Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) say the
national convention scheduled for March 26 in Abuja will hold.
Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi state and chairman of the
progressive governors’ forum, said this on Tuesday after the governors met with
President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
There had been speculations that some APC members were
pushing for the postponement of the national convention so that the election of
the national executives and the primaries to select candidates for the 2023
polls can be done simultaneously.
Speaking with state house correspondents, Bagudu said the
governors met with the president to congratulate him for assenting to the
Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022, adding that there were no plans to
postpone the convention.
“Last week, we were in
this hall — about 20 APC governors — and this question came up and we clearly
said we came to discuss the national convention, which is slated for March 26,
and we’re working hard to ensure that on March 26, we have our convention and
elect our national officers and that remains the case,” he said.
On reports in some quarters that some governors are not
satisfied with some provisions in the electoral act, Bagudu said the national
assembly will provide the opportunity for improvement if necessary.
“Legislation, everywhere in the world, is based on
continuous improvement. Constitutions that are 200 years old are subject to
reviews sometimes and those reviews are not cut and dry. Even people who truly
believe in the need for a legislation may have worries about the implications
of it,” he said.
“Like I said, we’re
never against the principle of amending laws. They are never against the
national assembly, but even among the national assembly, there’s debate.
“To imagine that there is some legislation that is punitive
to the governors or to the national assembly, I think that will be tantamount
to negation of the oath of office.”
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