Rochas, El-Rufai, Shettima In APC 68-member Convention Committee

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday announced a 68-member committee to oversee its upcoming national elective convention.

Osita Izunaso, the National Organising Secretary of the party, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday.

Mr Izunaso, however, did not reveal when the party will hold its first national convention in three years.

The committee is chaired by Badaru Abubakar, governor of Jigawa state, while its deputy chairman and secretary are Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state; and Ben Uwajumogwu respectively.

Also included in the committee are governor Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), and Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe).

Others are Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Bindo Jibrilla (Adamawa), Yahaya Bello (Kogi) and Godwin Ibaseki (Edo).

The senators in the committee are Ahmed Yerima, Adamu Aliero, Danjuma Goje, Abdullahi Adamu, George Akume, Ovie Omo-Agege, Andrew Uchendu, Abdullahi Danbaba, Baba Kuka and John Enoh.

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and productivity and Uguru Usani, his Niger Delta counterpart are also on the list.

The committee is said to be a fall out of President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to kick against the tenure elongation of the party’s current national working committee led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

Here is a full list of the members of the convention committee: