Isaac Samuel
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has constituted a 60-member National Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections, with its National Leader, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, as chairman and presidential candidate Peter Obi as co-chairman.
The party’s National Chairman, Senator Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe, will serve as vice-chairman, while its vice-presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is the co-vice-chairman.
The council is expected to coordinate the party’s campaigns nationwide, covering the presidential election, National Assembly seats, governorships and state Houses of Assembly, as the opposition party prepares to mobilise support for its candidates ahead of the polls.
The NDC National Secretary, Barrister Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu, will serve as secretary of the campaign council, while Mallam Ibrahim Hussain Abdulkarim has been named Director-General of the presidential campaign.
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, is listed as a member of the National Campaign Caucus and chairman of the National Campaign Advisory Council.
Other members of the National Campaign Caucus include Deputy National Chairmen Sidi Bomi Abdul and Babatunde F. Alli; Senator Ovie Omo-Agege; Senator Victor Umeh; Buba Galadima; Professor Yakubu Ochefu; Professor Mahmud Gambo Jahun; Moshood Salvador; and the party’s National Woman Leader, Dudu Manuga.
Also listed are Victor Ogene, chairman of the NDC House of Representatives Caucus, and Muktar Usman, a member of the caucus.
The party has also constituted a National Campaign Advisory Council to provide guidance and support for its campaign activities, with Lawal as chairman, Senator Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe as co-chairman and former governor of Anambra State, Dr Sam Egwu, as vice-chairman.
Enekweizu will serve as secretary of the advisory council, while Dr Danladi Abdulhameed Tambari has been named assistant secretary.
The advisory council comprises representatives from states across the country and the Federal Capital Territory, reflecting the party’s effort to establish a nationwide structure for its 2027 campaign.
Among those named are Chief Onyema Ugochukwu for Abia State; Obong Ini Okon for Akwa Ibom; Hon. Oseloka Obaze for Anambra; Madaki A. Mohammed for Bauchi; Dr O.O. Osusu for Bayelsa; Dr Tor Ujah for Benue; and Ibrahim Alhaji S. Matawalle for Borno.
Other representatives include Chief Ugba Murphy for Cross River; Professor Pat Utomi for Delta; Senator Roland Owie for Edo; Senator Akinyede Sola for Ekiti; Dr Okwesiliese Nwodo for Enugu; Hon. Uche Okonkwo for the FCT; Professor Iliya Ishaya Jalo for Gombe; and Chief Achike Udenwa for Imo.
The list also provides for representatives from Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo and Osun states, with further names covering the remaining states.
The constitution of the campaign structures comes amid preparations by the NDC to strengthen its organisation and coordinate mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The party said the National Campaign Council would provide strategic leadership, coordinate campaign activities nationwide and mobilise Nigerians behind its vision of a new, just and prosperous Nigeria.
It urged members, supporters and Nigerians sympathetic to its objectives to remain united and focused as it works towards the elections.
The party reiterated its message that “a new and working Nigeria is possible.”
