Yola, Adamawa State (Nigeria): The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has successfully conducted peaceful and orderly ward congresses across all 226 political wards in Adamawa State, marking a strong display of grassroots unity and democratic engagement.
Mr. Gebon Kataps, Chairman of the Congress Committee and Secretary to the Taraba State Government, led the monitoring team and expressed satisfaction with the early turnout and smooth proceedings.
Kataps, who is the Secretary to the Government of the State (SGS) in Taraba, stated this in Girei. At the same time, he led the monitoring team to the Local Government Area on Saturday.
He expressed satisfaction with the smooth conduct of the party’s ward congresses across the 226 political wards of the state.
“So far so good, this is the third local Government we are visiting and we are very impressed with the early turnout of delegates, who have come out in their numbers to either vote for their candidates or affirm consensus candidates.
”We are also impressed with the unity we see among party members in all the wards visited, and the atmosphere has been very peaceful,” Kataps said.
According to him, when multiple candidates are vying for a position, delegates must cast their votes. In cases of consensus, delegates are expected to affirm the agreed-upon candidates.
He also commended the role of women in the process, hailing their orderly conduct and high level of participation.
”The turnout of women is impressive in several polling units. Women were seen coming out in large numbers and maintaining order as they awaited the start of the elections.
“Even when men were moving around, the women stayed in line, which was quite commendable,” he said.
Earlier, Alhaji Hamza Madagali, the party’s Organising Secretary, said PDP had put everything in place to ensure the smooth conduct of the exercise at the grassroots.
He called on the party members to remain peaceful and conduct themselves orderly during and after the exercise, noting that the local government and state congresses would soon come up.
