Yusuf Dantalle re-elected as IPAC national chair

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has re-elected Yusuf Dantalle as its national chairman.

Dantalle was re-elected for another two-year term on Monday in Abuja.

Dantalle is the national chairperson of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).

He reclaimed the IPAC chairmanship unanimously after Kenneth Udeze of the Action Alliance, his only rival, withdrew from the contest.

IPAC serves as the umbrella organisation for all registered political parties in Nigeria.

Other elected officers are Zainab Ibrahim (deputy national chairman), Maxwell Mgbudem (national secretary), and Maryam Garba Bagel (deputy national secretary).

Dipo Olayoku (national treasurer), Chinyere Kalu (national organising secretary), Umar Mohammed (national financial secretary), Martins Egbeola (national publicity secretary), and Obed Agu (national legal adviser) make up the executive team. 

Speaking afterwards, Dantalle said the election is a “victory for sustainable democracy and development in IPAC and the nation”.

“It is our collective victory and a triumph of hope for a better, greater and brighter Inter Party Advisory Council,” he said.

Dantalle added that he kept his promise to establish the directorates for women, youth, and persons with disabilities.

“IPAC will keep growing from strength to strength as we collaborate with stakeholders and citizens to build a strong, virile, united, equitable and inclusive democratic nation,” he said.