BREAKING: Tinubu’s loyalists dominate as APC sets up Convention Committees

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

APC released the list of Special Convention Committees members on Wednesday

By Emma Ogbuehi

Ahead of its special convention to select its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a list of sub-committee to handle various aspects of the exercise

The list was released on Wednesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.

Loyalists of former Lagos State governor and presidential aspirant of the party, Bola Tinubu, featured prominently in the list. They include Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, who co-chairs the Finance and Logistics, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, who heads the Accreditation and Decoration sub-committee, Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, in charge of Security and Compliance sub-committee. Gboyega Oyetola, Governor of Osun State, another Tinubu acolyte, co-chairs the Accommodation sub-committee.

APC is expected to hold a convention between June 6 and 8 where the presidential candidate is to emerge from about 23 aspirants.

The release of the list of the sub-committee members came on the heels of President Muhammadu Buhari unfolding his criteria for the ideal presidential candidate of the party for the elections.

The President made the disclosure while meeting with APC Governors in Abuja, where he alluded to consensus as an option for the primary.

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See the full list of Sub-Committee Chairpersons below:

1. Budget – H.E. Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, Governor of Gombe State

Co-Chair: Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed

2. Finance and Logistics – H.E. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State

3. Accreditation and Decoration – H.E. Prince Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State

4. Security and Compliance – H.E. Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State

Co-Chair: Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (Rtd.), former Minister of Interior

5. Election Planning – H.E. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, Governor of Kebbi State

Co-Chair: H.E. Hope Uzodinma, Governor of Imo State

6. Transportation – H.E. (Dr.) Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Governor of Kano State

Deputy: Dr. Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory

7. Accommodation – H.E. Babagana Umara Zulum, Governor of Borno State

Co-Chair: H.E. Gboyega Oyetola, Governor of Osun State

8. Media and Publicity- H.E. Abdullahi Sule, Governor of Nasarawa State

9. Medicals – Dr. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment

Co-Chair: Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, former Minister of Health

10. Legal: Abubakar Malami SAN, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice

11. Venue and Site Servicing: H.E. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, Governor of Zamfara State

Co-Chair: Mohammed Musa Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory

12. Election Appeal – H.E. Mai Mala Buni, Governor of Yobe State

13. Hospitality and Welfare – H.E. Simon Lalong, Governor of Plateau State

Co-Chair: Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development

14. Protocols –  H.E. Aminu Bello Masari, Governor of Katsina State

15. Digital Communications – H.E. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Governor of Kwara State

16. Pre-Convention/Management/ Rapporteur – H.E. Mallam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State

Deputy: Dame Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs

17. Presidential Screening Appeal – H.E. Abubakar Sani Bello, Governor of Niger State

Co-Chair: Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives

18. Accreditation of Diplomats – H.E. Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy President of the Senate

Co-Chair: Geoffrey  Onyeama, Minister for Foreign Affairs

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