Nigeria’s governing party, the All Progressives Congress, APC says it may extend its ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise in order to ensure that nobody is left behind.
The Governor of Niger State and Chairman of the Membership Revalidation and Registration Committee, Mr. Abubakar Sani Bello, stated this while addressing journalists at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, after a closed-door meeting with aggrieved party chieftains from Delta State over the ongoing registration exercise.
Chairman, National Committee for the #APCRegistration, Governor @abusbello; CECPC Secretary, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe met with Delta stakeholders to resolve issues with the registration exercise. Going forward, the committee will implement measures that will ensure equity for all pic.twitter.com/UkOY1u6T54
— APC Nigeria (@OfficialAPCNg) February 11, 2021
The registration and validation of the party membership drive which started on February 9, is expected to be carried out in two weeks.
Governor Bello said the registration is now likely to be extended following complaints of insufficient registration materials across the state.
“Well, overall, the registration is going on well. I was in Ogun, I have been receiving reports from other zones and the major complaint is that the number of materials which is about 100 per unit is too small. But I have made complaints to the National Headquarters and more materials will be provided for those local governments or units that need more materials.
“So, basically nobody will be left behind, there is no need for any squabble or any problem. We will do it even after two weeks if we don’t finish, we will continue,” he said.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of State, Labour and Productivity, Mr. Festus Keyamo; the former Governorship candidate of the party, Chief Great Ogboru; former governorship aspirant, Chief Otega Emethor; former House of Representatives member, Hon. Halim Agoda and the State Chairman of the party, Prophet Jones Erue.
Mr. Keyamo had in a letter to the party leadership on Wednesday warned the state chairman, Mr. Jones Erue, against influencing the exercise.
He asked the committee chairman to ensure fairness and equity in the nomination of coordinators across the factions in the party so as to enable a smooth process.
The state chapter of the APC has been embroiled in a leadership crisis with different factions arising from the camps of the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, Festus Keyamo and Great Ogboru.
