Preparations for next month’s National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) kicked off yesterday.
A 73-member Central Coordination Committee for the convention was set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The committee is chaired by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma..
The Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq will serve as vice chairman while former National Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni will serve as Secretary.
A statement by the National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, said the committee was set up during the NWC’s 183rd meeting, following consultation with various statutory organs and stakeholders.
Apart from Uzodimma and Buni, all the remaining 27 governors would serve in the committee.
Other members are former National Chairmen – Chief Bisi Akande, Senator Adams Oshiomole, and Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, and Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu.
Others include former Senate Presidents and Speakers of House of Representatives, and serving and former principal officers of the two chambers of the National Assembly.
Ministers who will serve on the committee are Atiku Bagudu (Budget and Planning), General Christopher Musa (Defence), Mohammed Idris (Information and National Orientation) and Senator Ibrahim Gaidam (Police Affairs).
Basiru said details about the inauguration of the committee would be announced later.
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