The National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party has on Monday approved the nomination of Senator Suleiman Nazif (Wakilin Arewa) as the new Deputy National Chairman, North, of the PDP.

The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement, said the approval is in furtherance of Section 47 (6) of the constitution of the PDP.

He said that Nazif was a one-time member of the House of Representatives and two-time Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He added that he served as Chairman, Senate Committee on Labour and Productivity as well as Chairman, Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Ologbondiyan said Nazif holds a degree in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering as well as a master’s degree in international Affairs and Diplomacy from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

He said, “Senator Nazif is a nationalist, grassroot politician and philanthropist.”