There is no plan to move the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from its scheduled date of March 26 in Abuja despite the tight time frame provided by the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) just released for next year’s general elections.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors gave this affirmation after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
There had been speculation that a section of the party was pushing for the postponement of the national convention so that both the election of the national executives and the primaries to select its candidates for the 2023 elections can be done simultaneously.
But fielding questions from correspondents after the meeting, the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, assured that the party will maintain the March date for the exercise.
He said the governors met with the president to congratulate him for signing the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and as well on the victory of the APC in some of the by-elections conducted over the weekend.
Apart from Bagudu, other APC governors at the meeting included Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Aminu Masari (Katsina), Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Hope Uzodinma (Imo), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Sani Bello (Niger), Umar Ganduje (Kano), and outing deputy governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke.
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