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  • Tinubu’s inauguration: FG orders closure of roads

    Tinubu’s inauguration: FG orders closure of roads

    The Federal Government has ordered the closure of roads linking Federal Secretariat Complexes of Phase I, II, III and Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2:00 p. m. on Friday, May 26,  to Monday, May 29.

    Dr. Ngozi Onwudiwe, Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office, office of the Head of the Service of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made the disclosure in a circular on Friday in Abuja.

    According to Onwudiwe, the order is in line with security arrangements by the Presidential Transition Council, for the smooth conduct of the inauguration parade for the swearing-in ceremony of President-Elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu on May 29.

    “Accordingly, officers and intending visitors to the affected areas will not be allowed access till Tuesday, May 30 when work will resume in earnest. “

  • Unveiling Nigeria’s future: Post-May 29 and the Tinubu legacy

    Unveiling Nigeria’s future: Post-May 29 and the Tinubu legacy

    Nigerians look forward to May 29th when the President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be inaugurated to bring hope to more than 133 million people, most of whom live in extreme poverty.

    There are already high expectations that the incoming president must strive to meet in the areas such as the economy, education, health, security, infrastructure and employment creation for the country’s teeming youth population.

    Nigeria’s unemployment rate is projected by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to reach 40.6 per cent this year, from 37.7 per cent in 2022.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 1, pronounced Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the controversial February 25 presidential election.

    Tinubu reportedly got a total of 8,794,726 votes cast, the most of the 17 candidates who took part in the election.

    Before the election, Tinubu made a number of promises in his official manifesto dubbed “Hope Renewed”, where he unveiled his plans for the country in nine priority areas, including national security, economy, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, transportation and education.

    The President-elect has promised a Nigeria where there would be enough jobs with decent wages, especially for young people and a better life for all.

    He promised to “produce, create and invent” more of the goods and services required in the country so that Nigeria can move from being a consumer to a producer.

    According to the manifesto, Tinubu plans to upgrade and expand public infrastructure so that the rest of the economy can thrive, as well as encourage and empower youths and women to leverage emerging sectors such as digital economy, entertainment and tourism.

    “We seek a Nigeria where no parent is forced to send a hungry child to bed wondering if there will be food tomorrow,” the manifesto read in part.

    Tinubu has also expressed commitment to generating, transmitting and distributing enough affordable electricity to provide Nigerians with the energy they need to light up their lives, their homes and their dreams, and to provide healthcare, education and make basic housing accessible and affordable for all citizens.

    Despite the controversies surrounding the election which has resulted in court cases, some prominent politicians, even of the opposition, have thrown their weights behind the President-elect and have encouraged others to do same.

    For example, the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesome Wike, expressed optimism that the President-elect will live up to the expectations of the Nigerian people and appealed to citizens to lend their support to ensure the success of the Tinubu-led government.

    “The election is over and a victor has been declared, so all Nigerians must unite and give him (Tinubu) the support he needs,” Wike said.

    Similarly, the Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, also pledged his support for the Tinubu government.

    On the other hand, criticisms have begun to trail Tinubu’s leadership style which a section of the country say is not inclusive, judging by the appointment of a 16-man Presidential Transition Council.

    Leading Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, have pointed out that the absence of an Igbo person on the team and accused the President-elect of being a “tribalist”.

    Vice-President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Damian Okeke-Ogene, said: “Igbophobia is in his (Tinubu) veins and by not including Igbo people in the handover committee, he is only trying to reopen old wounds.

    “He inherited the hatred (Muhammadu) Buhari has against Igbo, especially when the President-elect has said he will continue from where the incumbent president stopped,” Okeke-Ogene was quoted as saying.

    He stressed that Ohanaeze had not accepted Tinubu’s emergence as the president-elect “because any house built on a faulty foundation is bound to collapse. We believe that the process of the 2023 presidential election is still on”.

