By Henry Umoru
ABUJA—THE national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday postponed its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting to next Tuesday.

A statement from the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Professor Rufai Ahmed Alkali, read: “The National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, earlier scheduled for Thursday, 9th December, 2010, has been shifted.

“The meeting will now hold on Tuesday, December 14th 2010.  All NEC members are expected to note the new date.

“They are also expected to attend and on time as crucial party matters shall be discussed. The PDP regrets all inconveniences consequent upon the postponement.’’

Speaking with some members of the BoT, Vanguard gathered yesterday that the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, will meet today as a follow up to the meeting of the PDP caucus held last Monday to look at the recommendations of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party.

It was also gathered that the proposed screening of aspirants that would have commenced next Monday will have to wait until after next Tuesday’s NEC meeting.

Part of the issues recommended by the NWC for NEC’s approval are the new dates of the primaries scheduled to commence January 4,  with members of the National Assembly, just as NEC members may also review the process of the primaries where, at its last meeting, NEC approved that the primaries of  governors will hold first before the staggered ones where the PDP presidential candidate will emerge.