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Ahead of its Saturday state congresses, the All Progressives Congresses, APC Thursday inaugurated 5-member committees to conduct congresses in different states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Three-member appeal committees were also inaugurated to entertain appeals that may arise from the State Congresses.
APC National Organising Secretary, Osita Izunaso who inaugurated the committees on behalf of the National Chairman, John Oyegun stated that the congresses must be conducted in strict conformity with the party’s official APC Guidelines for State Congresses.
Izunaso said the state congress Committees are to hold meetings with stakeholders in the respective states on Friday before Saturday’s nationwide Congresses to elect State executive committee which include the traditional 17-member State Working Committees.
He charged the Congress Committees to ensure a free, fair, democratic and transparent process and warned against unilateral postponement of Sate Congresses without approval by the Party’s National Working Committee, NWC.
“Don’t deny anybody who has a payment teller a form. It is undemocratic… You don’t have the power to postpone the election. If you go to a State and you find out that it is impossible to conduct the election, you inform the NWC for approval.
” The National Convention is close by, we want to conclude these processes as quickly as possible”, the APC National Organising Secretary declared.
For the Appeal Committees, Izunaso said every petition from individuals who contested elections must be entertained but cautioned them to gauge the security situation in their respective state in deciding where to hold Appeal sittings.
He said the NWC has the final decision on appeals noting that, “if the place is volatile for the Appeal Committee, and they cannot sit you can sit in Abuja”.
James Kwen, Abuja
