Dalori Presides Over First APC NWC Meeting As Acting Chairman

Dalori Presides Over First APC NWC Meeting As Acting Chairmann.
APC’s CPC bloc pushes for Al-Makura to replace Ganduje.
NWC holds key meeting to discuss party’s next political direction.

The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ali Bukar Dalori, on Monday officially stepped in as the Acting National Chairman of the ruling party, following the resignation of former National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Dalori assumed leadership at a crucial National Working Committee (NWC) meeting held at the APC National Secretariat on Blantyre Street, Abuja. The session marked his first official duty as the party’s acting leader.

Naija News reports that the Monday meeting was convened to deliberate on key internal party matters, including the party’s next steps amid recent leadership changes and the ongoing political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Present at the meeting were the National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, and other top members of the party’s leadership structure.

Dalori’s emergence follows Ganduje’s resignation, which created a fresh leadership vacuum at the top of the party. Ganduje, who is the immediate past Governor of Kano State, stepped down amid mounting internal pressures and fresh alignments within the party’s national structure.

Meanwhile, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) bloc within the APC has begun lobbying to reclaim the chairmanship position, citing equity and fairness as their justification.

Sources within the CPC bloc, speaking to Daily Trust, confirmed that the group has intensified efforts to fill the vacant position. The North Central APC Forum has reportedly thrown its weight behind Senator Tanko Al-Makura, a former Nasarawa State governor and the only CPC governor between 2011 and 2019, as the preferred candidate to succeed Ganduje.