Trouble As APC Battles Consensus Crisis, Buhari and Governors To Meet

Trouble As APC Battles Consensus Crisis, Buhari and Governors To Meet

  • Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress is having serious challenges over their forthcoming national convention
  • The party's issues stemmed from the move to choose its next national working committee members through consensus
  • Meanwhile, a top source in the presidency disclosed that Buhari would meet the APC governors on Tuesday

The All Progressives Congress governors and President Muhammadu Buhari are expected to pick a new date for the party's national convention, which was earlier slated for February 26.

Punch Newspaper reports that the APC failed to sell forms to any aspirant with less than six days to go.

APC battles consensus crisis, Buhari and governors to meet
Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress is having serious challenges over their forthcoming national convention. Photo: Femi Adesina
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It reported that a top source in the presidency disclosed that the president would meet the APC governors on Tuesday, February 22.

Meanwhile, a chairmanship aspirant, Sunny Moniedafe, who lamented that the party was planning on postponing the convention yet again stated:

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“Honestly speaking, I am disappointed with the situation. These things could have been handled differently. Everyone knows that we have just six days left so it is nearly impossible, definitely, this convention will not hold on February 26 and this could have been avoided.
“There is nothing wrong in telling us early enough that the convention would not hold. Personally, I have been waiting for this convention for the last 20 months. I started (campaigning) in June 2020. I was thinking they would do it in December 2020 but they moved it and I continued. In June 2021, they shifted it again but I continued. It has been traumatic for me and Nigerians. This is unfair.
“They should let us know on time whether they will be holding the convention on the 26th or not because people are coming from all over. Tickets have been bought. Let them tell us on time so we can reschedule. I have also reserved hotel rooms. Let us know so we can rebook the rooms.”

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Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress are said to be apprehensive about who would be President Buhari's choice candidate for the party's national chairmanship position.

Key members of the party also seem to be torn by many contributing factors to the crisis rocking the APC.

For others, should the president make his choice candidate public, the crisis among some party members could be resolved.

Aspirant reveals what he said about Senator Adamu’s report

In another report, an aspirant for the position of the national youth leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Barr. Maxwell Gowon has disassociated himself from comments credited to him in some sections of the media, that he faulted the Senator Abdullahi Adamu reconciliation committee's report.

Gowon, who is also the chairman of Northern Aspirants Forum for the February 26 national convention of APC, stated on Sunday, February 20, in his reaction through a statement, that he knew nothing about the said media report, which carries a different name as Maxwell Yakubu Gowon.

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