APC appoints ex-Gov. Masari Chairman forthcoming National Convention Committee

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed former Katsina State Governor and ex-Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Masari as Chairman of its forthcoming National Convention Committee slated for March.

This is contained in a statement from the office of the party’s National Publicity Secretary on Friday in Abuja.

The party also expanded the reconstituted and reshuffled leadership of its Central Coordination Committee for the convention from 73 to 90 members.

Former Senate President, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim will serve as Vice-Chairman I, alongside the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), while Kwara Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is the Vice-Chairman II.

Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni, will serve as the committee’s secretary.

Sen. Hope Uzodimma, the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) earlier announced as the committee’s chairman, will now serve as its treasurer.

The reconstituted committee includes all 27 serving APC governors, its former National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, Sen. Adams Oshiomole, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, and Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.

Key national lawmakers, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Reps Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, and his Deputy, Benjamin Kalu will all serve as members.

Other members of the committee include former senate presidents and speakers, serving and former principal officers of both chambers of the National Assembly and serving ministers.(NAN)

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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