The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has constituted a caretaker committee led by Comrade Solomon Damina-John, to temporarily steer the affairs of its Nasarawa State chapter following a court order stopping its elective congress.
Amb. Sara-Igbe Sukubo, National President, NYCN, announced this during a press conference on Saturday in Lafia.
Represented by the Deputy National President, Amb. Innocent Nduanya, the president, said the decision to appoint the caretaker committee followed an order by a Nasarawa State High Court temporarily stopping the elective congress scheduled to be held on May 10.
She said the appointment of the committee was to ensure that there was no vacuum pending the resolution of the litigations over congress.
“The appointment takes immediate effect, pending further notice and the resolution of the ongoing litigation regarding the elective congress of the NYCN in the state,” she said.
Meanwhile, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, had issued a statement on behalf of the Commissioner, Mr Yakubu Kwanta, suspending the elective congress.
According to the statement, the suspension was in obedience to an interim injunction issued by a State High Court sitting in Keffi, restraining the conduct of the exercise.
The restraining order follows an ex-parte motion filed by one Muhammad Jaafar-Loko and seven others.
Alhassan also cited a pending court case at the State High Court, Obi, which was instituted by a former Chairman of the Council, Comrade Idris Ojoko, over his alleged illegal removal, as a reason for suspending the electoral congress till further notice.
The permanent secretary added that the decision was in obedience to the rule of law and maintenance of peace, as entrenched in the culture of the Governor Abdullahi Sule-led administration.