    However, the Executive Director of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, slammed Abubakar for presenting himself as a friend of the Igbo people, saying that the PDP presidential candidate had done the PDP’s Igbo members a disservice by deciding to wrest the presidential candidacy from the party, contrary to his party’s rotation rule.

    “I make bold to state that the former vice president had long lost the moral high ground to parade himself or even pontificate as a friend of Ndigbo. It’s sheer hypocrisy which cannot wipe out the injury inflicted on Igbo members of the PDP by our dear brother-in-law,” Okechukwu said.

  • Tribunal can stop Tinubu’s inauguration, he has a case – Sam Amadi

    Tribunal can stop Tinubu’s inauguration, he has a case – Sam Amadi

    The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi has said the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s inauguration could be stopped before May 29, insisting that he has a serious case in tribunal.

    His statement was contained in a post via his Twitter handle on Thursday.

    The statement followed Wike’s declaration of Wednesday May 3 as a public holiday for the people to receive Tinubu, who was invited by the governor.

    The statement had attracted mixed interpretations.

    However, the public affairs analyst took to his Twitter handle to make further clarifications, saying it is not automatic that Tinubu will form the next government.

    He wrote, “Clarification on Legal Status of President-Elect.

    “@officialABAT is PRESIDENT-ELECT. But he is not yet President.

    2. It isn’t automatic that he will form the next government. He has a serious case in tribunal that can go either way.

    3. The tribunal can stop the inauguration before 29.

    “Like I always say, corruption in language leads to corruption in statecraft. Just as the law gave @inecnigeria power to make a declaration, it gives the judiciary the power to reverse it. There’s no constitutional duty to inaugurate on May 29 if a declaration is legally challenged as here.

    “There is no fait accompli about the situation. Some use of language can create a false narrative where we believe that a declaration by @inecnigeria no matter how wrong constitutes a new government. No. It does not, until the final court says so.”

  • JUST IN: Oborevwori inaugurates transition Cttee of men of proven integrity

    JUST IN: Oborevwori inaugurates transition Cttee of men of proven integrity

    Delta State Governor-Elect and Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has inaugurated a Transition Committee of men of proven integrity that will enable the next government to hit the ground running.

    Deputy Governor-elect of the state, Chief Monday Onyeme was among dignitaries who witnessed the event.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports that the focus of the committee is all encompassing including:

    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND STRATEGY

    FISCAL POLICY AND PUBLIC FINANCE

    INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES

    HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

    SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & CREATIVE INDUSTRY

    ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND JOB CREATION and others.

    Inaugurating the transition Committee on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023, at the Unity Hall, Old Government House, Asaba, the Governor-elect said that the formal inauguration of the Transition Committee heralds the journey to the commencement of a new administration come May 29, 2023 and expressed his profound gratitude to the good people of Delta State for their vote of faith and confidence in him and the Peoples’ Democratic Party.

    “It is incumbent on us to reciprocate this mandate by midwifing a smooth transition process that will enable the next government to hit the ground running.

    “Naturally, the expectations of the people are high given the overwhelming support that we received, winning in 21 out of the 25 Local Government Areas. For emphasis, this is a mandate for consolidation and growth, for investment and economic reform, and for making the youth the centrepiece of our policies and programmes.

    Clearly, our people believe in our M. O.R.E agenda, which is designed to advance the State in all aspects of infrastructural and human capital development, as well as economic wellbeing”, he said.

    According to the Governor-elect, the men and women appointed into the Transition Committee possess the requisite knowledge, wisdom, capacity, and experience, essential for the assignment, saying that; “They have been part of this journey, and understand that the incoming administration needs to start on a sure footing.

    “Their task is to put in place the necessary structures and means that will enable the incoming administration to effectively implement its policies and programmes from day one”.

    Rt Hon Oborevwori said that arising from interactions with the people of the State during electioneering campaigns, and building on the solid foundations that have been laid by the current administration, it was necessary a transition process is put in place that will provide strategic direction for the next administration.

