The NEC is the highest decision-making organ of the party, comprising state governors, serving and former presidents, former vice-presidents, the chairman and secretary of the board of trustees (BoT), principal officers of the national assembly, all state chairmen, members of the national working committee (NWC), former governors, and founding members, among others. https://www.thecable.ng/apc-el-rufai-was-sent-notice-for-nec-meeting-his-absence-a-personal-choice/