The National Executive Committee NEC of the People’s Democratic Party has approved November 15 and 16 for election of new national working committee NWC members.

The dates were ratified during the NEC meeting held on Thursday at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja.

The PDP governors proposed August 28 for the party’s national convention in April, at the peak of the crisis involving the national secretary position. 

Reading a communique issued after the meeting, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said NEC reassured members that the party is "strong, united, cohesive, stable, and focused."

Ologunagba said NEC directed Umar Damagum, the acting national chairman, and Samuel Anyanwu, the national secretary, to write to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) about the election’s time, venue, and agenda.

He said the NEC approved the membership composition of the national convention committee and the composition of the national convention zoning committee to “ensure a successful, transparent, and credible elective national convention”.

The PDP spokesperson added that the NEC has fixed its next meeting for August 25.