ADC elects executives

Members of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Adamawa on Saturday held a congress to elect members of the state executive council of the party.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the executives emerged through affirmation by delegates from the 21 local government areas of the state.

Alhaji Yahya Hamman-Julde emerged Chairman, while Mallam Dauda Dautiye became Deputy Chairman.

Thd others are: Musa Hamman-Adama, Secretary; Umar Abubakar, Treasurer; Shuaibu Isa, Organising Secretary; Farouk Muhammed, Publicity Secretary; Mohammed Adamu, Youth Leader; and Zainab Bello Women Leader.

In his acceptance speech, the newly elected Chairman, Hamman-Julde, thanked ADC members for having confidence in him.

He pledged to carry the members along.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the Congress Committee, Alhaji Mijinyawa Kugama, lauded the maturity shown by the party members toward a hitch-free congress.

He urged maximum support for the new executives to ensure the party’s success in the 2019 General Elections.

The Leader of the party in the state, Sen. Abdul-Azeez Nyako (Adamawa Central), who recently defected from APC, said that the successful conduct of ADC’s congresses at all levels in the state showed growth.

He urged new executives of the party at all levels to ensure justice and fairness.