Senator Abubakar Kyari, Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has taken over as acting National Chairman of the ruling party.
His appointment follows the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the National Chairman of the party.
In line with the constitution of the party, if a National Chairman resigns, the Deputy National Chairman from the zone would take over in acting capacity.
Kyari led some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) into a meeting which took place at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja amid tight security.
Those who went to the meeting with Kyari were: Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Enukwu; National Vice Chairman (North-West), Salihu Lukman; National Vice Chairman (North-East), Salihu Mustapha; National Vice Chairman (North Central), Muazu Bawa; National Vice Chairman (South-West), Issacs Kekemeke; National Vice Chairman (South-East), Ejoroma Arodiogu and the Deputy National Secretary, Barr. Festus Fuanter.
Kyari is the son of the late Brigadier Abba Kyari, a former Military Administrator of North Central from 1967 to 1975. He was born on 15 January 1960 in Borno State.
He obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee Martin in USA in 1986. He attended Webster University St. Louis Missouri, USA for his Masters in Business Administration in 1989.
He was elected member of the House of Representatives under the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) in 1998. In 1999, he was elected into the House of Representatives on the platform of the defunct All Peoples Party (APP).
From 2003 to 2005 and 2007 to 2011, he was Commissioner in Borno State. He was elected Senator representing Borno North on the platform of the APC in 2015. In 2019, he was re-elected and served till his appointment as Deputy National Chairman in 2022.
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