2019: PDP confirms plans to change party’s name

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has set up a committee to consider changing its name.

This was disclosed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, while speaking to journalists after its emergency 88th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Monday.

Ologbondiyan, however, did not reveal the names of the members of the committee.

“We also considered the issues of our alliances, particularly the one that has to with the grand alliance and our agreement with rAPC and NEC applauded the decision of NWC to work with the grand the alliance members of about 38 political parties,” he said.

“NEC also applauded the infusion of rAPC into the PDP and we have been encouraged as the NWC to continue to seek for those who are sick and tired of the government of the day and are very desirous of liberating our nation from the misrule of the APC led federal government.

“On the issue of change of name, the party has immediately instituted a committee on harmonization and the responsibility of the committee is to commence the process of the possibility of a change of name as part of our efforts to rebrand our party and to reposition it for the 2019 election so we await the outcome or the returns of the committee.We will give you the chairman and members,” he said.

Ologbondiyan also did not give a time frame for the committee to come back with a resolution.

“As a matter of fact based on the workings of the PDP, and rAPC and other ministers, governors and members of the political class, who are desirous of rallying with the PDP, the issue is not about time frame, the issue is now and those who are willing to work with the PDP know it as a fact that the issue is not about time frame. We don’t even have time; the time is now so we can wake up tomorrow morning and say this is the time frame.

“We can wake up on Thursday and say the time is now. Let’s follow the wave as it unfolds,” he added.

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