{"id":242912,"date":"2026-05-10T11:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/dayo-ekong-emerges-ndc-deputy-chairman-south-west\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T11:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T11:56:17","slug":"dayo-ekong-emerges-ndc-deputy-chairman-south-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/dayo-ekong-emerges-ndc-deputy-chairman-south-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayo Ekong emerges NDC Deputy Chairman South West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dayo Ekong, has been elected as the Deputy Chairman (South West) for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ekong\u2019s emergence as a party leader took place at the NDC\u2019s National Convention which took place on Saturday, May 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking shortly after the event, Ekong said it is a great honour for her to serve in the NDC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She also described the just-concluded party\u2019s National convention as the best and one of its kind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI am delighted to have led a strong and coordinated South West and Lagos delegation to the NDC National Convention in Abuja, where party stakeholders gathered to discuss the future of the party ahead of the 2027 general elections,\u201d Ekong said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the convention, she also joined other party leaders in welcoming dignitaries, stakeholders, lawmakers, youth groups, and supporters from across the country to the convention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to her, the South West delegation recorded one of the convention\u2019s most visible and organised representations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She also said the delegation actively participated in strategic meetings, leadership consultations, and other convention activities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ekong said, \u201cSupporters from across the region also reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the party\u2019s structure and unity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dayo Ekong, has been elected as the Deputy Chairman (South West) for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). Ekong\u2019s emergence as a party leader took place at the NDC\u2019s National Convention which took place on Saturday, May 9. Speaking shortly after the event, Ekong said it is a great honour for her to serve in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":242913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[3508,3509,3482,3510,3511,3483,3512],"class_list":["post-242912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-dayo-ekong","tag-national-deputy-chairman","tag-ndc","tag-ndc-convention","tag-ndc-national-convention","tag-nigeria-democratic-congress-ndc","tag-south-west"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7995.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}