Former Nigeria Minister of Education, Professor Tunde Adeniran has indicated interest in and picked nomination form for the chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the national secretariat in Abuja.
The Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scheduled its National Convention for the next week’s national convention of the
Professor Adeniran who was also one time former Ambassador to Germany said his commitment to repositioning the party towards greatness and redirect it in actualising the dreams of the founding fathers informed his decision to seek the mandate of the delegates to the national convention.
“I want to assure all our party members and Nigerians at large that my venture into the chairmanship position of our great party has no other motive than to re-position, rebrand and put the party on the path of greatness. As a founding member, who has remained with the party in thick and thin and served in various frontline capacities, I possess the fortitude and experience to help the party achieve its objectives.”
Adeniran, who is a Professor of Political Science, picked the nomination form in the presence of party stakeholders and prominent stalwarts, including Hon. Oke Olusola Babatunde from Ekiti State, Hon Oluwole Oke from Kwara State, Engr. Chinedum Ekeh from Abia State, and Hon. Temitope Atte from Kogi State, urged the delegates and leaders of the party to entrust him with the responsibility of being the National Chairman in order to ensure its rebirth and the enthronement of good governance in the country.
“At this crucial period of our party and national polity, we need someone who has genuine interest of the party and is acceptable across boards; someone that has no integrity issue. I believe our delegates will appreciate the great need of the party for the personality I represent.”
Professor Adeniran was Minister of Education from June 1989 to January 2001, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany between May 2004 and January 2007, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) between 2009 and 2011, and Chairman and Director of the Directorate for Social Mobilisation (MAMSER) from 1987 to 1992. [myad]
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