Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has sworn in Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as the party’s new National Chairman.
Ayu and other members of the new National Working Committee of the PDP were was sworn in on Friday in Abuja at the International Conference Center.
The new PDP leaders have also presented certificates of return. In his acceptance speech, Ayu vowed that his leadership would reposition the party and work towards reclaiming power at the central level in 2023.
He said, “Our task at this auspicious moment is to return the party to the people. But to do that, the party needs to be reinvigorated, reinvented, and repositioned. We are not unmindful of our missed steps and actions in the past, but we have learned our lessons, both in government and in opposition.
Today, we stand tall, and with a firm resolve to rebuild our great party and rescue our nation.”
It will be recalled that at its National Convention on 30th/31st October 2020 at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the PDP elected a former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, as its National Chairman and a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Taofeek Arapaja, as Deputy National Chairman (South).
Below are the full names and positions of new national officers who emerged at the convention and were sworn in on Friday.
Dr Iyorchia Ayu – National Chairman
Taofeek Arapaja – Deputy National Chairman (South)
Umar Damagum – Deputy National Chairman (North)
Senator Samuel Anyanwu – National Secretary
Hon. Ahmed Yayari Mohammed – National Treasurer
Hon. Umaru Bature, Sokoto – National Organising Secretary
Daniel Woyengikuro – National Financial Secretary
Prof. Stella Effa-Attoe – National Women’s Leader
Muhammed Suleiman – Youth Leader
Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade – National Legal Adviser
Hon. Debo Ologunagba – National Publicity Secretary
Okechukwu Obiechina Daniel – National Auditor
Arch. Setoji Kosheodo – Deputy National Secretary
Ndubuisi Eneh David – Deputy National Treasurer
Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi – Deputy National Publicity Secretary
Sen. Ighoyota Amori – Deputy National Organising Secretary
Hon. Adamu D.U Kamale – Deputy National Financial Secretary
Hajara Yakubu Wanka – Deputy National Women’s Leader
Timothy Osadolor – Deputy National Youth Leader
Barrister Okechukwu Osuoha – Deputy National Legal Adviser
Hon. Abdulrahman Mohammed – Deputy National Auditor.
