APC state congress to hold October 2

Ahead of the proposed National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has fixed Saturday, October 2 for the party’s state congress.

Secretary of the party’s CECPC, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, announced this in a statement yesterday in Abuja.

He also said the sale of nomination forms for the congress will begin tomorrow nationwide.

Though the CECPC has not fixed the zonal congress that will culminate in the national convention, a party source said the date for zonal congress would be determined after the party would have come up with zoning arrangements for the various positions in the National Working Committee (NWC).

The caretaker committee is thus expected to inaugurate a committee on zoning arrangements ahead of the zonal congress and the national convention.

It was gathered that the date for the national convention will be fixed through the recommendation of the caretaker committee after wide consultations with some critical stakeholders to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) at a meeting to hold after the state congress.

The Nation also gathered that the CECPC is mulling a high-powered committee to consult and advise the party on the zoning of the NWC positions. The recommendations of the sub-committee will then be presented at a special NEC meeting.

The source said: “With the fixing of the state congress for October 2 by the caretaker committee, the party is set for the national convention. The caretaker committee, however, plans to set up a high-level committee on zoning arrangements before a date will be fixed for the zonal congress and eventually the national convention.”

The party’s congresses started on July 31 with the ward congress while the local government congress took place on September 4, 2021.