The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced membership registration and revalidation online in seven states.
Anambra, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Adamawa and Sokoto state are the pilot states in the first scheme of the party’s data registration programme.
Speaking on Monday in Abuja while launching the project, the Chairman of the Party, Prince Uche Secondus stated that the “country must at this point in time migrate from analogue to digital.
“Data is the key to development, data is the key to proper planning and data is the way a country would be able to attract development from the global community.
” We as a party cannot do otherwise, we are operating in social media space so PDP cannot do without data,” he said.
Secondus explained that by offering online registration, the party was providing Nigerians with a transparent platform to exercise Democratic potentials especially the youth.
“The project will deepen the process of membership registration and also deepen the process of democracy.
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“Usually in the analogue time, they have to bring the register and if they don’t like your face, you will not be a member, some people will take the register a way, all that has been eliminated” the Chairman stated.
While delivering his speech, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Party, Sen. Walid Jibrin said that E-registration was a demonstration by PDP that they are getting ready for the 2023 general elections.
He assured that the crisis rocking the party would soon be a thing of the past. “We have spent so many sleepless nights in ensuring that we have resolved the crisis within our party in order to make PDP great again and also take advantage of the failures of the APC” he stated.
On his part, the National Publicity Secretary, Mr.Kola Ologbondiyan revealed that when the logo of the party was put online during the test running period, in less than 24 hours, over one (1) million Nigerians indicated interest to join the party.
While the National Organizing Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (Rtd) said intensified sensitization has commenced in order to create awareness on the E-registration programme down to ward level.
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