The National Working Committee NWC of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has constituted a post-election assessment committee to review and evaluate the party’s performance in the just concluded general elections.

This is contained in a statement issued by Olisa Metuh, the PDP National Publicity Secretary on Sunday in Abuja.

The statement said that the committee, which would be formally inaugurated on May 5 at the party’s national headquarters, would make recommendations on how to reposition the party.

It listed the membership of the committee to include Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu (Chairman), and governors Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia and Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe states as members.

Other members are Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor-elect, Ibrahim Shekarau, Minister of Education, Abdulkadir Kure; Emeka Ihedioha, Deputy Speaker, House of Rrepresentatives; Abba Moro, Minister of Internal Affairs; and Adamu Waziri.

The statement also named Ahmed Makarfi, Makanjuola Ogundipe, Pegba Otemolu, and Funmi Ayoola as members while Walid Jibril would serve as secretary of the committee.

The PDP, which has governed Nigeria since 1999, lost the presidential elections in March as well as majority in both chambers of the National Assembly.

(NAN)