Uzodimma heads APC’s national convention committee

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has been appointed to head the Central Coordination Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2026 National Convention scheduled for next month.

Governor Uzodimma, who is also the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), will lead the 73-member Central Coordination Committee for the all important National Convention dominated majorly by the state governors.

The ruling party, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, yesterday, highlighted that all the state governors were parts of the committee.

Also named in the committee include Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, as Vice Chairman, while the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, will function as Secretary of the Committee.

The Committee was constituted by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC as part of preparations for the party’s 2026 National Convention.

The elective National Convention is part of the activities leading to the selection of the delegates that elect the candidates to represent the party in the 2027 general elections.

It is also at the Convention that the delegates who will vote at the party primary elections would be determined.

Other members of the National Convention include serving and former governors and some serving and former members of the National Assembly, who are members of the party.