2023: PDP To Inaugurate 37-Member Zoning Committee Thursday

Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will inaugurate its 37-member Zoning Committee on Thursday (tomorrow).

The nation’s major opposition party revealed this on Wednesday in a statement released through its National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Bature, Naija News reports.

He listed the members of the Zoning Committee to include: (Abia) Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, (Adamawa) H.E. Boni Haruna, (Akwa Ibom) Sen. Emmanuel Ibokessien, (Anambra) Prof. A. B. C. Nwosu, (Bauchi ) Sen. Abdul Ahmed Ningi, (Bayelsa) Rt. Hon. Boyelayefa Debekeme, (Benue) H.E. Dr Samuel Ortom, (Borno) Sen. Sanusi Daggash, (Cross River) H. E. Liyel Imoke, (Delta) Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, (Ebonyi) Amb. Franklin Nchita Ogbuewu, (Edo) Chief Tom Ikimi, (Ekiti) H. E. Dr. Ayodele Fayose, (Enugu) H. E. Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, (FCT/Abuja) Mohammed Abdulrahman, (Gombe) H. E. Dr Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, (Imo) Chief Fidelis Izuchukwu, (Jigawa) H. E. (Dr.) Sule Lamido and (Kaduna) H.E. Sen. Mohammed Ahmed Makarfi.

Others include: (Kano) Amb. Aminu Wali, (Katsina) H. E. Barr. Ibrahim Shehu Shema, (Kebbi) Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, Sani, (Kogi) H. E. Ibrahim Idris, (Kwara) Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, (Lagos) Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, (Nasarawa) H. E. Mike Abdul, (Niger) Prof. Jerry Gana, (Ogun) Hon. Daisi Akintan, (Ondo) Dr. Omotayo Dairo, (Osun) Prof. Adewale Oladipo, (Oyo) Sen. Hosea Ayoola Agboola, (Plateau) H. E. Jonah David Jang, (Rivers) Rt. Hon. Austin Opara, (Sokoto) H. E. Attahiru Bafarawa, (Taraba) H. E. Darius Ishaku, (Yobe) Alh. Adamu Maina Waziri and (Zamfara) H. E. Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Gusau.

“The Committee will be inaugurated as follows: Thursday, March 24, 2022, 11:00 AM at NEC Hall, PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja,” Bature noted further in the statement.

Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State had backed the creation of State Police to tackle insecurity rocking the nation.

Speaking on Tuesday in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Tambuwal promised to push for state police if elected to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

According to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, state policing is essential to solving Nigeria’s insecurity problems.

He stated that one of his first major moves would be to implement state policing across the country if he becomes president.

This article was originally published on Nigeria News