APC Governors Backs New Convention Date
Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress has thrown their weight in support of the new date fixed for the party’s National Convention.
This was made known by the chairman of the Forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, after the Governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Tuesday.
The Governors also agreed on a fair zoning formula for all geopolitical zones.
The ruling party had postponed its National Convention, which was earlier scheduled for February 26 to March 26.
Although the Governors met on Monday evening, they refused to speak on the postponed convention at a press briefing later.
“Until we finish the meeting with Mr President, we will rather not comment on any timetable or logistics,” Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, said.
Channels have reported that the APC’s delay in conducting a national convention may not be unrelated to internal party wrangling and factions in several states. The APC leadership, it said, had been quiet about the processes which led to the convention and reasons why such processes have failed to happen.
Recall also that the days the APC fixed for purchase and submission of forms by aspirants and their screening did not hold, and there was no formal communication by the party.
“There were differences among [APC] Governors over the timing of the Convention,” Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna said after Tuesday’s meeting, according to a series of tweets by presidential aide Tolu Ogunlesi. “This is what the media called ‘divided governors’.
“There’s no way you can have 22 Governors agreeing on every issue. You can have differences, but the division is taking it too far.
“But after our meeting last night and our briefing with PMB today, we are all on the same page. We have agreed on a simple, equitable and fair zoning formula for all geopolitical zones. By God’s grace, by March 26, we will hold the APC national convention.
“Let there be no doubt that the Progressive Governors are United in our resolve to ensure that the Peoples Destruction Party doesn’t come back to power, ” Channels reports.
