PDP Announces 20 Campaign Directorates Ahead of 2027 Elections in C'River
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River on Wednesday in Calabar announced the establishment of 20 campaign directorates as part of efforts to reposition the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the party’s 40th State Working Committee (SWC).
The meeting was the first presided over by the new State Chairman, Chief Dr Francis Bullem, since he assumed office on Nov. 6, 2026.
The approved directorates include security, finance, media and publicity, mobilisation, youth mobilisation, women affairs, strategy, administration, and human resources.
Others are elections monitoring, voter education and outreach, planning, research and documentation, logistics and transport, field operations, legal services, and inter-party affairs.
The remaining directorates are civil society and support groups, online media and social networks, people with disabilities, students' mobilisation, diaspora affairs, protocol and events, and welfare.
The SWC also resolved to collapse the party's Strategic Committee into the Elders Forum in accordance with the provisions of the party's constitution.
It further approved the harmonisation of all candidates' campaign structures with the party's existing structures to ensure unity of command and effective coordination.
Under the arrangement, Directors-General of candidates' campaign organisations would function as directors within the party's campaign structure.
The committee also approved a change in the nomenclature of the State Chairman from Director-General of Campaigns to Chairman of Campaign Council.
The SWC congratulated Bullem on his appointment as the seventh substantive chairman of the party in the state and expressed confidence in his ability to unite and reposition the party.
It pledged loyalty and support to his leadership while passing a vote of confidence on the party's leadership.
The committee urged members to uphold discipline, loyalty, and party supremacy, warning against activities capable of undermining the party's unity.
It reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the PDP across the 18 local government areas and wards in the state ahead of the 2027 general elections.
