The Labour Party, LP, has appointed former Minister of Finance, Senator Nnenadi Usman, as the Chairman of a 29-member National Caretaker Committee of the party.
This was a decision taken at the Labour Party’s extended stakeholders meeting held at the Banquet Hall of the Abia State Government House in Umuahia, Abia State capital on Wednesday, September 4.
The announcement of the appointment was made by the 2023 Presidential candidate of the party, Mr. Peter Obi.
Usman was elected a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2011. And she represented Kaduna South Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
However, Usman defected to the Labour Party during the 2023 general election.
Also, appointed to work with the former Senator is the 2023 Abia Central Senatorial candidate of the party in Abia State, Hon. Darlington Nwokocha.
In her acceptance speech, the former Finance Minister emphasized the need for the party to work together. She, however, promised to do her job with all diligence.
Meanwhile, the former chairman of the party, Julius Abure was absent from the meeting.
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