The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set July 24, 2025, because the date for its Nationwide Government Committee (NEC) assembly to formally nominate a brand new nationwide chairman following the resignation of Abdullahi Ganduje.
The choice was taken throughout an emergency session of the social gathering’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) on Monday, June 30, at its headquarters in Abuja.
Ganduje stepped down from his place as APC nationwide chairman final Friday.
His resignation was later confirmed by the social gathering’s nationwide publicity secretary, Felix Morka, who mentioned the transfer was to permit Ganduje attend to “pressing and vital” private issues.
Within the interim, Ganduje’s deputy from the North, Ali Bukar Dalori, has taken over in an appearing capability.
Chatting with journalists after the NWC assembly, Festus Fuanter, deputy nationwide secretary of the APC, mentioned the upcoming NEC session would give the social gathering an opportunity to endorse a substantive chief.
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“As you might be all conscious, the Nationwide Government Committee is the apex physique of the social gathering. And so, no matter it’s that we do now, together with the endorsement of the Nationwide Chairman, should additionally obtain the blessings of the NEC,” Fuanter mentioned.
”And throughout the assembly, in the event that they so want {that a} new chairman is nominated, we’ll additionally settle for such nomination after which watch for the conference the place the ultimate place of the social gathering can be made so far as the substantive chairman is worried.
“In order that’s as a lot as I can inform you. And the date, the recommended date for the NEC assembly is the twenty fourth of July, 2025. It’s going to be right here within the premises of the APC.”
Fuanter additionally confirmed {that a} discover of the NEC assembly had been forwarded to the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).
On Saturday, APC governors described Ganduje’s resignation as a “strategic” resolution aimed toward bettering the social gathering’s construction and efficiency.
In a communiqué launched after a two-day assembly in Benin Metropolis, the governors mentioned the event shouldn’t be interpreted as inside disaster, however as a part of broader reforms to reposition the APC.
