Chuks Okocha in Abuja
As Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders meet Tuesday to strategise on the Ondo state governorship election, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the state governorship election scheduled to hold on November 16, 2024.
The National Organising Secretary of the party, Capt. Umar Bature (rtd) signed the document which was on display on a notice board at the party’s national headquarters, Wadata Plaza, in Abuja, yesterday.
According to the timetable, the party’s governorship primary will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Prior to this, a series of activities are to take place, beginning with an interactive meeting between critical stakeholders and the NCW on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
The sale of expression of interest, nomination forms is scheduled to hold as from March 7 – March 21, while March 25 is the deadline for the submission of completed expression of interest and ad-hoc forms.
All governorship aspirants will undergo a mandatory screening exercise at the party’s national secretariat, in Abuja, on March 27. The report of the screening exercise is expected to be submitted by the committee in charge on March 29.
THE PDP also scheduled the appeals on the screening exercise for April 2, 2024, while the ward congress to elect the three-man ad-hoc ward delegates will take place between April 6 – April 7, with the ward congress appeals scheduled for April 10.
The guidelines also stated that the certification of the deputy governorship candidate by the NWC of the party is to be held on May 9, while May 20 is the deadline for submitting the name of the governorship candidate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the timetable, in line with INEC’s timetable for the election, the final date for withdrawal and replacement of candidates is June 10, 2024.
