{"id":198653,"date":"2026-04-09T18:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:17:39","slug":"nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention","title":{"rendered":"Nwosu: INEC Won&#8217;t Halt Our Congresses National Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ralph Nwosu, former national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said the party will still go ahead with its planned congresses and national convention despite the existing leadership problem and the position taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>Nwosu spoke on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief, on Thursday, where he said he said that the work for the 2027 general elections is still going as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing what we need to do in court and with INEC, but we will not let INEC stop any of our programs. After that bad INEC release, our chairman and the rest of us sat together and decided to continue moving forward. We sent our programme to INEC as required by law, and they approved it, all the dates were approved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the election rules, whether they come or not is up to them; we haven\u2019t done anything wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the party\u2019s congresses are already happening and that the national convention will take place as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe congresses have already started. Our national convention, which is scheduled for the 14th, will still take place, and during that time, we will review and confirm all the work we\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want people who only look for easy opportunities in the ADC. We want leaders who are driven by a mission and have the bravery to stand up to a flawed system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nwosu said the party will keep informing INEC about its activities, such as plans for choosing candidates before the next election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they don\u2019t agree, we\u2019ll share it with all Nigerian media because they speak for the people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Ralph Nwosu, former national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said the party will still go ahead with its planned congresses and national convention despite the existing leadership problem and the position taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Nwosu spoke on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief, on Thursday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nwosu: INEC Won&#039;t Halt Our Congresses National Convention - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ralph Nwosu, former national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said the party will still go ahead w ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nwosu: INEC Won&#039;t Halt Our Congresses National Convention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ralph Nwosu, former national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said the party will still go ahead w ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T17:02:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T18:17:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775758592.884491.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nwosu: INEC Won&#8217;t Halt Our Congresses National Convention\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-09T17:02:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-09T18:17:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775758592.884491.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nwosu-inec-wont-halt-our-congresses-national-convention\",\"name\":\"Nwosu: INEC Won't Halt Our Congresses National Convention - 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