President Bola Tinubu is presiding over the National Caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), marking the first of such gathering since he assumed office on May 29, 2023.
The high-level meeting is holding at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja with key party leaders in attendance.
The Caucus meeting is preceding the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) scheduled to hold at the party secretariat at Wuse 2, Abuja, tomorrow.
The meeting commenced by 07:20pm with the arrival of the President, who is the leader of the ruling party.
Among those in attendance are Vice President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, and APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje.
Ganduje was accompanied by nine other members of the National Working Committee (NWC), including the deputy national chairmen (North and South), national secretary, legal adviser, treasurer, organizing secretary, women leader, youth leader, and leader of persons living with disabilities.
Also present are APC Governors, Imo’s Hope Uzodinma, who serves as Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum.
Among the key issues on the agenda is the scheduling of a non-elective convention, in line with the party’s constitution.
The caucus is also expected to deliberate on the formation of party standing committees, a presentation on the establishment of The Progressive Institute (TPI), and the implementation of a membership e-registration exercise.
Additionally, the meeting will review a report from the national legal adviser concerning ongoing litigations involving the party in various courts.
Other attendees at the meeting include members of the Nigeria Governors Forum led by Governor of Lagos State,
Other Governors in attendance are Babajide Sanwoolu (Lagos); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Babagana Zulum (Borno); Uba Sani (Kaduna); Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto (Sokoto) and Hyacinth Alia (Benue) among others.
Also present are South-South leaders of the ruling party, led by Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Silva.
Notable leaders of the governing party from the northern present at the meeting include Senator Abdulaziz Yari, Former Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al Makura and Senator Aliyu Wammako
Founding National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande; Chief Iyiola Omisore, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Senator Lola Ashiru and few others from South-West are also present.
Also at the maiden caucus meeting are the former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara; former Cross River Governor Ben Ayade and Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.