PDP Woos Nigerians On Membership

As part of efforts to
rebuild the party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appealed to Nigerians including journalists to join the party.
The Acting National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, made the appeal in Abuja on Wednesday during the inauguration of the PDP-e-membership Registration Committee.
The committee is headed by Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
Secondus said Nigerians interested in the PDP were freee to do so without any condition, assuring that both the new and the old members would be treated equally.
The PDP Chairman said with the idea of e-registration becoming a reality, godfatherism would soon become a thing of the past in the party.
Recalling that the idea of having an electronic membership registration for the party has been in the works for so many years, of the e-membership registration committee was significant and a dream come true for the party.
He, therefore, urged the leaders of the party to implement the e-membership registration now, saying it was the only thing that would empower the grassroots and ensure internal democracy in the party.
He said that the committee had on “onerous task of marketing the programmes of the PDP and return the party to the people.
The Chairman of the committee, Dokpesi promised that the registration exercise would be transparent.
Other members of the committee include the Secretary of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibril as Secretary, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Governor Ibrahim Dankwawambo and Senate minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio as members.
It will be recalled that since the PDP lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last Presidential election on March 28, there has been series of mass defection from the PDP to the APC.