…How 3 NWC members misplaced to high-wire politicking
…Ekiti, Osun caretaker excos get 6-month tenure extension
The just-concluded Nationwide Conference of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has produced winners and losers, with three members of the previous Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) shedding their re-election bids to intrigues.
The casualties of the train had been the Deputy Nationwide Chairman (South), Emma Eneukwu; Deputy Nationwide Organising Secretary, Nze Chidi Duru, and the {Financial} Secretary, Bashir Gumel.
Blueprint gathered that those that misplaced out did so because of high-wire politics and zoning disagreement with the governors from their zones.
The eighth Nationwide Conference, which was held late Friday night time in Abuja, additionally noticed the re-election of the incumbent Nationwide Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and the Nationwide Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, amongst others.
Greater than 8, 000 delegates, who picked the brand new leaders by means of a voice-vote following the adoption of a consensus association, additionally returned 20 different members of the NWC.
The brand new officers had been instantly sworn in.
These sworn in had been the Deputy Nationwide Chairman (North), Abubakar Dalori (Borno); Deputy Nationwide Chairman (South), Dr. Ben Nwoye (Enugu); Deputy Nationwide Secretary, Prof. Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana (Nasarawa); Nationwide Vice Chairman (North-central), Mu’azu Bawa Rijau (Niger); Deputy Vice Chairman (North-east), Dr. Mustapha Salihu (Adamawa); Nationwide Vice Chairman (North-west), Mohammed Datti (Kaduna); Nationwide Vice Chairman (South-east), Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu (Imo); Nationwide Vice Chairman (South-south), Chief Victor Ton Giadom (Rivers); and the Nationwide Vice Chairman (South-west), D. I. Kekemeke (Ondo).
Others had been the Nationwide Authorized Adviser, Barrister Muritala Aliyu Kankia (Katsina); Nationwide Treasurer, Uguru Matthew Ofoke (Ebonyi); Nationwide {Financial} Secretary, Amb. (Jigawa); Nationwide Organising Secretary, Suleiman M. Argungun (Kebbi); Nationwide Welfare Secretary, Ignatius Nwapa (Abia); Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Bart Felix Morka (Delta); Nationwide Auditor, Sen. Abubakar Maikafi (Bauchi); Nationwide Ladies Chief, Dr. Mary Alile-Idele (Edo); Nationwide Youth Chief, Abdullahi Dayo Israel (Lagos); Particular (Individuals With Incapacity) Chief, Tolu Bankole (Ogun); Deputy Nationwide Organising Secretary, Emeka Okafor (Anambra); Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Duro Meseko (Kogi); Deputy Nationwide Ladies Chief, Zainab Ibrahim (Taraba); and the Deputy Nationwide {Financial} Secretary, Hamma-Adama Ali Kumo (Gombe).
Six nationwide ex-officio members and zonal officers elected ultimately Wednesday’s congresses had been additionally inaugurated with the brand new saddled with the duty of steering the occasion forward of the 2027 basic elections.
Yilwatda’s assurances
In the meantime, in his acceptance speech, the re-elected Nationwide Chairman, Yilwatda, described his re-election as a “name to better service,” pledging dedication to occasion unity and nationwide progress.
“We’re able to serve, prepared to guide, and able to construct the occasion along with the nation,” he stated, assuring members that the brand new management wouldn’t “fail or falter” in its obligations.
The occasion was attended by President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, governors, members of the Nationwide Meeting, and different key figures throughout the occasion.
Caretaker excos’ tenure
In a associated improvement, the Conference ratified a six-month extension of the tenure of its caretaker committees in Ekiti and Osun states, as a part of efforts to strengthen the occasion’s constructions and guarantee stability.
The choice was made following a movement moved by the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin.
Barau described the extension as an “pressing administrative and organisational necessity” geared toward sustaining the occasion’s management framework and sustaining operational continuity within the affected states.
He stated the tenure of the caretaker committees on the ward, native authorities, and state ranges in Ekiti and Osun was initially scheduled to run out on the finish of March 2026.
Based on him, the committees have performed a important function in stabilising the occasion’s affairs and making certain efficient coordination of actions.
The Conference additionally affirmed officers elected through the ward, state, and zonal congresses, a transfer seen as strengthening the occasion’s inside democratic processes.
Barau emphasised that extending the tenure of the caretaker committees would permit for the peaceable and orderly conduct of congresses, in addition to enough preparations by related occasion organs.
“It’s expedient within the general curiosity of the occasion to increase the tenure of the caretaker committees to permit for correct consolidation and preparation for the conduct of congresses,” he stated.
He stated additional that the Conference, because the occasion’s highest decision-making physique, was empowered by its Structure to take vital actions to make sure stability and efficient administration.
Barau urged the occasion’s stakeholders to utilise the extension interval to conclude all preparations for the conduct of ward, native authorities, and state congresses in Ekiti and Osun, whereas calling on members to stay calm and supportive.
Different dignitaries in attendance had been Vice President Kashim Shettima; the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; all of the APC governors; ministers, and different high authorities functionaries.
Governors current on the occasion had been these from Kogi; Benue; Nasarawa; Niger; Kano; Borno; Adamawa; Gombe; Taraba; Yobe; Jigawa; Kebbi; Kaduna; Katsina; Zamfara; Rivers; Sokoto; Imo; Enugu; Ogun; Lagos; Delta; Cross River; Edo; Ebonyi, and Ondo states, amongst others.
Additionally, in attendance had been the chairman of the APC Conference Coordination Committee and former governor of Katsina state, Aminu Bello Masari; former APC nationwide chairmen; state chairmen; lawmakers; former governors, and different key stakeholders.