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  • As Adamu emerges APC’s National Chairman, Shittu steps down from race of National Secretary

    As Adamu emerges APC’s National Chairman, Shittu steps down from race of National Secretary

    Just as Sen. Abdullahi Adamu emerged as All Progressives Congress, APC, consensus National Chairman on Saturday, the former Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has stepped down from the race of the party’s National Secreatary.

     

    Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State formally presented Adamu to the convention last night.

    Delegates were scheduled to vote for the next national women leader.

     

    FIVE FACTORS ON UNITY LIST:

    It was gathered that the governors’ list was a product of intense lobbying, meetings and consultations over three days.

    The governors were said to have been guided by the following five factors in compiling the Unity List:

    • Protecting the interest of the legacy parties that formed APC.
    • The need to respect the desire of members and leaders for unity.
    • A sense of belonging and party cohesion.
    • To have a solid and vibrant National Working Committee (NWC) which can help Senator Abdullahi Adamu whose age may slow down.
    • Building a bridge between current governors/leaders and latter ones at the party level from 2023.
    • Winning the 2023 polls begins with getting it right with the right party structure.

    On the Unity List are: Senator Abdullahi Adamu, (National Chairman); Senator Abubakar Kyari, (Deputy National Chairman, North); Emma Eneukwu, (Deputy National Chairman, South) ; Senator Iyiola Omisore (National Secretary); Festus Fuanter (Deputy National Secretary); Mustapha Salihu (National Vice Chairman North-East); Muhazu Bawa Rijau (National Vice Chairman North-Central) and Suleiman Mohammed Argungu National Organising Secretary).

    It also contains Salihu Lukman (National Vice Chairman, North-West); Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu, (National Vice Chairman South-East); Dr. Victor Giadom, National Vice Chairman South-South); Isaac Kekemeke (National Vice Chairman South-West); Barr. Ahmed El-Marzuk (National Legal Adviser); Bashir Usman Gumel (National Financial Secretary) and Uguru Mathew Ofoke (National Treasurer).

    Chief Eneukwu was National Vice Chairman (South East) of the party under the Chief John Oyegun and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole leadership.

     

    SIGNATORIES OF UNITY LIST:

    The National Unity List was signed by APC governors and leaders including Simon Lalong of Plateau State; Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State; Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State; Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State; Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State; Ben Ayade of Cross River State; Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State; Professor Abubakar Zulum of Borno State; A. A. Abdulrazaq of Kwara State and Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State.

    Other signatories were Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State; Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State; Yahaya Bello of Kogi State; Hope Uzodinma of Imo State; Nweze David; Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State; M. B. Abubakar; Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State; and Abu Bello of Niger State.

     

    STEP DOWN CANDIDATES:

    Some of the candidates had announced that they were stepping down from the race at the convention venue before the arrival of House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Vice President Yemi Oainbajo and President Muhamadu Buhari.

    Mr. Adebayo Shittu, Engr. Ifeoluwa Oyedele and Prof. Abideen Olaiya withdrew from the race for national secretary to pave the way for Senator Iyiola Omisore.

  • National Convention: APC releases unity list [LIST ATTACHED]

    National Convention: APC releases unity list [LIST ATTACHED]

    The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has released its unity list consisting of aspirants chosen by top stakeholders of the party to make up its National Working Committee (NWC).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the unity list of the APC has Senator Abdullahi Adamu, a former Governor of Nasarawa State, as the National Chairman of the ruling party.

    Senator Adamu will lead the APC NWC to pilot the activities of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections.

    See attached for the unity list of the APC

  • Unity list: Delta APC chieftain reacts

    Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has described the local government council congress held across Delta state on Saturday 12 May, 2018 as peaceful, saying that the success recorded during the congress was a result of the agreed ‘unity list’.

    Emerhor, who made this known after he voted at the Ughelli North local government area secretariat of the APC, said the reason for the peaceful congress was because they reconciled themselves and had a unity list of party executives that covered all interest.

    He stated further that their coming to the secretariat was to affirm the reconciled unity list. “What we are doing here is also happening across other local government areas in the state because before today I led seven governorship aspirants to Abuja for the reconciliation of the list and they all promised to work in each of the local government areas so that we will not fight ourselves,” he added.

    Emerhor explained that congresses as long as they cover the interest of the people generate trust and peace. “Of course when you lose at the ward level you can’t proceed to the LGA. So the peaceful LGA congress was as a result of the peaceful and successful ward congress we held last week,” he said.

    On his part, leader of the delegation that conducted the Ughelli North local government area congress, Olorogun Daniel Ekorhi in a chat, described the election as very peaceful.

    Ekorhi, who thanked members of the APC in Ughelli North local government area for conducting themselves in a very peaceful and orderly manner, also thanked the Almighty God that the APC now have elected executives in the area.

    The adoption of the unity list was necessary to avoid the crisis that rocked last Saturday’s ward congress of the party in the state, hence, leaders of the party at all levels reached agreement for a harmonised list to avert fresh squabbles in the local government congress in the state.

    It was gathered that the decision was reached in Abuja at a meeting attended by all prominent stakeholders including seven governorship aspirants on the platform of the APC.

    Dependable sources who confided the outcome of the meeting to our correspondent, noted that the move was to forestall further division in the party ahead of the 2019 elections in the state.

    Our sources added that the unity list is what the national working committee has approved for the local government congress as delegates in the 25 local government councils in the state.

    It was learnt that the national leadership was also making frantic efforts to unite the various blocs in the party as President Muhammadu Buhari was interested in grabbing Delta from the ruling People’s Democratic Party in 2019.