By Ogenyi Ogenyi,Uyo
Akwa Ibom State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has commenced a fresh membership registration and reassessment exercise for old members across in the 31 Local Government Councils of the state
The move according to a statement endorsed by it’s State Publicity Secretary, Borono Bassey on Thursday in Uyo and made available to newsmen is geared towards increasing the membership base of the party to atleast 6.9 million people in the state.
The party said the exercise would commence today and last till the end of the month even as the State Chairman, Mr Aniekan Akpan had flagging off the new registration exercise at the party Secretariat in Uyo on Wednesday.
According to the statement, “in keeping with the strategic desire to get at least 6.9m Akwa Ibom people as members, the PDP in the State has commenced a fresh membership registration and reassessment campaign.
“Every week, thousands of Akwa Ibom people continue to reach out to members of our party across the different strata, expressing their genuine desire to register as bona fide members of the PDP.
“Also, everyday, we have people who turn 18 and want to belong to our party which is the most preferred Political Party by Akwa Ibomites.
“Therefore this membership registration and reassessment exercise, apart from being a directive of the National Headquarters of our Party that States should organise and float a Periodic membership reassessment exercise, is also our own way of opening our doors to new members, while also reassessing and updating the membership status of our old members/
“This phase of membership registration and reassessment which is targeted at both new and old members is billed to commence from Thursday, May 16, 2024 and end on Friday, May 31, 2024.”
The statement added that the party had already distributed
Membership Registers and Cards to all Ward Chairmen in the 369 Wards with the directive that they should register new members and reassess and update the membership status of old members at no cost.
The Chairman also re-echoed the call to the remaining members of other Political Parties to use the opportunity offered by this exercise to return the PDP fold.
