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APC postpones caucus, NEC meetings over Tinubu’s new ECOWAS role

The APC National Caucus is chaired by the president, his vice-president, the party’s former governors as members, among others.

• July 10, 2023
APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and Bola Tinubu
APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and Bola Tinubu

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings earlier scheduled for July 10 and 11 to July 18 and 19.

Iyiola Omisore, the party’s National Secretary announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, regretting the postponement and the inconveniences that was caused.

He explained that the postponement was necessitated by the regional and sub-regional schedules and engagements of President Bola Tinubu as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

“Members of the National Caucus and NEC of the APC are hereby informed that our meetings of July 10th and 11th of July, have been postponed to July 18th and 19th 2023 respectively,” he said.

The APC National Caucus, which is a statutory organ of the party, is chaired by President Tinubu and has the Vice-President, Sen Kashim Shettima and all the party’s former governors as members.

Its membership also includes the party’s serving governors, and members of its National Working Committee (NWC) among others.

(NAN)

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