ADC faction releases congress tips

A faction of the African Democratic Congress loyal to Nafiu Gombe on Friday launched detailed tips for the conduct of congresses and a nationwide conference for the 2025/2026 political yr.

The timetable and tips, contained in a round personally signed by Gombe, are geared toward strengthening inside democracy and repositioning the social gathering forward of future elections.

The event comes a day after the ADC faction distanced itself from the reported defection and registration of former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on the social gathering’s Enugu zonal workplace.

The faction, which described itself because the genuine nationwide management of the ADC, mentioned the reported registration violated the social gathering’s structure and established membership procedures.

Earlier, PidomNigeria On-line reported that Obi introduced his defection to the ADC at an occasion held on the Nike Lake Resort in Enugu State, the place he known as on Nigerians and opposition forces to unite underneath a broad coalition to “rescue Nigeria from poverty, disunity and democratic decline.”

Amongst different issues, Gombe defined in Friday’s round that the ADC’s actions would start with a Board of Trustees assembly on January 5, adopted by a Nationwide Govt Committee assembly two days later.

Key gadgets on the NEC agenda embody filling vacant positions within the Nationwide Working Committee, setting dates for membership registration and revalidation, in addition to preparations for ward, native authorities and state congresses.

The assertion partly learn, “The membership registration and revalidation will happen from January 2 to fifteen. This shall be adopted by ward government committee congresses on January 17, with issues arising to be addressed between January 19 and 22.

“Native authorities congresses are scheduled for January 24, whereas state government committee congresses shall be held on January 31, 2026.”

The social gathering additionally directed states to represent Congress Planning Committees, stressing that their membership should exclude people contesting for any state government workplace.

Gombe mentioned: “All individuals keen to contest for state places of work shall register their intentions with the State Congress Committee with an intention charge of N2,000, which the Congress Committee might utilise for the aim of financing the congresses, partly.

“The State Govt Committee shall supervise the work of the Congress Planning Committee to make sure strict compliance with the rules on State Congresses.”

On zoning, the ADC mentioned the composition and distribution of state government committee positions ought to, as a lot as practicable, replicate senatorial zones in keeping with the social gathering’s constitutional provisions.

The Nationwide Working Committee conference is scheduled to be held between February 13 and 15, 2026.

The social gathering emphasised that solely validly registered or revalidated members whose names seem within the official membership register can be eligible to take part within the congresses, in keeping with the ADC structure.

State chapters had been additionally directed to formally notify the Nationwide Secretariat of the dates, venues and instances of their congresses to allow correct communication with the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee.