The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that on October 20, it will launch its presidential campaign council for the general election of 2027.
The party’s presidential candidate is former Anambra governor Peter Obi, with former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso as his running mate.
The NDC’s national chairman, Cleopas Zuwoghe, stated at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday that while the party had created the council’s organogram, it is consulting its presidential and vice-presidential candidates on important appointments.
“It is a sensitive election that we are going into. And we must check characters. It is not today you appoint one DG of your campaign. And in the middle of the campaign, you will hear that your DG is one leg in the NDC, one leg somewhere else,” he said.
“And will jeopardise the whole hope of this country. So they have to check and double-check.”
“And to let you know, we have proposed a NEC meeting for the 20th of this month, and today is the 10th,” Zuwoghe said.
“So on the 20th of this month, we shall have a NEC meeting, and in that next meeting, what we intend to achieve is to formally inaugurate our presidential campaign council. Also, as a party, to give certificates of return.
“We’re the ones who give candidates tickets now. So we should be able to give our candidates certificates of return that these people are our party candidates. And we had intended to have a dinner with all our candidates to build synergy.
“But from that point, we can hit the ground running. But let me also let you know, the NDC has not been very silent, as some people would assume and say.
“We have been in Sokoto, we have been in Kaduna, on the 15th, we shall be in Enugu. So it is not to mean that we have not been working. But you know, there is a pattern that we are used to.
“And that pattern shall be unveiled in the next couple of days. As I said earlier, NDC is building an institution that shall uplift us. And that is why we are always very passionate about youth.”
As the campaign season unfolds, we urge all political parties to promote a peaceful and fair election. Ultimately, voters hope the process will produce capable leaders who can serve the country as president.
