2027: SDP restructures management, appoints new nationwide officers

The Social Democratic Celebration (SDP) has introduced the appointment of recent nationwide officers as a part of efforts to strengthen its inner construction and improve preparations forward of the 2027 normal elections.

The appointments, which had been accepted by the celebration’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC), had been made public in a press release issued on Thursday by the Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba.

In line with Aiyenigba, the choice to fill the vacant positions adopted a latest NWC assembly chaired by the celebration’s Nationwide Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam.

“This restructuring is according to the provisions of the SDP Structure and the mandate given to the NWC by the Nationwide Conference,” Aiyenigba stated.

“It’s a strategic transfer to fortify the celebration’s management base as we gear up for the 2027 elections.”

The brand new appointments embrace Senator Ugochukwu Uba as Deputy Nationwide Chairman (South), Professor Sadiq Umar Abubakar as Deputy Nationwide Chairman (North), and Mr. Hussani Ado Bello as Nationwide Monetary Secretary.

Senator Uba, a seasoned politician from Anambra State, beforehand served as Director-Normal and Commissioner in the course of the SDP-led administration of the late Governor Chukwuemeka Ezeife in 1992. He was additionally a member of the Centre for Democratic Research (CDS) underneath Professor Omo Omoruyi in the course of the Babangida period.

Professor Sadiq Umar Abubakar, from Gombe State, is a statistician and tutorial with a Ph.D. in Political Financial system and Improvement. He was the pioneer Nationwide Secretary of the SDP from 2010 to 2015 and the celebration’s governorship candidate in Gombe State in 2011. He additionally served as the primary Director-Normal of the Inter-Celebration Advisory Council (IPAC) in Nigeria.

Mr. Hussani Ado Bello, a chartered accountant from Kano State, is a retired civil servant and finance marketing consultant. He beforehand served because the SDP Kano State Chairman in 2018, Organising Secretary of IPAC in 2019, and Chairman of the Discussion board of SDP State Chairmen in 2020.

Aiyenigba emphasised that the brand new officers had been rigorously chosen based mostly on their expertise, loyalty, and capability to contribute meaningfully to the celebration’s nationwide imaginative and prescient.

“These appointments, efficient from Could 15, 2025, replicate our dedication to inclusive and efficient management that can drive the celebration ahead,” he added.