By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The outgoing South-South zonal executive of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has began the mobilisation of statutory delegates of the party for the election of a new zonal executive of the party.
A statement signed by the acting Zonal Secretary of the party, George Turnah M.O.N and made available to newsmen invited all those qualified to attend the zonal congress as specified in Section 28(1) of the party’s constitution to avail themselves for the congress holding in Calabar, Cross River State.
The statement read in part:
“The Zonal Executive Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) South-South Zone hereby notifies and invites qualified Party members as contained in the Party constitution 28(1) , to the 2025 elective Congress of the Party scheduled to hold on Saturday, 22nd of February 2025 at The Metropolitan Hotel, Calabar, Cross River State.”
The zonal scribe while noting that the congress is being convened for the election of “new officers to the Zonal Working/Executive Committee and other matters connected thereto” added that the invitation for the congress is at the instance of “Chief Dan Osi Orbih, National Vice Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party South-South Zone, acting under the powers conferred upon him by Article 28(3) of the Party’s Constitution.”