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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Ahead of the July 16 Osun State governorship election, the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has approved the Osun State Screening Committee and Appeal Panel reports which cleared all the six governorship aspirants.
The party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, disclosed this in a statement, on Thursday.
“The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, at its 544th meeting on January 26, 2022, after a careful consideration, approved the Osun State Screening Committee and Appeal Panel reports, March 7, 2022.
“However, the Party outlined activities ahead of the primary. They include the Osun State stakeholders’ meeting with the NWC holding in Abuja on February 1, 2022, ward congresses to elect 3-man ad-hoc ward delegates holding on February 16 – 17, 2022, and local government congresses to elect one national delegate per local government and person living with disability, holding on February 26, 2022,” the statement said.
It added that the governorship primary election will hold on March 7, 2022.
Those cleared are Ademola Adeleke, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, Dotun Babayemi, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, Emmanuel Oluseye and Dele Adeleke.