APC South-South stakeholders petition for National Secretary position

Ahead of the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s South-South stakeholders are demanding the position of the National Secretary in the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The stakeholders also appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the party leaders to consider the South-South for the APC National Secretary position.

Hon. Abel Akpan from Cross River State further argued that the party should consider the South-South for the party chief scribe.

According to him, the South-East geopolitical zone has held the position of National Secretary of a ruling party, right from Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo as PDP National Secretary, noting that after Nwodo came Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, late Chief Ojo Maduekwe and some others.

Akpan also claimed that the present National Secretary of PDP, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, is from the South-East geopolitical zone. Speaking on behalf of the stakeholders, the Cross River APC Chieftain emphasised that the position of the APC National Secretary in South-South will merge the party in the zone.

“We, South-South stakeholders from APC, demand that the position of the National Secretary should be zoned to us. Our brothers from the South East had held the position of National Secretary of a ruling party in the past and are still holding the same in the PDP.

“The South-South should be allowed to hold such position for a ruling party, as this would give the zone a firm commitment to the party. Yes, we know we held that position of the National Chairman, but we could not complete our tenure in that office.

“We appeal to the President Buhari and other party leaders to consider it progressive to zone the National Secretary to the South-South,” he insisted.

Apart from Senator John Akpanudoudehe, who is currently occupying a position in the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Hon. Victor Giadom had equally acted as APC National Secretary previously.