Post-Election Review: Ekweremadu Committee to submit report on Sept 30

The Post-Election Review Committee set up by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), headed by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, will submit its report to the party on September 30.

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This was announced yesterday in a statement by Ekweremadu’s Media Adviser Mr. Uche Anichukwu.

The statement quoted Ekweremadu to have given the assurance while interacting with journalists in Abuja on Thursday at the end of a retreat by the committee to harmonise and adopt its report ahead of its submission.

Senator Ekweremadu was further quoted to have told reporters that his committee did its best in diagnosing and addressing the challenges facing the PDP, even as he declined comment on the contents of the report.

“I do not have the mandate of the committee to speak on the details of our work yet. That will be done at the appropriate time. But for now, I want to assure members of our party that we have done our best in accordance with our terms of reference and that our report is ready for submission”, the senator was quoted to have said.

The committee earlier gave a September 23 date for the submission of the report, but said the date coincided with the Eid el Kabir holidays.

He expressed happiness at the enthusiasm and interest shown in the work of the committee by party faithful within and outside the country.

The Post-Election Review Committee was inaugurated on May 5, 2015, by the    PDP with a nine-point agenda to identify the immediate and remote causes of the party’s poor performance in the last general election and to propose a roadmap to restore the party’s fortunes.

The present crop of the party’s National Working Committee has been apprehensive about the committee’s pending report, owing to fears that the committee could recommend a total overhauling of the NWC.

This might have informed the reluctance of the NWC members to call a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC), which has the powers to call for dissolution of the NWC.

Post-Election Review: Ekweremadu Committee to submit report on Sept 30