The national working committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to screen its vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. The party’s spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Tuesday said the screening will take place at the party’s headquarters on Thursday. Ologunagba explained that the NWC constituted the Vice Presidential Candidate Screening Committee in line with the electoral guidelines of the main opposition party. He added that the screening exercise would hold by 10 am on Thursday inside the NWC Hall at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“Pursuant to Part VI, Paragraph 14 of the Electoral Guidelines of our great Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the nomination of the following Party members to serve on the Vice Presidential Candidate Screening Committee for the screening/verifying of the nominated Vice Presidential Candidate of our Party for the 2023 general elections,” he said.
The committee is chaired by former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom Ikimi, and has Dr Akilu Indabawa and Sunday Omobo as secretary and administrative secretary respectively.
Other members include former governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, and Austin Opara.
Others are Professor Aisha Madawaki, Ayotunde George-Ologun, Chidiebelu Mofus, Fidelis Tapgun, Binta Bello, and Mutiat Adedoja.
Sunday Omobo will serve as an administrative secretary to the committee.
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