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Ahead of its National Elective Convention, scheduled for October 30 and 31, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will begin the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms on Monday.
The party disclosed this in its revised, “Timetable and Schedule of Activities for Year 2021 National Convention,” made available to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, and signed by its National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobundu.
Akobundu said the timetable was approved by the National Working Committee (NWC) in line with the resolution of the 94th National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party that adopted the zoning formula.
According to the timetable, the sale of nomination forms and expression of interest forms for the national offices will be from Monday, October 11, to Friday, October 15, at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja.
The timetable also slated the last day for the submission of purchased forms for Saturday, October 16.
It stated that the forms should be submitted to the party’s Directorate of Organisation and Mobilisation (DOM), for processing and onward transmission to the screening committee.
The timetable said that the screening of aspirants for national offices would take place on Monday, October 18, while appeals arising from the screening of aspirants exercise would hold on Thursday, October 21.
It added that the publication of names of all cleared aspirants has been slated for Saturday, October 23, while the NWC meeting for the adoption of delegates’ list and publication of the same will be held on Monday, October 25.
The party advised all aspirants for various party offices at the national level to purchase their expression of interest and nomination forms at the National Secretariat.