We’ll organise convention before June 30 – APC

The APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has said a national convention will be organised before June 30, 2021.

The caretaker committee also assured that the Buhari administration would tackle the socio-ecomomic and security challenges bedevilling the nation.

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The committee was inaugurated on June 25, 2020, to run the party and organise a national convention within six months following the resolution of the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) by the National Executive Committee (NEC).

But its tenure was extended by NEC on December 8, 2020, by another six months.

A new year message titled “Rebuilding our party for a stronger democracy” signed by Yobe State Governor and Chairman of the  Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni, and Secretary, Sen. Akpan Udoedehe, said party leaders would be nominated to serve in the convention committees.

The APC said the congresses and national convention would be democratic and transparent.

“Accordingly, we will expedite the internal process of reconciliation and harmoniously resolve all pending leadership disagreements in the party before our national convention. Already, the process of membership registration/revalidation has commenced.

“Our party’s membership registration/revalidation will be followed by activities for the party’s leadership reconstitution at all levels, from ward, local government, state to national.

“And ahead of the congresses and national convention, competent party leaders will be invited to serve in Committees to ensure that the mandate of NEC is achieved before June 30, 2021,” the party also said.