- Northwest zone also shuts office
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the closure of its national secretariat in Abuja in honour of the late President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said the decision was made in line with the directives from the Acting National Chairman of the party, Bukar Dalori.
The statement reads: “The All Progressives Congress (APC) announces the closure of its national secretariat in Abuja in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.”
The party explained that the closure would hld between yesterday and Wednesday. Normal activities at the secretariat are expected to resume on Thursday, July 17.
“As directed by the Acting National Chairman of our great party, Bukar Dalori, the party’s national secretariat will be closed starting on Monday, July 14, and will reopen on Thursday, July 17, 2025,” Morka added.
The APC urged its members and supporters to observe the period of mourning with reverence.
“We urge party faithful to use this period of national mourning for quiet reflection and prayers for the repose of the soul of our departed leader,” the party said.
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Also, the zonal secretariat of the ruling APC in the Northwest yesterday ordered the closure of its zonal secretariat in honour of the late President Buhari.
In a statement by the Zonal Publicity Secretary, Malam Musa Mailafiya Mada, the party said the directive was in line with the decision of the APC national headquarters to close the party’s national secretariat for three working days to mourn the former Nigerian leader.
The Northwest Zonal Vice Chairman of the party, Garba Mohammed Datti, said the closure started yesterday, adding that the secretariat would resume operations on Thursday, July 17.
Datti also instructed all seven state chapters of the APC in the zone to shut down their secretariats during the mourning period equally.