APC Governors Meet In Abuja, Insist On February For National Convention

All Governors elected on the platform of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, had a meeting on Sunday night and decided that the party’s convention must hold in February.

The APC has been unable to hold a convention and elect new national leaders since its former leadership, led by Adams Oshiomhole, was kicked out in 2020. The party has since been led by an interim management committee led by the Yobe State Governor, Mala Buni.

During their meeting, the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of APC governors assured that the party’s national convention will take place in February.

Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Chairman of the PGF said this while speaking with journalists at the end of a closed-door meeting on Sunday night in Abuja.

Mr Bagudu, who did not give a definite date for the event, stated that the February date as approved by the President, Muhammadu Buhari was sacrosanct and still feasible for the conduct of the event.

He further said that the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), as an organ of the party, was in the best position to announce the exact date for the convention.

According to him, “We are one group of stakeholders in the party and our party respects institutions. The appropriate organ of the party that will announce a date for the national convention is the CECPC.”

Mr Bagudu said the meeting passed a vote of confidence on the Buni-led CECPC and two other governors, Governor Muhammed Bello of Niger and Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun.

He maintained that the governors had done a great job of running the party successfully and had mobilised people into the party fold, saying that the PGF was very excited with their conduct.