‘Why APC convention postponement is desirable’

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals and Great Minds has said that the shift in dates of the party’s convention is in the interest of the nation’s democratic development and not an aberration.

The Convener of the professionals, Ambassador Ugokwe Prince, said on Monday in Abuja that their stance was due to the success recorded in the fight against the erosion of the nation’s democracy as APC members have proven that the collective will is superior to the imposition of a minority, irrespective of how fierce that minority may be.

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“We recalled that there has been a lot of rumblings over the forced scheduling of the elective National Convention of the APC for Saturday, February 26, 2022.

“The date was widely rejected, criticized, and kicked against by APC stakeholders. Only those that imposed the date on the party, were in support of the inauspicious date.

“The rejection of that stemmed mostly from the obvious reason that the party is still too fractured and splintered at some state chapters, caused mostly by the same state governors.

“Even the Reconciliatory Committee, led by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, appealed for more time to reconcile more factions. There were also other factors, like logistics and the need for further consultations before the convention,” Prince said.

He said that those calling for the convention to be shifted from the February 26 date meant well for the party.

He lamented that some state governors were hell-bent on holding the event on the date they have chosen as part of their selfish intention to hijack the party from its true owners, which are the party members.

He said, “It is on record that the governors resorted to extreme measures to impose their minority decision on the rest of us. We have noted this act of belligerence against party members and there shall be a reckoning.

“We are pleased that reason has finally prevailed, and the National Executive Committee (NEC) has agreed a reversed timetable of the party’s activities which has effectively postponed the APC National Convention to a later date.

“APC Professionals and Great Minds, therefore, endorses the reversed timetable and the rescheduling of the national convention. For us, this development is an attestation that reason has prevailed against selfish interest.”

He also said that the decision to postpone the convention is a welcome development within the party and it is good for Nigeria’s democracy and that there is no denying that the crisis over the scheduling of the convention was beginning to impact the entire nation negatively.