The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has appointed a Director-General and Zonal Coordinators for the party’s 2019 Presidential campaign.
A statement issued by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja, listed the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki as the Director-General of the campaign.
Ologbondiyan gave the names of the zonal Coordinators as: Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, for the North-West; Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, for the North-East; and Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, for North-Central.
The party also appointed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers as Zonal Coordinator, South-South; former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, for the South-West; and Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi as the Zonal Coordinator, South-East.”
Others are: former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, as the Chairman, Legal Matters; Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa-Ibom as the Chairman, Fund Raising Committee.
Ologbondiyan added that the NWC would make further announcement on the composition and structure of the PDP Presidential campaign, in due course.
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