Sentences with phrase «new national chairman»

In its stead, the PDP bigwigs, including governors, senators, lawmakers and former ministers, at the end of a meeting in Lagos resolved that the principle of zoning would be adopted only after a formidable new national chairman with weight and integrity has emerged.

Rising from its meeting at the weekend in Lagos, the party's big wigs which include serving governors, senators, lawmakers and former ministers, resolved that the principle of zoning would be adopted only after a formidable new national chairman with weight and integrity has emerged.

LAGOS — Serving and former elected office holders on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend, adopted resolutions to retool the former ruling party, including a decision to jettison the principle of zoning in the election of a new national chairman.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Convention Planning Committee, CPC, Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed to go ahead with the election of a new national chairman irrespective of a court order against it.

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, on Sunday congratulated Uche Secondus over his emergence as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Democrats chose former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman Saturday over a liberal Minnesota congressman, capping a divisive campaign that reflected the depths of the party's electoral failures as well as the energy from resistance to President Donald Trump.

In a communique issued at the end of its meeting, yesterday, in Abuja, the governors in very strong terms, described the action as unfortunate, regrettable, adding that the governors will meet soon to get a new national chairman.

Democrats chose former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their new national chairman Saturday over a liberal Minnesota congressman, capping a divisive campaign that reflected the depths of the party's electoral failures as well as the energy from resistance to...

It was learnt that the party's forthcoming national convention, where a new national chairman is billed to emerge, was the major item on the agenda of the meeting.

Speaking at his Asokoro residence, Abuja, when the new national chairman of PANDEF and a former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (rtf) visited him, Clark described the situation as «further marginalisation of the Niger Delta.»

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has began earnest search for a new leadership following its adopted resolutions to revive the former ruling party, coupled with its new bid to relax the principle of zoning in the election of a new national chairman.

Oyegun said in a statement he signed that «On behalf of our great Party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), I congratulate the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus on his election at the PDP's recent National Convention.

«Your victory as the new national chairman of our party is a reward for your steadfastness, loyalty and dedication to the party before, during and after the crisis that engulfed our party especially when some enemies of the party and democracy tried to derail us.»

He advised the new national chairman to be wary of sycophants who could derail his plans for the party.

In a related development, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Leo Ogor, on Monday, said the choice of Secondus as the new National Chairman of the PDP would propel the party to victory in the 2019 general election.

Also, the Chairman of Niger State Chapter of the PDP, Tanko Beji, on Monday, said last Saturday's election of Secondus, as the new national chairman of the party, marked the beginning of a new dawn for the party.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the source of cookie cutter model bills written by corporate lobbyists and state politicians that appear in state legislatures across the country, named Republican North Carolina state representative Jason Saine its new national chairman late last year.