Messrs Ganduje and Bashir replace Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, who resigned in July.
has confirmed the former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, as the national chairman of the party.Their confirmation was announced on Thursday at the NEC meeting held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.
Messrs Ganduje replaced Abdullahi Adamu while Mr Bashir took over from Iyiola Omisore, as the substantive secretary of the party. PREMIUM TIMES had reported that Messrs Adamu and Omisore, last month, resigned as the national chairman and national secretary.Mr Ganduje is being investigated by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission over the alleged dollar bribe videos.
The former governor Mr Ganduje was caught in a video receiving dollars from a contractor and keeping it in his cloth during his tenure.The party has several vacancies in its NWC. Apart from the positions national chairman and secretary, which have now been filled, those of the deputy national chairman , vice chairman and national legal adviser and national women leader are still vacant.
Abubakar Kyari, the deputy national chairman who has been acting as national chairman since last month, and the National Women Leader,
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