    The Committee, he stated, is to submit presentations in the following thematic areas:

    GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND STRATEGY

    FISCAL POLICY AND PUBLIC FINANCE

    INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES

    HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

    SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & CREATIVE INDUSTRY

    ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND JOB CREATION

    PEACE AND SECURITY

    MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS

    AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES

    ENVIRONMENT, WATER RESOURCES, AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

    ENERGY, OIL, AND GAS

    “Suffice it to say that the Committee is expected to set short, medium and long terms targets for the administration and accommodate any other critical sector that may have been left out as it relates to the M.O.R.E agenda”, the Governor-elect said.

    He expressed appreciation to the State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa for his wisdom and counsel and for always pointing “us in the right direction”, describing him as a man with exceptional leadership qualities.

    “To the Committee, I expect you to complete and submit your work within the next 21 days. I eagerly look forward to your recommendations for the successful take-off of the next administration. With God’s grace and enablement, we shall do MORE to ADVANCE Delta State”, he stated.

    The Governor-Elect thereafter inaugurated the Transition Committee as follows:

    PROF. EMMANUEL NWANZE – CHAIRMAN
    DR. KINGSLEY EMU – MEMBER
    DR. BARRY GBE – MEMBER
    CHIEF SUNDAY ONORIODE – MEMBER
    CHIEF TILIJE FIDELIS – MEMBER
    MR. IFEANYI EGWUNYENGA – MEMBER
    MR. JOHNBUL EDEMA – MEMBER
    HON. SAMUEL MARIERE – MEMBER
    DR. KINGSLEY ASHIBUOGU – MEMBER
    ENGR GOODNEWS AGBI – MEMBER
    MR. ABEL ESIEVO – MEMBER
    MR. DARLINGTON IJEH – MEMBER
    PRINCE KELLY PENAWOU – MEMBER
    MRS. CORDELIA ANYANGU – MEMBER
    HON. JOAN ADANIOMA – MEMBER
    HON. PALLY EGHOVIE – MEMBER
    HON. SHOLA DAIBO – MEMBER
    MRS. GEORGINA EVAH – MEMBER
    MRS. CHRISTABEL OBIUWEVBI – MEMBER
    PHILOMENA EDEDEY – MEMBER
    MRS. SHIMITTE BELLO – MEMBER
    DR. MRS. EVELYN ALUTA – MEMBER
    MRS. ROSELINE AMIOKU – MEMBER
    HON. JOHN NANI – MEMBER
    MR. MOFE PIRAH – MEMBER
    BARR. GEORGE OROGUN – MEMBER
    MR. IKECHUKWU MADUEMEZUE, ESQ. – MEMBER
    MR. OVIE EMUAKPOR – MEMBER
    HON. GODKNOWS ANGELE – MEMBER
    HON. PEREZ OMUON – MEMBER
    MR. EZEKIEL OKOH – MEMBER
    MR. GODSPOWER ENERHO – MEMBER
    MR. ISAAC WEYINMI AGBATEYINIRO – MEMBER
    MR. DONALD PETERSON – MEMBER
    MR. EUGENE UZUM – MEMBER
    MR. ISIOMA OKONTA – MEMBER
    MR. ODINIGWE DANIEL ODIGIE – MEMBER
    MR. EMMANUEL EYAKAGBA – MEMBER
    HON. ONORIODE AGOFURE – MEMBER
    MR. AUGUSTINE OGEDEGBE – MEMBER
    RT. HON. (BARR.) BASIL GANAGANA – MEMBER
    HON. JOHNSON ERIJO – MEMBER
    CHIEF ALLISON OGIDIGBEN – MEMBER
    CHIEF FAVOUR IZOUKUMOR – MEMBER
    OLORI ATUWATSE III – MEMBER
    MISS ORODE UDUAGHAN – MEMBER
    REV. JUSTIN C. OKOROJI – MEMBER
    ERARAWEWHO JUNIOR UYERO – MEMBER
    OKODOZOR UKUBOKEYE – MEMBER
    CHRISTIAN ONOGBA – MEMBER
    MR. KENNEDY UZOKA – MEMBER
    AUSTINE AYEMIDEJOR – MEMBER
    JOHN MUTU – MEMBER
    PROF. IKOMI ROBERT – MEMBER
    HON. PASCAL ADIGWE – MEMBER
    RT. HON. EMMANUEL OKORO – MEMBER
    JOHN ASHIMA – MEMBER
    APOSTLE DR. OKONYE CYRIL IFECHUKWUDE – MEMBER
    REV. GIDEON OGHENERUEMU OYIBO – MEMBER
    HON. SOLOMON IGHRAKPATA – MEMBER
    HON. (CHIEF) FERGUSON ONWO – MEMBER
    HON. ENGR. EMEKA NWAOBI, FNSE – MEMBER
    BARR. MRS. LYNA ALIYA OCHOLOR – MEMBER
    COMR. GOODLUCK OFOBRUKU – MEMBER
    COMR. OSANAKPA AUGUSTINE – MEMBER
    AMB. CAROLINE OROBOSA USIKPEDO – MEMBER
    SONNY EKEDAYE – MEMBER
    BARR. CHRIS IFEANYI OSAKWE – MEMBER
    BARR. POSSIBLE SOLOMON AJEDE – MEMBER
    EFE TOBOR JOSIAH – MEMBER
    EZE HENRY EKENE – MEMBER
    EMEKA UMERAH BIDOKWU – MEMBER
    PROF. FESTUS ARUNAYE – MEMBER
    BARR. STELLA ANETOR – MEMBER
    HON. PRINCESS PAT. AJUDUA (Ph.D.) – MEMBER
    HON. ANTHONY ELEKEOKWURI – MEMBER
    RT. HON. FESTUS AGAS – MEMBER
    DR. AKPOVETA ISAAC – MEMBER
    HON. EMMANUEL IGHOMENA – MEMBER
    HON. BEN IGBAKPA – MEMBER
    MIDENO BAYAGBON – MEMBER
    BARR. ANDREW ORUGBO – MEMBER
    SEN. EMMANUEL AGUARIAVWODO – MEMBER
    REV. FR. CHRISTOPHER EKABOR – MEMBER
    BARR. VAL ARENYEKA – MEMBER
    DR. MICHAEL IFEANYI OSUOZA – MEMBER
    CHIEF OWIN ERIRHOMURU – MEMBER
    PROF. HOPE EGHAGHA – SECRETARY

