The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has maintained that there will be no shift in plans for the party’s national convention, scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, from November 15–16, 2025.
Damagum made the declaration on Tuesday during the inauguration of the 110-member National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) in Abuja.
“As you know, the 2025 National Convention is scheduled to be held in Ibadan, and that is sacrosanct, and I want to make it very clear,” the PDP leader told members and stakeholders present.
The committee will be chaired by Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, while Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, will serve as vice chairman. Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, was appointed as the secretary of the committee.
Charging the committee, Damagum urged members to prioritize fairness, unity, and transparency in carrying out their assignment.
“My charge to this Committee is simple: as you carry out your work, let fairness, equity, justice, and unity of purpose be your guiding principles. Let us set aside personal grievances and ambitions that do not serve the collective interest,” he said.
“Let us focus on the bigger picture: building public trust by proving to Nigerians through this convention that the PDP remains the vanguard of democracy and the blueprint for due process.
“Let every member of our Party see, in your conduct, the assurance that PDP belongs to all. I have no doubt that we will deliver a convention that reaffirms the PDP as the Party of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
The inauguration, held at the NEC Hall of the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, followed the approval of the National Executive Committee (NEC).
Nigeria’s main opposition party, which governed the country from 1999 to 2015, has fixed the convention for November 15–16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State.