Abdullahi Ganduje, the recently elected National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is set to preside over his inaugural National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on Tuesday, August 8th, 2023.
Naija News gathered that a party source who pleaded anonymity disclosed that members of the NWC will be holding a meeting on Tuesday at the APC headquarters in Abuja.
It will be Ganduje’s first official assignment to officiate the meeting.
Recall that the former Kano State governor and the Spokesperson for the ninth Senate, Senator Ajibola Basiru, were elected at the APC 12th National Executive Committee (NEC) Caucus meeting in Abuja on Thursday as the party’s national chairman and national secretary, respectively.
The duo replaced the former chairman and secretary, Abdullahi Adamu, and Iyiola Omisore, who resigned due to an internal—party crisis.
However, giving more details about the upcoming NWC meeting, the PDP chieftain, who pleaded anonymity, told The Punch, “We are having an NWC meeting on Tuesday. It will be Ganduje’s first official meeting.
“I am sure it is an effort on his part to get familiar with the committee members in a more relaxed atmosphere following the stress of the NEC meeting that approved his appointment. Basiru has also promised to make himself available for the meeting.”
Responding to what the agenda of the meeting will be, the source said the gathering would look into appointing officers for the vacant positions in the NWC.
Recount that the APC national women leader, Betta Edu, is part of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees. At the same time, the party’s northwest vice chairman, Salihu Lukman, had also resigned last month.
