Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced a fresh membership registration and reassessment of old members across the 31 local government areas of the state.
The party, in a statement on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Borono Bassey, said the exercise commenced on Thursday and would end on Friday.
Bassey said the Akwa State APC Chairman, Aniekan Akpan, explained that the exercise was geared towards expanding the already robust membership base of the party and in the state. He said the party hoped to get at least 6.9 million active members.
He said, “In keeping with the strategic desire to get at least 6.9 million 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, every day, 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.”
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 to anyone.
