The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River announced on Wednesday the creation of 20 campaign directorates to strengthen the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This decision was detailed in a communiqué issued after the party’s 40th State Working Committee (SWC) meeting.
This meeting was the first chaired by the new State Chairman, Chief Francis Bullem, since he took 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 also approved harmonising all candidates’ campaign structures with the party’s existing structures to ensure unified command and effective coordination.
Under this arrangement, Directors-General of candidates’ campaign organisations will serve as directors within the party’s campaign structure.
The committee also approved changing the State Chairman’s title from Director-General of Campaigns to Chairman of Campaign Council.
It pledged loyalty and support to his leadership and passed a vote of confidence in the party’s leadership.
The committee urged members to maintain discipline, loyalty, and party supremacy, and cautioned against actions that could undermine party 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.
