APC Names Masari to Head National Convention Committee, Expands Membership to 90

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed former Katsina State Governor and ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. A...

 

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed former Katsina State Governor and ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, as chairman of its Central Coordination Committee for the party’s forthcoming National Convention.

The appointment follows a reconstitution and reshuffle of the committee’s leadership, with its membership expanded from 73 to 90, ahead of the convention scheduled for next month.

Under the new structure, former Senate President Senator Anyim Pius Anyim will serve as Vice Chairman I, alongside the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, while Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been named Vice Chairman II. Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, will act as secretary of the committee.

Meanwhile, Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who was earlier designated as committee chairman, has been reassigned as treasurer.

Announcing the changes in Abuja on Friday, APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, said the reconstitution was the outcome of extensive consultations with party leadership and key national stakeholders. He added that various sub-committees under the Central Coordination Committee would be constituted and unveiled in the coming days.

Basiru noted that the reconstituted committee comprises all 27 serving APC governors, former national chairmen of the party—Chief Bisi Akande, Senator Adams Oshiomole, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje—as well as top national lawmakers.

Also listed as members are Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, former Senate Presidents and Speakers, serving and former principal officers of the National Assembly, and several ministers.

Among the ministers on the committee are Atiku Bagudu (Budget and Planning), Gen. Christopher Musa (Defence), Mohammed Idris (Information and National Orientation), Senator Ibrahim Giadam (Police Affairs), and Minister of Interior, Hon. Bunmi Tunji Ojo.