The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has maintained that there will likely be no shift in plans for the social gathering’s nationwide conference, scheduled to carry in Ibadan, Oyo State, from November 15–16, 2025.
Damagum made the declaration on Tuesday throughout the inauguration of the 110-member National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) in Abuja.
“As you know, the 2025 National Convention is scheduled to be held in Ibadan, and that is sacrosanct, and I want to make it very clear,” the PDP chief advised members and stakeholders current.
The committee will likely be chaired by Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, whereas Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, will function vice chairman. Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, was appointed because the secretary of the committee.
Charging the committee, Damagum urged members to prioritize equity, unity, and transparency in finishing up their project.
“My charge to this Committee is simple: as you carry out your work, let fairness, equity, justice, and unity of purpose be your guiding principles. Let us set aside personal grievances and ambitions that do not serve the collective interest,” he mentioned.
“Let us deal with the larger image: constructing public belief by proving to Nigerians by way of this conference that the PDP stays the vanguard of democracy and the blueprint for due course of.
“Let every member of our Party see, in your conduct, the assurance that PDP belongs to all. I have no doubt that we will deliver a convention that reaffirms the PDP as the Party of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
The inauguration, held on the NEC Hall of the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, adopted the approval of the National Executive Committee (NEC).
Nigeria’s foremost opposition social gathering, which ruled the nation from 1999 to 2015, has fastened the conference for November 15–16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State.
