Convention: APC Govs Shift Meeting With Buhari

Convention: APC Govs Shift Meeting With Buhari

POLITICS DIGEST- The meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors scheduled with President Muhammadu Buhari for Sunday could not hold due to logistics reasons.

A presidency source, however, said the meeting which is expected to put a specific date to the national convention which had been tentatively fixed for February will now hold tomorrow.

There have been disagreements between stakeholders in the party on whether the convention should be postponed or hold in February as instructed by President Buhari.

Our source gathered that while some governors, led by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, want the convention postponed, the other camp led by Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, who is the chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) wants the convention to go ahead in February.

In December 2021, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip, had written a letter addressed to the Yobe State governor and Chairman of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni, entitled, ‘Urgent Appeal for Postponement of APC National Convention.”

In the letter, Kalu who called for the postponement of the national convention also appealed to the party to consider conducting the presidential primaries and election of National Working Committee of the party on the same day.

Giving reasons why he wanted the convention postponed, Kalu had warned that holding the convention in February without sorting out minor disagreements that arose during the congresses would lead to implosion.

However, Kalu’s position was countered by some stakeholders in the party who believed that he was fronting for some people in the party who do not want the convention to hold so that the caretaker committee can remain in office.