The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has set March 13 for the inauguration of the South South Zonal Caretaker Committee.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, made the announcement in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja.
Ologunagba said the inauguration would take place at 11am at the National Executive Committee Hall, PDP National Secretariat, Abuja.
He said: “The event will be held in accordance with the powers vested in the NWC under the amended 2017 PDP Constitution.
“The committee, chaired by Chief Emmanuel Ogidi, assumed office on March 10 following the expiration of the South-South Zonal Executive’s tenure on March 9.
“The caretaker committee will oversee the affairs of the party in the zone until a new Zonal Executive is elected.”
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Ologunagba urged all PDP leaders, stakeholders, and members in the South South Zone to remain united and focused, working together for the party’s and the nation’s interests.
The Eagle Online recalls that some members of the party had earlier held a zonal congress for the zone, defying the party’s directive not to do so.
Dan Orbih and all the immediate past zonal officers, who were elected four years ago in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, were re-elected during the congress in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
They were all returned unopposed, but an election was conducted to reaffirm their positions.
The zonal executive consists of 10 members, in addition to six ex-officio members.
The congress was attended by former governors, and former and serving members of the National Assembly, among others.
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