APC Fixes National Convention For 23rd Of June

All Progressives Congress

The National Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has tentatively picked June 23 for the party’s national convention, in place of June 2 as earlier scheduled.

Naija News learnt that the Chairman of the committee and governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru, announced this  in Abuja while inaugurating 12 sub-committees comprising 240 members, for the national convention.

Badaru, however, said that the party´s national leadership needed to approve the date.

The committees are media, finance, accreditation, security, transport and logistics, welfare and accommodation, screening appeal, venue and protocol, and medicals.

“It was suggested today that we should have the convention on June 23, but we will have to discuss it with the party´s national secretariat to confirm the date,” he said.

The committee chairman noted that though the party had some challenges in some states flowing from its just-concluded ward, local government and state congresses, such challenges were surmountable.

According to him, the identified challenges will be resolved before the convention date. He added that sale of forms to aspirants that may want to contest for any of the party´s national executive offices would commence on Tuesday.