Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Dayo Israel; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Chairman, Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojebabi during a dinner at the Lagos Governor’s Lodge, Abuja.
THE NATIONAL LEADER OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU HAS CONGRATULATED THE NEWLY ELECTED NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY SAYING THEY SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS BUT THAT THEY MÙST ALSO BE READY TO WORK AS THEY HAVE MUCH WORK TO DO.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TINUBU
The former Lagos State Governor in a brief congratulatory message he sent to the new party exco, Lagos representatives inclusive, on Sunday, he charged them to be proud of their new positions.
Abdullahi Adamu, a former Nasarawa State Governor who became the new National Chairman of APC on Saturday and all other members of the exco emerged through a consensus arrangement after other aspirants withdrew from the race.
The consensus candidates were confirmed through voice vote at the national convention of the party.
Tinubu, a presidential aspirant for the upcoming general election, who was present at the Eagle Square for the party’s national convention on Saturday, tweeted, “I also congratulate all newly elected members of our new National Working Committee, led by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu.
“Be proud of your appointments but be, also, ready to work, for you have much work to do.”
Earlier, the Lagos State chapter of the party has settled for a 36-year-old Dayo Israel and former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba as National Youth Leader and South-West Zonal Organising Secretary respectively in today’s APC National Convention.
The decision of the Lagos APC was announced by the party chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojebabi during a dinner organised for party chieftains and delegates at the Lagos Governor’s Lodge, Abuja on Friday night by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The dinner was attended by Governor Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Lagos APC chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi; members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex leadership body of Lagos APC; members of National Assembly from Lagos State; Lagos State House of Assembly members; State Executive Council members and Chairmen of the Local Governments in Lagos State, among others.
Speaking during the dinner, Governor Sanwo-Olu, who commended all the party leaders and delegates for traveling from Lagos to Abuja to participate in the APC national convention, expressed his support for Israel and Ibirogba as chosen by the party to represent Lagos in the National Working Committee as well as the South West level of the APC.
“They have shown our two candidates that we are bringing forward; the National Youth Leader, Dayo Isreal from Lagos Island in Lagos Central, and Mr. Lateef Ibirogba from Alimosho in Lagos West. We are sure that they will represent us very well,” he said.
Ojelabi commended the governor for putting together the dinner and his contribution to the progress of the party. He also commended the delegates for traveling from Lagos for the convention.
