{"id":57099,"date":"2017-01-22T20:06:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T19:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=57099"},"modified":"2017-01-22T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T19:06:50","slug":"former-senate-president-ken-nnamani-joins-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/former-senate-president-ken-nnamani-joins-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani joins APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has joined Nigeria\u2019s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Nnamani said on Sunday that he joined the APC because of intense demand from his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>The former Senate President, who is currently the head of the Electoral Reform Committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari, registered as a member of the APC at his country home in Amechi-Uwani, in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.<\/p>\n<p>The development followed the commencement of the party\u2019s re-registration exercise in Enugu State and other parts of the South-East.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57100\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nnamani-joins-APC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nnamani-joins-APC-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"Nnamani joins APC\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nnamani-joins-APC-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nnamani-joins-APC-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nnamani-joins-APC-341x220.jpg 341w, https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nnamani-joins-APC.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nnamani joins APC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nnamani\u2019s registration was witnessed by some leaders of the party in the zone, including Vice Chairman, South-East, Chief Emma Eneukwu, Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, chairman of Enugu State chapter of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye, and the chairman of the registration committee, Rev. Tony Ibeabuchi.<\/p>\n<p>A broom was presented to the former Senate President after he registered as a member of the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Nnamani, who led the Senate from 2005 to 2007 as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, quoted a former U.S. House Speaker Tip O\u2019Neil to support his argument for joining the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll politics is local. I have to do what my constituents demanded by joining the APC at ward level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nnamani had been a member of the PDP since it was founded in 1998 until February 2016 when he abruptly severed ties with the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not believe I should continue to be a member of the PDP as it is defined today. This is certainly not the party I joined years ago to help change my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari named him the chairman of the electoral reform committee.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Us<\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_32x32_style addthis_default_style\"> <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_follow\" addthis:userid=\"pages\/NewMailNG\/156576314503603\"><\/a> <a class=\"addthis_button_twitter_follow\" addthis:userid=\"NewMailNG\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5328a5e30a5c9646\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has joined Nigeria\u2019s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Nnamani said on Sunday that he joined the APC because of intense demand from his constituents. The former Senate President, who is currently the head of the Electoral Reform Committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari, registered as a member of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":57101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2,4],"tags":[119,32,10940],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani joins APC | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has joined Nigeria\u2019s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/former-senate-president-ken-nnamani-joins-apc\/\" \/>\n<meta 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