Ekweremadu, who was the chairman of the committee, said: “this is in accordance with the popular views expressed in the submissions made to the Committee.
“This will also assuage any ill feelings in the North over any perceived breach of the Party’s zoning principle.’’
He recommended that the PDP should henceforth be “self-funding, relying on membership registrations and enforcement of dues and levies as its primary sources of income at all levels in line with the party’s Constitution.
“This is with a view to ending the prevailing situation where those who pay the piper dictate the tune.
“We have also recommended that the role of party leader, which has no basis in the constitution of the PDP, should henceforth be discontinued at all levels.
“This is to strengthen the structure of the party at all levels.’’
Ekweremadu further recommended that the Party should adopt the direct primary method as the sole means of electing its candidates for any election at all levels.
“The use of delegates has been grossly compromised and abused and should therefore be discontinued forthwith to return true ownership of the party to the people,’’ Ekweremadu said.
He proposed a nationwide bio-metric membership registration to align PDP records with modern technology.
The PDP Post-Election Review committee was inaugurated on May 5, in the wake of the party’s performance in the last general elections.
The committee was handed a nine-point terms of reference, the sum of which was to find out what went wrong and to chart a trajectory for the restoration of the fortunes of the party.
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