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APC convention: Why caretaker committee is slow ― PGF DG APC convention: Why caretaker committee is slow ― PGF DG
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Director-General of the forum of governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has blamed certain leaders of the party for the slow pace of activities that would precede the conduct of its national convention.
The national secretary of the APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, had penultimate week announced the extension of the membership registration and revalidation exercise by three weeks, fuelling speculation of tenure elongation.
Akpanudoedehe said the CECPC took the decision to extend the exercise following the demands of stakeholders who expressed concern that a lot of Nigerians anxious to join the APC were being shut out.
APC crisis: Buni-led panel keeps mum on congresses, national convention plans
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File: Yobe State Governor and Chairman Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni
Published 1:15 am
The Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress led by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has kept mum of the level of preparations for the conduct of ward and local council congresses, as well as the national convention of the ruling party.
Secretary of the APC CECPC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, said the committee had been working underground on the conduct of the exercises. He, however, declined to state if the convention will hold in June as planned.
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee yesterday after an emergency meeting held at the party secretariat in Abuja maintained a graveyard silence regarding the party Congresses and convention.
There have been unconfirmed reports that the caretaker committee was plotting another six months extension which will end in December 2021 rather than conducting the party’s convention by June.
The Director General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, recently warned the Caretaker Committee led by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, not to abuse the confidence of President Muhammadu Buhari by delaying the National Convention of the party beyond June 2021.
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