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By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Following the conlusion of its national convention in the early hours of Sunday,the preferred candidate of the President Muhammadu Buhari for the position of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was ratified as the new national chairman of the party.
The ratification of Adamu and other members of the incoming National Working Committee(NWC) and zonal leaders of the party was part of activities at the convention, which commenced on Saturday and ended in the early hours of Sunday at the Eagles Square, Abuja.
Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, who had emerged as a consensus candidate, was not among those who initially expressed interest in the chairmanship position. He was later drafted into the race by the Presidency and some governors
Apart from Adamu, a former deputy governor of of Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, was named as the party’s national secretary.
A total of 22 persons were ratified to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years.
See the list of NWC members below;
Abubakar Kyari – Deputy National Chairman (North)
Emma Eneukwu- Deputy National Chairman (South)
Festus Fuanter- Deputy National Secretary
Muhazu Rijau- National Vice Chairman (North Central)
Mustapha Salihu- National Vice Chairman (North East)
Salihu Lukman- National Vice Chairman (North West)
Ijeoma Arodiogwu- National Vice Chairman (South East)
Victor Giadom- National Vice Chairman (South South)
Isaac Kekemeke- National Vice Chairman, (South West)
Ahmed El-Marzuk- National Legal Adviser
Uguru Ofoke- National Treasurer
Bashir Gumel-Financial Secretary
Suleiman Argungu-National Organising Secretary
Beta Edu-National Woman Leader
Abdullahi Israel-National Youth Leader
Tolu Bankole-Special Persons Leader
F.N. Nwosu- National Welfare Secretary
Felix Morka-National Publicity Secretary
Abubakar Maikafi-National Auditor
Bashir Gumel-National Financial Secretary
Ibrahim Salawu-Deputy National Legal Adviser
Omorede Osifo- Deputy National Treasurer.