BREAKING: Senator Usman Emerges Labour Party Caretaker Committee Chair

Senator Usman has emerged as Labour Party Caretaker Committee Chair.

NaijaOnPoint Nigeria reports that the Labour Party (LP) in its stakeholders meeting held in Umuahia, Abia State capital, on Wednesday, appointed Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the party.

Usman, a former Minister of Finance represented Kaduna South senatorial district from 2011 to 2015.

The Caretaker Committee is to rescue the party from its current leadership crisis, and organize a convention where a new leadership of the party would emerge from the Ward to the national stage.

The presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi; his running mate, Datti Ahmed; Senator Victor Umeh; the party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, Rhodes-Vivour, were among the party bigwigs present at the massively-attended meeting hosted by Gov. Alex Otti.