No fewer than 20 candidates from the North-East zone are said to scrambling for the post of the national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party next month, following the expiration of the tenure of its acting chairman, Chief Uche Secondus.
Secondus is also expected to revert to his former status as deputy national chairman.
This was made known by the Convener of the Restart PDP Project Committee, Nwosu Butches, at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
Butches called on the zone to present credible candidates that could pilot the party to a stronger level.
He expressed confidence that the party would present a national chairman that will have “the appeal that is needed at this point in time which is credibility and strong character and the goodwill
The committee chairman explained that from September, the committee would begin wider consultations with critical stakeholders, including and most especially the G34 founding fathers.
The essence of this, Butches added, is to draw from their original plan in a bid to restructure the PDP.
He said, “In a few days time, the tenure of the present acting national chairman of our national party will be over. He is acting as the constitution of our party stipulated for a short period when the zone that created the vacancy will present another candidate for the chairmanship.
“We want to also call on the North-East Zone that is supposed to present a candidate who will complete the tenure up to March of this incumbent NWC, to make sure they do their home work and give the party a very credible candidate, a candidate with character, a candidate with the appeal that Nigerians will see and know this is a rebranded PDP.”
According to him, the blueprint for the restructuring of the PDP had been presented to the founding fathers whom he said endorsed the roadmap.