The All Progressives Congress, APC, will its local government congresses in the first week of next month, September according to the party’s Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).
CECPC Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday just as he refuted reports that the Caretaker Committee has indefinitely suspended the local government and state congresses.
He described the reports as false, saying: “The CECPC has tentatively fixed LGA Congresses for the first week of September 2021.”
Besides, he noted that during the inauguration of Ward Congress Appeal Committees on Wednesday “the official information from the party was that dates and guidelines for the LGA Congresses will be fixed after the conclusion of the Ward Congresses Appeal exercise followed by due consideration of the Appeal Committee’s reports by the CECPC.
“On behalf of the CECPC Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, we assure our teeming party supporters, members, and leaders of our unflinching commitment to credible, transparent, and participatory congresses leading to the National Convention of our great party.”
APC Ward Congress took place on July 31 in 33 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while the party suspended the exercise in Anambra, Bayelsa and Zamfara States.
At the inauguration of the Ward Congress Appeal Committees on Wednesday, the National Secretariat received petitions from 14 States while the party awaits reports of the grassroots congress from 12 States two weeks after the exercise.
