Some of the LP officials who attended the meeting in Umuahia.
By Valentine Amanze
Labour Party (LP) has appointed Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, to head an interim National Working Committee (NWC), with a 90-day mandate, to organize congresses at all levels of the party including a National Convention to elect substantive officers of the party.
The appointment was part of the measures to ending the crisis in the party since the controversial National Convention in a hotel room in Nnewi, Anambra State, by the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC).
Senator Usman will be assisted in the 29-member transition committee by former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Darlington Nwokocha, who will act as Secretary.
The decision was reached at a meeting in Umuahia on Wednesday attended by the Presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi; Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, Dr Datti Baba-Ahmad; deputy governor of Abia State and all elected legislators under LP at the National and state levels as well as gubernatorial candidates of the party in the 2023 polls and other stakeholders.
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In her acceptance speech, Nenadi promised to work with her team for the unity and growth of the party.
Meanwhile, the Peter Obi Media Office (POMR) has been besieged by Labour Party adherents across the country calling and commending the move as long expected.
They noted that the bold political move was coming 48 hours after a National Coordinator was appointed for the Obidient Movement, a critical component of the Labour Party pushing for the Presidential ambition of their leader, Peter Obi.
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