Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, late Saturday night emerged as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2022 National Convention of the party.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adamu emerged as the consensus candidate of the party after six other aspirants stepped down.
Prior to the commencement of the convention on Saturday, former Gov. George Akume, had earlier on Saturday revealed that six of the APC Chairmanship aspirants had withdrawn from the race.
Akume, presently the Minister of Special Duties, was a frontrunner in the chairmanship race before the reported endorsement of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu by President Buhari.
Akume made the revelation in a letter addressed to the APC Election Sub-Committee, National Secretariat, Abuja.
Adamu was therefore declared winner at the convention after a voice vote in which the ‘ayes’ had it.
NAN reports that the convention was attended by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
Others are: President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, APC governors, former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu and other party members as well as delegates. Chief Amaechi Nwoha, Federal Commissioner, South East, National Assembly Service Commission (NASSC) has congratulated Sen. Abdullahi Adamu on his emergence as APC National Chairman.
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Meanwhile. Chief Amaechi Nwoha, Federal Commissioner, South East, National Assembly Service Commission (NASSC) has congratulated Sen. Abdullahi Adamu on his emergence as APC National Chairman.
Nwoha said on Sunday that the new APC national chairman is a man of integrity and character, needed to steer the ship of the ruling party.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari and other party members for showing capacity in the choice of Adamu.
“Abdullahi Adamu is a stable character with what it takes to transit APC to greater heights.
“He is a man of vision with proven integrity and experience in leadership and I believe that he is the best for APC chairmanship at the moment,” he said.
The federal commissioner who congratulated Adamu and APC on their peaceful convention, said the new leadership would sustain the democratic achievements of the party.
According to him, Adamu is a man of the people with broad knowledge and contacts all over the country, which is a big advantage to the party.
It would be recalled that Adamu, was a former governor of Nasarawa.
