PDP National Working Committee

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| name = PDP National Working Committee

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| formation = 1998

| location_city = Abuja

| location_country = Nigeria

| key_people = Umar Iliya Damagun, Acting Chairman
S. K. E. Udeh-Okoye, Secretary{{cite news|title=PDP Crisis Sacked National Secretary Anyanwu Heads to Supreme Court|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/12/22/pdp-crisis-sacked-national-secretary-anyanwu-heads-to-supreme-court/|accessdate=22 December 2024|work=THIS DAY|date=21 December 2024}}
Muhammed Kadade Suleiman, Youth Leader


| parent_organization = People's Democratic Party

| website = [http://peoplesdemocraticparty.com.ng/?page_id=93/ National Working Committee]

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The PDP National Working Committee, also known by its acronym NWC, is the executive committee of the People's Democratic Party in Nigeria.{{cite news|author1=Duro Adeseko|title=Yoruba totally ungrateful people —Ahmadu Ali|url=http://sunnewsonline.com/new/yoruba-totally-ungrateful-people-ahmadu-ali/|accessdate=28 December 2015|work=The Sun|date=16 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105142710/http://sunnewsonline.com/new/yoruba-totally-ungrateful-people-ahmadu-ali/|archivedate=5 January 2016}} The NWC is composed of 12 members,{{cite web|title=National Working Committee|url=http://peoplesdemocraticparty.com.ng/?page_id=93|website=People's Democratic Party|accessdate=28 December 2015}} all of whom are elected to a four-year term at the party's National Convention.{{cite news|title=PDP Announces March 19 Date For National Convention|url=http://www.informationng.com/2015/12/pdp-holds-national-convention-march-19.html|accessdate=28 December 2015|work=Information Nigeria|date=3 December 2015}}{{cite news|title=PDP elects new National Chairman, NWC members March 19|url=http://dailytimes.com.ng/pdp-elects-new-national-chairman-nwc-members-march-19/|accessdate=28 December 2015|work=Daily Times|date=3 December 2015}} The NWC is headed by the chairperson, who also functions as the party's national chair. The NWC has the responsibility for the day-to-day governance of the party as well as oversight of its national activities.

Current NWC leadership

The following is a list of those who comprise the 2021 National Working Committee:{{cite web |title=From unity list to consensus list, PDP belongs to its governors |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/from-unity-list-to-consensus-list-pdp-belongs-to-its-governors/ |website=Vanguard News |access-date=19 January 2022 |date=30 October 2021}}

  • National Chairman (suspended): Iyorchia Ayu
  • Acting National Chairman : Umar Iliya Damagum
  • Deputy National Chairman (South): Taofeek Arapaja
  • National Secretary: Samuel Anyanwu (Sacked by the Appeal Court of Nigeria, Enugu) and replaced with S. K. E. Udeh-Okoye{{Cite web |last=Chioma |first=Unini |date=2024-12-20 |title=Court Of Appeal Sacks Anyanwu, Upholds Okoye As PDP National Secretary Over Dual Claims |url=https://thenigerialawyer.com/court-of-appeal-sacks-anyanwu-upholds-okoye-as-pdp-national-secretary-over-dual-claims/ |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=TheNigeriaLawyer |language=en}}
  • National Treasurer: Ahmed Yayari Mohammed
  • National Organizing Secretary: Umar Bature
  • National Financial: Daniel Woyegikuro
  • National Woman Leader: Stella Effah-Attoe
  • National Youth Leader: Muhammed Kadade Suleiman
  • National Legal Adviser: Kamaldeen Adeyemi Ajibade
  • National Publicity Secretary: Debo Ologunagba
  • National Auditor: Okechukwu Obiechina Daniel
  • Deputy National Secretary: Setonji Koshoedo
  • Deputy National Treasurer: Ndubisi Eneh David

NWC chairpersons

The following is a list of chairs of the National Working Committee:{{cite news|author1=Emmanuel Aziken|title=All the PDP chairmen|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/pdp-chairmen/|accessdate=28 December 2015|work=Vanguard|date=16 January 2014}}

See also

References