Politics
Zamfara State Governor Lawal Inaugurates PDP Convention Subcommittees
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has inaugurated the Accreditation and Special Duties subcommittees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of its 2025 elective national convention.
The convention is scheduled to hold on November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The inauguration of the accreditation subcommittee took place on Friday at the PDP Legacy House in Maitama, Abuja. The committee is responsible for producing the delegates’ list, booklets, and tags for participants and observers, as well as accrediting and ensuring the welfare of delegates.
Lawal also inaugurated the Special Duties Subcommittee at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja. The committee is tasked with coordinating financial activities, approving budgets, fundraising, and managing disbursements during the convention.
He noted that both subcommittees form part of the National Convention Organising Committee working towards a smooth and credible exercise.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the postponement of its State, Local Government and Ward congresses in Adamawa State.
The decision was conveyed in a letter dated February 17, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The letter, signed by the party’s National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, stated that a new date for the congresses would be communicated later.
“We write to inform you of the postponement of the State, Local Government and Ward Congresses for Adamawa State. A new date will be communicated to you in due course. Thank you and please accept the assurances of our highest regards,” the letter read.
It was gathered that the postponement is aimed at allowing Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to complete a planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC ahead of the congresses.
The chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, has stepped down for his All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Joshua Ishaku Musa.
This is ahead of that February 21 Federal Capital Territory, FCT, area council polls.
The development is reportedly connected to the intervention of the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike
DAILY POST reports that the FCT Area Councils polls is scheduled for February 21, 2026.
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