{"id":92887,"date":"2022-03-16T21:55:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T20:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92887"},"modified":"2022-03-16T21:55:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T20:55:52","slug":"2023-pdp-approves-guidelines-for-primary-elections-timetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-pdp-approves-guidelines-for-primary-elections-timetable\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: PDP approves guidelines for primary elections, timetable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230; Approves 37-member Zoning Committee<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230;Nomination forms; Presidency N40m, Gov N21m<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has approved has approved its\u00a0electoral guidelines for the conduct of primary elections as well as the timetable and schedule of activities of the party\u2019s 2023 general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the party\u2019s 95th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held Wednesday at its National Secretariat, Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The communique read as follow: &#8220;NEC commended the effort of the various organs of our Party, the National Working Committee (NWC), the National Caucus, the National Assembly Caucus, the Board of Trustees (BoT), the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum and our structures at various levels in stabilizing our Party for the task ahead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;NEC also commended the commitment of the National Working Committee (NWC) under the Chairmanship of Sen. 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