The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will
inaugurate its presidential campaign council for the 2027 general election on
October 20.
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra, is the presidential
candidate of the party, while Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano, is his
running mate.
Speaking on Saturday at a press conference in Abuja, Cleopas
Zuwoghe, NDC’s national chairman, said although the party had prepared the
council’s organogram, it is consulting its presidential and vice-presidential
candidates on key appointments.
Zuwoghe said the party was taking time to finalise the
appointments to avoid appointing officials whose loyalties could undermine its
campaign.
“It is a sensitive election that we are going into. And we
must check characters. It is not today you appoint one DG of your campaign. And
in the middle of the campaign, you will hear that your DG is one leg in the
NDC, one leg somewhere else,” he said.
“And will jeopardise the whole hope of this country. So they
have to check and double-check.”
The chairman said the party had proposed a national
executive committee (NEC) meeting for October 20, during which it would
inaugurate the campaign council and issue certificates of return to its
candidates.
“And to let you know, we have proposed a NEC meeting for the
20th of this month, and today is the 10th,” Zuwoghe said.
“So on the 20th of this month, we shall have a NEC meeting,
and in that next meeting, what we intend to achieve is to formally inaugurate
our presidential campaign council. Also, as a party, to give certificates of
return.
“We’re the ones who give candidates tickets now. So we
should be able to give our candidates certificates of return that these people
are our party candidates. And we had intended to have a dinner with all our
candidates to build synergy.
“But from that point, we can hit the ground running. But let
me also let you know, the NDC has not been very silent, as some people would
assume and say.
“We have been in Sokoto, we have been in Kaduna, on the
15th, we shall be in Enugu. So it is not to mean that we have not been working.
But you know, there is a pattern that we are used to.
“And that pattern shall be unveiled in the next couple of
days. As I said earlier, NDC is building an institution that shall uplift us.
And that is why we are always very passionate about youth.”
In August, the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) opened the campaign window for the 2027 presidential and national
assembly elections.
Also, the commission officially opened campaigns for the
governorship and state houses of assembly elections in September.
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