The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, will today, inaugurate a 21-member Selection Committee to finalize the party’s candidate choices for the upcoming general elections.
The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to take place at 4:00 PM at the NDC National Secretariat in Abuja, according to an official press statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director.
The empanelment of the Selection Committee follows the successful completion of the party’s screening exercises for all Gubernatorial, National Assembly, and State Houses of Assembly aspirants.
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Headed by the NDC National Chairman, Moses Zuwoghe, the new committee is tasked with reviewing, scrutinizing, and evaluating the comprehensive reports submitted by both the National Screening Committee and the various State Houses of Assembly Screening Committees.
The body holds the mandate to make final, binding decisions regarding the eligibility and clearance outcomes of all political aspirants on the party’s platform.
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The 21-member panel was conceived last week by the National Leader in close alignment with the recommendations of the NDC National Working Committee (NWC).
Party leadership emphasized that the committee’s creation is part of a deliberate blueprint to ensure complete transparency, robust internal democracy, and merit-based candidate selection.
“It is to ensure that the NDC presents the most formidable candidate for every position to be contested in the general election.”
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The formal inauguration marks a critical final step in the opposition party’s internal screening pipeline as it prepares to field its frontliners for the highly anticipated general election cycle.