    Responding, the Chairman of the Transition Committee, Prof Emmanuel Nwanze promised that they will carry out the assignment diligently, saying that “You have chosen wisely”.

  • Breaking: Finally, Tinubu arrives Nigeria, 35 days ahead inauguration

    Breaking: Finally, Tinubu arrives Nigeria, 35 days ahead inauguration

    President-elect, Bola Tinubu has arrived Nigeria after a one month sojourn abroad.

    The Nigerian President-Elect was officially out of the country since March 22 but he returned on Monday about one month before his inauguration on May 29, 2023.

    The aircraft that conveyed the former Lagos State governor touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 04:30pm on Monday.

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, who was officially out of Nigeria since March 22, returned about one month before his inauguration on May 29, 2023.

    He returned with his wife, Senator Oluremi; and they were received by the Vice-President-Elect, Kashim Shettima; Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; amongst many other high-ranking members of the party.

  • Match Commissioners, referees must be above board – Gusau warns at inauguration

    Match Commissioners, referees must be above board – Gusau warns at inauguration

    President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau has warned that it would no longer be business as usual for match commissioners and referees in the domestic game, as persons who fail to meet the high standards already put in place will be summarily ejected and sanctioned appropriately.

    The NFF President made this remark at the inauguration of the Referees and Match Commissioners’ Committees inside the NFF Secretariat, Abuja on Thursday.

