PDP Governorship Primaries Hold May 23, 2022

By Adesina Soyooye

The Governorship Primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will hold on May 23, 2022.

In an updated timetable released by the Party, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP also said that the Primaries for the House of Representatives candidates will hold on Friday, May 20, 2022, while that of the Senate will hold the next day, May 21, 2022. That of the State House of Assembly has been fixed against May 18.

No mention was, however, made of the Presidential Primary in the updated timetable.

The Party is still grappling with where to zone the office of the President. It is same with the All Progressives Congress, APC, where its Chairman, Senator Adamu Abdullahi, put a spanner in the works by giving the impression that zoning has been abdicated when everybody thought the office has been zoned to the South.

Following is the PDP Press Release.

2023: PDP Updates Timetable and Schedule of Activities

…Shifts Dates for LG Congress, SHOA, NASS, Governorship Primaries

“The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the update of the Party’s Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 general elections as follows:

“1.       Local Government Area (LGA) Congress to elect one National Delegate per LGA and one Person living with disability in the 774 Local Government Areas: Tuesday, May 10, 2022.

“2.       State House of Assembly (State Constituency Congress): Wednesday, May 18, 2022

“3.       House of Representatives Primaries:      Friday, May 20, 2022

“4.       Senatorial District Primaries:                     Saturday, May 21, 2022

“5.       Governorship Primaries:                             Monday, May 23, 2022

“All aspirants to various positions, critical stakeholders, members of our Party across the country as well as relevant agencies of government should please take note.”