The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed July 24 for a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to choose a new national chairman, Peak Newspaper Nigeria reports.
The decision was reached at an emergency meeting of the NWC held on Monday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Abdullahi Ganduje, former national chairman of the APC, resigned from his position last Friday.
His resignation came as a surprise to many within the party.
Following Ganduje’s exit, his deputy from the north assumed leadership in an acting capacity.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Festus Fuanter, deputy national secretary of the APC, said the NEC meeting would allow the party to formally nominate a new chairman.
He said the party had already forwarded a notice of the NEC meeting to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