    “We have been diligent and statute-compliant in the selection of the membership of both the Referees Committee and the Match Commissioners’ Committees, and therefore, we expect them to do their job with the highest level of integrity, passion, commitment and sense of duty.

    “The onus is on the committees as we will keenly monitor the performances of your appointees and be dispassionate in our assessment. Anyone found wanting will be thrown out without ceremony, and be visited with further sanctions. The NFF is determined to change the narrative in the league and there is no going back. Please help us to have a new league that all stakeholders will be proud of,” Gusau said.

    Chairman of the Match Commissioners Committee and NFF Board Member, Alhaji Babagana Kalli pledged that his committee will ascent on transparency and integrity in its work, while also focusing its searchlight on its appointees in order to weed out those who fail to align with the new dance steps.

    On her part, Mrs Faith Irabor, who chairs the Referees Committee, asserverated that the narrative will definitely change from the umpires’ side as Nigeria football moves to implement the highest standards of probity in match officiating.

    The Match Commissioners Committee also has Alhaji Ganiyu Majekodunmi (NFF Board Member) as vice chairman, and Hon. Usman Maulud, Alh. Aminu Mammaga, Alh. Idris Abdullahi Musa, Mr. Anthony Ugwu, Otunba Mustapha Razaq, Alh. Sabo Abdullahi Dutse and Chief Kenneth Nwamuocha as members, with Mr. Danlami Alanana as secretary.

    Mallam Rabiu Umar is vice chairman of the Referees Committee, with Oba James Odeniran, Mr. Abraham Zakowi, Mallam Waziri Furo Gawe, Mr. C. C. Chukwujekwu and Mallam Bello Abubakar as members, and Alh. Sani Zubairu as secretary.

    Also at the occasion were NFF 1st Vice President, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu, NFF Board Member Alh. Sharif Rabiu Inuwa and NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi.

  • Adamu’s first move falters as group condemns his inauguration of Akwa Ibom chairman

    Adamu’s first move falters as group condemns his inauguration of Akwa Ibom chairman

    A group under the aegis of Defenders of Akwa Ibom APC, DAIA has condemned the inauguration on Tuesday of a new chairman for the Akwa Ibom chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC by the new national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.

    The group in a statement expressed shock over what it claimed as the deliberate overlook of a court injunction restraining the party from recognizing and inaugurating Obong Stephen Ntukekpo as the chairman of the party.

    “What has happened is that the leadership of the party has started on the path of illegality and against the desire of the mainstream of the party,” DIAA coordinator, Ibok Essein said in a statement.

    “So long as there existed an injunction against the inauguration of Ntukekpo, it behooved the party’s leadership to have waited for the judicial process to run its course in order not to infringe on the right of everyone concerned and that is why we are especially pained by this development.”

    Expressing concern that elements from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were dictating the situation in the party, DAIA added.

    “We are concerned that the godfather of the Ntukekpo is the minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, a man who as governor so much destroyed the progressives in Akwa Ibom.

    “It is unfortunate that he has manourvered himself into our party and is now destroying our party from inside,” the group said.

  • A movie or even a song would have been made from Ebele, Bianca altercation- Soludo

    A movie or even a song would have been made from Ebele, Bianca altercation- Soludo

    The new Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday, said that a movie or even a song would have been made from the altercation between the immediate past first lady of the state, Ebelechukwu Obiano, and Bianca Ojukwu, wife of Biafra warlord, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

     

    The new Anambra governor noted that
    he enjoyed the comedy that emerged from the incident.

     

    In his words: “The comedy that has emerged from it all that I have enjoyed. There is no distraction whatsoever. I think it was meant to be.

     

    “Sometime to come there will even be some movies or comedies and even a song out of that.

     

    “As you saw, I didn’t even notice much of what happened. I think it happened while I was going to sign the oath of allegiance. It was just like a one-second thing.

