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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has inaugurated the newly elected State Working Committee (SWC) of the party led by Hon. Chukwuma Igwe and Hon. Henry Ngonu as the new state chairman and state secretary, respectively.
Igwe was a member of Ebonyi of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly.
The new SWC members were elected at the state congress held at the PDP, Secretariat, Km 8, Abakaliki/Enugu Expressway, Abakaliki on Friday.
The Congress, which witnessed a large turnout of party faithful, was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), while the presence of security operatives ensured that the congress was peaceful without any incident.
Addressing the party members, the Chairman of the seven-man Congress Committee, Barr Ukpai Ukairo announced that the PDP adopted consensus in the election of the new leadership to reduce rancour, noting that the committee was impressed by the conduct of PDP members in Ebonyi State.
Ukairo enjoined the newly elected leadership of the party “to note that there is a serious work to be done as the PDP was poised to bounce back to winning ways, especially as the 2027 general elections approach.”
In his remarks at the inauguration of the new SWC, the Southeast National Vice Chairman (NVC) of the party, Hon. Chidiebere Goodluck Egwu, while congratulating the new executive, urged them “to go and work with the leaders and stakeholders of the party to ensure that every member of the party is carried along in rebuilding the party.”
Egwu also charged the new PDP executive “to hit ground running by ensuring that members of the party actively take part in the e-registration of members in line with the new electoral guidelines as prescribed by the Electoral Act 2025 which was recently signed into law.”
Some of the newly elected members of the Ebonyi PDP SWC are, Chief Chris Elechi Ngwuta, Deputy Chairman, Prince Kigsley Igwe, Treasurer, Barr Okohue Nkaa, Legal Adviser, Okoro Chukwudi Goodluck, Organising Secretary, and Nnanna Emea Oji, Youth Leader.
Others include Mrs. Chinyere Nwele, Women Leader, Darlington Onwe, Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Uka Abraham, Financial Secretary, Francis Alegu, Auditor, Alhaji Idris Oken, Vice Chairman(Central), Barr Ugochukwu Obasi (Vice Chairman, South) and Mrs. Nwojiji Blessing Chinazum (Vice Chairman, North).
