UPDATED: Nwodo Sworn-In As PDP Chairman
PHOTO: L-R: NEW PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, MR. OKWESILIEZE NWODO BEING CONGRATULATED BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WHILE SENATE PRESIDENT MR. DAVID MARK LOOKS ON AT THE PDP HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA TODAY.
San Francisco, June 17, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party today swore in Mr. Okwesilieze Nwodo as new National Chairman of the party.
Nwodo takes over from former national chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, who was forced to resign on corruption charges. "The focus of my leadership of the party will be primarily on the rebuilding of the party's image.
"Our process of choosing our candidates must once again be subjected to internal democracy, to the dictates of our Party constitution and the extant rules. "We must return the choice of our candidates to the people and not to individual godfathers and godmothers. It is only by this time-honoured democratic process that we can present to the Nigerian people for elective offices quality candidates that are imbued with the patriotic vision of our party", he said. "Our members aspiring to carry our banner in future elections must start now to market themselves and canvass their programmes aggressively to our party members and the Nigerian electorate.
"The days of imposition of candidates by the PDP, hoping to hoist such leaders on the people of Nigeria through rigged elections are over forever," Nwodo said in a speech at his swearing-in ceremony at the PDP headquarters in capital city Abuja.
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