The Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Hilliard Eta on Sunday said the party would not succumb to the nationwide
clamour for it to convene an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC)
meeting.
Following the crisis rocking the ruling party, intensified
by the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as its National Chairman, there have been
calls for the NEC meeting to resolve its myriad of challenges.
Deputy Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, had at the
weekend cried out, urging President Buhari to act fast by at least calling for
the party’s emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to address the
leadership crisis rocking the party.
But addressing reporters in Abuja yesterday, Eta pointed out
that if convened, a NEC meeting would violate the COVID-19 pandemic protocol
prohibiting public gatherings, having over 120 members.
“I do not believe there is anybody afraid or scared of
convening NEC meeting. For those who want to build this party, who want this
party to outlast this present government, they are such in number that there is
no fear of convening NEC meeting,” he said.
“What has been militating against constituting NEC meeting
in the recent past is, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic that has stopped
everybody from gathering more than a certain number of persons.
“As you are all aware, we have over 120 members of NEC and
it would amount to breaking the COVID-19 protocol as established by the
Nigerian authorities prohibiting gathering of more than 50 people at a time. It
will take our breaking that protocol for us to have a NEC meeting,” he said.
He, however, added that if it turns out that the party can
have a waiver to convene the NEC, it could explore that, adding that nobody is
afraid of having NEC meeting.
“There is no way the ruling party will voluntarily disobey
or break rules it is part of making,” he insisted.
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