PDP To Inaugurate New Members Of Board Of Trustees Amid Inner Challenges
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is ready to inaugurate newly appointed members of its Board of Trustees (BoT) immediately (Monday) in Abuja.
All Info Newspaper learnt that the occasion, scheduled for 11 a.m., will happen on the Nationwide Government Committee (NEC) Corridor, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5.
This growth was confirmed by a round signed by the PDP’s Director of Publicity, Chinwe Nnorom.
Dated Could 11, 2025, the round acknowledged, “On the subject of the topic above, please learn that the PDP Board of Trustees has scheduled the inauguration of its new members. The occasion is ready to happen on Monday, Could 12, 2025, on the NEC Corridor (Floor Ground), PDP Nationwide Headquarters.”
The inauguration comes after a report by Punch on February 9, 2025, revealed that 85 out of the 127 members of the PDP BoT had been inactive within the occasion’s affairs.
The occasion is seen as a part of efforts to reenergize the board amid rising inside challenges throughout the occasion.
In line with Part 31(5) of the PDP Structure (2017 as amended), the BoT serves because the conscience of the occasion. It’s chargeable for sustaining excessive requirements of morality and picture, advising on coverage course, mediating disputes, and safeguarding occasion property.
The BoT’s composition, as outlined in Part 32(1), consists of former Presidents and Vice Presidents, previous and serving Nationwide Chairmen, Senate Presidents, Audio system of the Home, founding members, and key figures from all geopolitical zones and states.
The BoT can convene conferences on the request of its chairman, half its members, or upon NEC decision, as acknowledged in Sections 32(10-11). A quorum for such conferences requires two-thirds of the members drawn from not less than two-thirds of Nigeria’s states.
The present BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, has been main current reconciliation efforts throughout the occasion amid a disaster over the place of Nationwide Secretary. Nevertheless, his efforts have confronted pushback from some occasion members who argue that he lacked the mandatory quorum to make choices.
PDP Governors’ Assembly To Tackle Inner Disaster
In the meantime, a number of PDP governors and outstanding occasion stakeholders gathered in Abuja on Sunday for a high-level assembly on the Bauchi State Governor’s Lodge.
The assembly, chaired by Bauchi State Governor and PDP Governors’ Discussion board Chairman, Bala Mohammed, was convened to deal with the occasion’s inside disaster and chart a path ahead.
Governors current on the assembly included Ademola Adeleke (Osun), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa), Peter Mbah (Enugu), and Dauda Lawal (Zamfara).
Notable attendees additionally included PDP Performing Nationwide Chairman Umar Damagum, BoT Secretary and former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, and a number of other former governors, similar to Bukola Saraki, Aminu Tambuwal, Sule Lamido, Udom Emmanuel, Samuel Ortom, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Seriake Dickson, Babangida Muazu, and Adamu Muazu.
The gathering, convened by the PDP Governors’ Discussion board, follows resolutions reached throughout a gathering in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, and is aimed toward unifying stakeholders forward of the occasion’s Nationwide Elective Conference and the NEC assembly scheduled for Could 27.
Discussions on the assembly are anticipated to deal with the continuing dispute over the Nationwide Secretary place, current defections from the occasion, and strategic preparations for future elections.
