2023: David Mark Heads PDP Presidential Screening Committee

The Peoples Democratic Party has named former Senate President, David Mark as the Chairman of its presidential screening committee.

The National Organising Secretary of the party, Umar Bature announced the appointment of the nine-member committee in a statement released on Tuesday.

Other members of the committee include, former governor of Rivers State, Celestine Omehia; senior lawyer Mike Ahamba; a former Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko; Edward Ashiekaa, a legal practitioner and a women advocate, Hilda Makonto, former presidential aide Akilu Indabawa, Esther Uduehi and Hassana Dikko.

The presidential screening of the main opposition party will be held at the Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja on April 29.

David Mark-led panel is expected to screen at least seventeen presidential aspirants who have submitted their nomination form.

The National Chairman of the party, Iyorcha Ayu would head the presidential screening appeal panel.

The 25-member appeal panel committee is made up of the National Working Committee of the party and six members of the Board of Trustees (drawn from the six geopolitical zones).

PDP also constituted six gubernatorial screening committees (made of seven members each) for the geopolitical zones and a 13-member gubernatorial screening appeal committee.

The former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, will head the South-west gubernatorial screening committee, while Bayelsa State Governor, Diri Douye, will head the South-south panel.

The former deputy governor of Abia State, Acho Nwakanma, will head the South-east panel, while the former Ondo State deputy governor, Oluwateru Omolade, will hed the North-west panel.

A former minister, Abdu Bulama, will head the North-east panel and Tim Eneje will head the North-central panel.

The main opposition party in the statement also announced 36 State Houses of Assembly and National Assembly screening panels as well as the screening appeal panels.

According to Bature, all State Houses of Assembly and National Assembly screenings shall hold at the state capital of each state on April 27

He said, “In the case of Anambra, the State House and National Assembly screenings shall hold at the national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.”

Gubernatorial screening, all governorship screening exercises will hold at the zonal secretariat of each zone, except the North west zone which shall hold at the national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja on April 28.

All screening appeals will hold on May 3.

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