On Wednesday the Labour Party (LP) appointed a caretaker committee headed by a former minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman at a stakeholders meeting held in Umuahia, Abia State capital, at the instance of the Governor of Abia State Alex Otti.
Usman’s appointment was announced during the stakeholders’ meeting that got the blessings of the majority of stakeholders comprising of elected representatives and the party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate Baba Datti Ahmed.
The new leadership is saddled with rescuing the party from its current leadership crisis.
Senator Usman, a former Minister of Finance and representative of Kaduna South senatorial district from 2011 to 2015, will lead the 29-member committee tasked with reorganizing the party and setting it on a path to electoral success.
The committee has 90 days to complete its assignment, which includes organizing a convention to elect new leadership from the ward to the national stage.
The immediate-past Senate Minority Deputy Leader, Senator Darlington Nwokocha from Abia Central, will serve as the Committee’s Secretary.
The meeting was attended by party officials, including presidential candidate Peter Obi, his running mate Datti Ahmed, Senator Victor Umeh, and Lagos State governorship candidate Rhodes-Vivour.
