APC: National Working Committee, Govs Meet Over Congress, National Convention

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress , as well as governors elected on its platform would hold a meeting at the party national secretariat on Wednesday, Jan. 17.

A source at the party’s national secretariat revealed that the meeting will focus on the 2019 general election timetable issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission recently, Punch reported.

The meeting is expected to also choose a date for the party’s congresses and national convention that had been scheduled to take place this year.

The source said: “The governors and the NWC members will discuss the issue of the party congress and convention; they will also look at the INEC 2019 general election timetable,

“As you know, this will be the first consultative meeting in 2018.

“The meeting is expected to be attended by the governors as other national issues as regards APC winning the 2019 general elections will be discussed.’’

APC’s consultative meeting was kick started in April 2017 by its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun to hold a monthly meeting of governors elected on the party’s platform and members of its NWC.

Meanwhile, Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, had told newsmen that the consultative meeting will be holding monthly until 2019 general elections.