     

    “I turned again and continued signing my thing and I have not had one minute discussing it other than the comic relief you see posted. We are intensely focused on what we must deliver to our people.”

     

    Bianca had explained that she gave Ebele a dirty slap on Thursday in order to stop her from attacking her.

     

    She gave the explanation on Friday in a statement titled ‘My Story’ where she recounted what transpired between her and the former First Lady at the inauguration of the new state governor, Charles Soludo.

     

     

  • Tight security at APC secretariat as party inaugurates state chairmen

    Tight security at APC secretariat as party inaugurates state chairmen

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja tightened security in and around its National Secretariat as the party inaugurates elected state chairmen.

    Also, human and vehicular movements have been restricted around the secretariat.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the measures were to forestall possible protest during the ceremony.

    NAN reports that this move was as a result of crises in some of the party’s state chapters that produced parallel state chairmen at its 2021 State Congresses.

    Security operatives took positions on the entire Blantyre Street in Wuse 2 District, Abuja, where the APC national secretariat is located.

    The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) had on Wednesday night, issued a circular ordering the secretariat staff to stay away from work.

    It was gathered that this was part of effort to have a manageable staff for fear of breakdown of law and order.

    At the time of filing this report, journalists were also not allowed access to the APC national secretariat.

    However, the security operatives were civil in screening a few persons, especially those to be inaugurated.

    The elected chairmen supporters, who turned up in large numbers, drumming and singing their praises were also denied access to the secretariat.

    One of the operatives told NAN that they were only doing their job as instructed and would not leave anything to chance.

    He said the measure was necessary to forestall possible breakdown of law and order.

    The crisis that trailed the state congresses necessitated the inauguration of the Sen. Abudulahi Adamu-led National Reconciliation Committee which submitted its interim report on Jan. 31.

    Adamu had told newsmen that the committee received 47 petitions as at Jan. 30, adding that some party members were still waiting to submit their petitions.

    “We had promised that we will do justice as humanly possible to everybody who is aggrieved through fair hearing.

    “And this is what we are doing. We had to come today to submit this interim report because we are acting as Boy Scout. A good Boy Scout obeys before complaints,’’ he had said.

    He, however, said that there was still work to be done, adding that reconciliation was a work in progress.

    Adamu said the committee could not pretend that it had taken care of every issue that was brought to it.

    “Until we get the final report from the national secretariat, we cannot say success, until they declare our work successful.

    “We cannot declare our own work successful. We will be more deceitful if we do so. All we can do is to make recommendations as a reconciliation committee,’’ he said.

    Buni, chairman of the APC CECPC while receiving the report, assured that it would be looked into its implementation.

  • PDP picks date for inauguration of new NWC

    PDP picks date for inauguration of new NWC

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is set to inaugurate its National Working Committee (NWC), next week Friday.

    In a statement on Saturday, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s spokesman, said the valedictory service of the outgoing NWC will hold on December 8, while the swearing-in of the newly elected NWC will hold on December 10.

    “Consequent upon the successful conduct of the October 30 and 31 2021 elective National Convention and in keeping with due process of internal democracy, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the schedule of events for a smooth transition from the outgoing to incoming national officers of the party,” the statement reads.

    “Accordingly, the Valedictory Session of the outgoing National Working Committee (NWC) has been scheduled to hold on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at the NEC Hall of the National Secretariat, Abuja at 11 am.

    “Correspondingly, the presentation of Certificate of Return and Swearing-In Ceremony of the newly elected national officers has been scheduled for Friday, December 10, 2021, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, by 9:30 am.

    “All party leaders, critical stakeholders and our teeming members nationwide should note this accordingly.”

    At the end of the PDP national convention held in October, Iyorchia Ayu, a former senate president, emerged as the National Chairman of the party.

    Taofeek Arapaja, a former deputy governor of Oyo State, was elected as Deputy National Chairman (South), while Umar Damagum, former governorship candidate of Yobe, emerged as the Deputy National Chairman (North).