Labour Party (LP) has nominated Nenadi Usman, a former Finance Minister, to chair its 29-member national caretaker committee.
Gatekeepers News reports that the decision was made during a stakeholders meeting held at the Abia Government House in Umuahia, convened by Abia State Governor Alex Otti.
“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,” said Daniel Gambo, a member of the national transition committee formed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
The committee, which includes representatives from the senate, house of representatives, six geopolitical zones, NLC, and TUC, aims to conduct state congresses and a national convention. Notably, Peter Obi, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, attended the meeting.
However, factional chairmen Julius Abure and Callistus Okafor rejected the stakeholders meeting, calling it “illegal.”
Okafor claimed that some individuals were using the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to validate their “selfish interests.”
