Three dropped as Yilwatda, 21 others return as APC NWC members

Three erstwhile members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) were dropped at the party’s national convention held on Saturday.

The affected persons were the Deputy National Chairman (South), Hon. Emma Eneukwu, Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Duru and the National Financial Secretary, Hon. Bashir Gumel.

The new NWC members were elected through affirmative votes by a total of than 8,453 delegates from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

They are expected to steer the party’s affairs for the next four years, according to its Constitution.

The newly-elected NWC members include the National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda (Plateau); Deputy National Chairman (North), Hon. Abubakar Dalori (Borno) and Deputy National Chairman (South),Dr. Ben Nwoye (Enugu).

Others were the National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Basiru (Osun); Deputy National Secretary, Prof. Abdulkarim Kana (Nasarawa); National Vice-Chairman (North-Central), Mu’azu Rijau (Niger), National Vice-Chairman (North-East), Dr. Mustapha Salihu (Adamawa) and National Vice-Chairman (North-West), Hon. Mohammed Datti (Kaduna).

Also elected were National Vice-Chairman (South-East), Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu (Imo); National Vice-Chairman (South-South), Chief Victor Tom Giadom (Rivers) and National Vice-Chairman (South-West), Isaac Kekemeke (Ondo).

National Legal Adviser, Muritala Kankia (Katsina), National Treasurer, Uguru Ofoke (Ebonyi), National Financial Secretary (Jigawa) and National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Argungun (Kebbi) were also re-elected at the convention.

The deputy national officers, six national ex-officio members and  zonal officers elected at the six zonal congresses held on March 18 were also inaugurated alongside the NWC members

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