The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ruled out the possibility of changing its name, ahead of the 2023 general election.<\/p>\n
Recall that Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan had started a campaign on social media calling for the change of name for the PDP.<\/p>\n
Other supporters of the party had also made a similar call, arguing that such move would help the main opposition party return to his dominant position.<\/p>\n
However, the spokesman for PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the decision not to alter the party\u2019s current name was part of the discussion at the party\u2019s 88th National Executive Committee ( NEC) in Abuja, yesterday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe party insists that the PDP brand is still the best in the political firmament of our nation and as such, those canvassing for a change of name should forget it because we remain the Peoples Democratic Party,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s mouthpiece added that the PDP has constituted a committee to review the conduct of the 2019 general elections. This is to unravel what transpired during the polls.<\/p>\n
According to Ologbondiyan, this will guide the PDP in pushing for electoral reforms ahead of the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ruled out the possibility of changing its name, ahead of the 2023 general election. Recall that Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan had started a campaign on social media calling for the change of name for the PDP. Other supporters of the party had also made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":17861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[347,667,65],"class_list":["post-20619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-abuja","tag-nec","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"\n