The Labour Party (LP) has nominated Nenadi Usman, a former minister of finance, to chair its 29-member national caretaker committee.
Daniel Gambo, a member of the national transition committee formed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), confirmed the development to TheCable on Wednesday.
He said Usman was nominated during the LP stakeholders meeting held at the Banquet Hall of the Abia Government House in Umuahia, the state capital.
The stakeholders meeting of the party was convened by Alex Otti, governor of Abia state.
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“The stakeholders met at the Banquet hall of Abia state government house during which Hon. Senator Nenadi Usman was unanimously nominated to chair the newly constituted LP caretaker committee to see to the conduct of state congresses and the all inclusive national convention,” Gambo said.
“The secretary is Hon Darlington Onwokocha. The house endorsed the constitution of a 29-member committee drawn from the senate, house of representatives, the six geopolitical zones, NLC and TUC.”
In attendance were Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the party in 2023, Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, among others.
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Julius Abure and Callistus Okafor, factional chairmen of the party, had rejected calls for a stakeholders meeting of the party, declaring it as illegal.
Okafor had claimed that some unnamed persons were using the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to validate their “selfish interests”.
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