Politics
NNPP dissolves executive committees in Bauchi, Oyo, 3 others
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has dissolved the party’s executive committees in Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Oyo and Taraba States.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja the NNPP National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson, said the dissolution affected the party’s entire executive structure from ward to state levels in the affected states.
He said the action was part of the resolutions reached at the end of the NWC emergency meeting held on Thursday in Abuja.
Johnson said the measures were to reposition and revitalise NNPP in the affected states.
According to him, the dissolved state executive committees will be replaced with caretaker committees in line with the party’s constitution.
He said: “The decision was pursuant to Article 14.2.1 (iv, v) and 15.2.1 (xvi) of the party’s constitution as amended on April 6, 2024.
“The dissolved executive committees shall in accordance with the party’s constitution be replaced by caretaker committees, which will be announced in a few days, for the stipulated period of time.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
SPECIAL REPORT: In Sokoto, classrooms overtaken by goats, reptiles, as insecurity, lack of teachers, govt inaction push children out of school
SHEHU MUHAMMAD SHEHU reports on how insecurity, government inaction and lack of qualified teachers has significantly forced up the number...
INVESTIGATION: Abia residents in pains, as contractor abandons erosion control project after collecting N185m
Fresh from fashion school in 2022, Onuka Kalu planned to convert one of his father’s two shops, where he formerly...
Trump halts $50m Gaza aid, cites ‘condoms in Gaza’ claim
In a sweeping move to reassess U.S. foreign aid spending, President Donald Trump has frozen a $50 million assistance package...
INVESTIGATION: In Zamfara, forgotten Health Center throws community into health crisis
In the late evening of Friday, September 14, 2024, shortly after the Maghrib prayer, Bashir Muhammad, a 34-year-old father of...
INVESTIGATION: Insufficient teachers, learning materials worsen education access in Kwara communities
Qudus, a Junior Secondary School (JSS 2) pupil, would sit the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in a year to...