APC extends tenure of National Caretaker Committee
By Timothy Choji, Abuja
The National executive Committee of the All-Progressives Congress APC, has extended the tenure of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, under the leadership of the Governor of Yobe State, Mai-Mala Buni for another six months.
Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
He also announced that the Executive Committee approved the expulsion of the former National Vice Chairman of the party for the South-South zone, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, for failure to withdraw the court case instituted against the caretaker committee.
Other Resolutions
Other resolutions of the National executive Committee included the dissolution of all Ward, State, Zonal and National Party structures of the party.
He said: “We have been mandated by the National Executive Committee of our party to brief you on the outcome of our meeting which just ended. The meeting was a mixture of physical and virtual attendees, with all the President, Governors. leaders of the National Assembly in the NEC physically attending while other members of the NEC joined us virtually.
“So, the NEC of the APC met today and resolved as follows; the National Executive Committee of the party approved the extension of the tenure of the Caretaker Committee of the party led by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai-Mala Buni, which expires on the 25th of December, 2020 for another six-month period to terminate on the 30th of June, 2021. This is to enable the Caretaker, Executive and Convention Planning Committee to conclude its assignment as laid before NEC.
“NEC has also donated its powers as enshrined in the APC constitution, to the caretaker and convention committee. NEC has also approved the granting of waivers to persons who have recently joined our party and those desirous of joining the party in the nearest future. By this, such new members will enjoy all the benefits and privileges accruable by their membership of the party. So, they will be able to contest for positions or election without any requirement of being members for a number of years or certain period of time.
“The third resolution is that NEC approved the expulsion of Ntufam Hilliard Eta, from the party, for flouting the directives of NEC to discontinue all litigation against the party and its members. Number four, NEC approved the immediate dissolution of the party organs at the polling unit, ward, Local Government, State and Zonal levels, as well as the non-National Working Committee (NWC) component of the National Executive Committee. NEC also approved the immediate reconstitution and composition of the dissolved EXCOs to serve in their respective offices in a caretaker committee capacity but excluding the no-NWC members of NEC.”
Governor El-Rufai also informed Journalists that the APC NEC condemned in very strong terms, calls by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the resignation of President Buhari.
“NEC observes that security challenges, though regrettable, can only be addressed when all interests, civil and military, government and opposition, security forces and indeed every citizen collaborate irrespective of party affiliations. This is not the time to politicise security,” he said.
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