Governors of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) have agreed to fund the elective convention of the party,
sources told TheCable on Wednesday.
TheCable reports that the
convention is subject to the reversal of the decision of the national executive
committee (NEC) which extended the
tenure of the party executives.
The party’s NEC meeting is billed
to meet on Monday.
On February 27, NEC extended the
tenure of the national working committee (NWC) led by John Oyegun, by 12
months.
But that decision was rejected by
some members of the party and on March 27, President Muhammadu Buhari kicked
against it.
The president said he wanted to
avoid a legal battle that could jeopardise the party’s cohesion before the 2019
general election.
A source revealed that the
party decided to hold the convention following meetings held between the APC
governors and the party NWC on Wednesday.
The governors had also held
meetings with the president.
The source said the APC governors
have also agreed to foot the bill for the convention to which N1.5 billion has
already been budgeted.
“The party has agreed to go ahead
with the convention based on the reversal of the previous NEC decision to
extend the tenure of party’s executives,” the source said.
The source also said the idea of
the extension of the tenure of party executives was “sold” to Oyegun as he did
not seek for it.
“Extension was sold to Oyegun, he
didn’t seek for it. Some of the governors were at his residence were at his
residence appealing to him,” the source said.
“One of the conditions he gave
the president and governors is that as long as he remains chairman he will
perform all his roles according to the party’s constitution. He said he must be
given free hand to pick chairs of committees for the conventions.”
A date for the convention will be
announced after NEC reverses its early decision and approves recommendations of
a report by a technical committee set up to look into the extension of the
party’s executive.
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