Tinubu, Buhari, Akpabio, others to attend APC NEC Wednesday

The ruling All Progressives Congress has called for the long-awaited meetings of the National Caucus and National Executive Committee, which were postponed last year.

The meetings will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, Saturday PUNCH exclusively gathered.

Earlier scheduled for September 11 and 12 last year in Abuja, the two crucial sessions were called off without any reason.

Five months after it was called off, concerns were raised over when the ruling party would hold the NEC meeting.

However, a leaked memo from the APC secretariat indicated that the party had secured new dates for the two political gatherings.

The memo signed by the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru, stated that while the National Caucus meeting would take place at the Presidential Villa banquet hall on February 25, the party’s national secretariat in Abuja would host the NEC the next day.

“Distinguished colleagues, kindly circulate the following to all party stakeholders in the states that the National Caucus Meeting of the party is scheduled to hold on Tuesday, 25 February 2025, at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa by 6pm.

“The National Executive Committee is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 26 February 2025, at the National Secretariat of the party. Best regards,” the memo read.

The crucial sessions of the two statutory organs of the party are expected to be chaired by President Bola Tiinubu and would also have Vice President Kashim Shettima and former President Muhammadu Buhari in attendance.

Also expected are the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje; the current Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, APC governors; former and serving speakers of the House of Representatives of the party; state party chairmen; the National Working Committee and other stakeholders.