem­ber 14 – Return of Forms; No­vember 22-25, Screening and Appeals; December 8 – Gover­norship primaries; December 9 – Appeals.
Presidential: November 15 – Return of Forms; Novem­ber 26 – Screening and Ap­peals; December 10-11 – Na­tional Convention.

The statement also noted that the INEC had been noti­fied of the review.