PDP National Chairmanship: Gbenga Daniel Commences Nationwide Tour
A frontline aspirant for the position of the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, will commence a nationwide campaign for the position on Thursday 2nd November 2017.
Informing the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi through a letter dated 31st October, 2017, OGD said that he would be going on the tour ahead of the National Convention of the party slated for 9th December, 2017.
According to him, “The purpose of the tour is to sensitize the people about the efficacy of our party while also meeting the delegates and leaders of our Party Nationwide.
“The tour will commence in Sokoto where we will pay a courtesy call on the Sultan and seize the opportunity to celebrate with him on the 11th anniversary of his coronation.”
After the visit to Sokoto, the campaign train of OGD would move to Gusau in Zamfara State in the morning of Friday, 3rd November and proceed to Katsina in Katsina State in the afternoon of the same day.
Daniel, whom many have applauded for his ambition, would touch down in Kano, Kano State for the campaign in the afternoon of 4th November before berthing in Dutse in Jigawa State in the evening of the same day.
The jewel city of Gombe in Gombe State would play host to the man acclaimed to be the choice of the people in the afternoon of 8th of November before he would touch down at Yola in Adamawa State in the evening of the same day.
The time table of the tour made available by the OGD Campaign Organisation, further revealed that Jalingo in Taraba State would be his port of call on November 9th, while he would be campaigning in Lokoja, Kogi State on 10th November.
The campaign time table added that OGD would travel to Minna, Niger State and Kaduna in Kaduna State on November 11, while he would be campaigning in Bauchi, Bauchi State and Jos in Plateau State on 13th November.
OGD, who ruled Ogun State for eight years from 2003 to 2015 with enviable achievements, would move his campaign train to Makurdi in Benue State and Lafia in Nassarawa State on the 14th of November, while he would travel to Maiduguri in Borno State and Damaturu Yobe State on 16th November to meet with the party’s faithfuls on why he should be their next National Chairman.
The campaign tour continues on 17th November in Birni Kebbi, Kebbi State before starting the Eastern tour on November 21 in Imo State. The train will then move to Umuahia in Abia State in the afternoon of the same day.
The tour would continue on 22nd of November in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State in the morning before it would be rounded off in Enugu, Enugu State in the afternoon.
OGD would resume the tour in Awka, the capital of Anambra State in the morning of November 23 before moving to Asaba in Delta State in the afternoon of the same day.
The campaign train would visit the South-South State of Edo and campaign in Benin in the morning of November 24 before moving to Akure in Ondo State in the afternoon of the same day.
OGD would round off the campaign with a visit to the South West State of Ekiti in Ado Ekiti in the morning of 25th November before the campaign would hold in another South West State of Osun in Osogbo in the afternoon of the same day.
Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State would host the campaign team of the man of the people on 26th November before the team would proceed to Lagos, the centre of excellence on November 27, while Ilorin in Kwara State would be the base for the campaign of the versatile politician and engineer on the 29th of November.
