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APC Denies Postponing June 23 National Convention

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APC Says National Convention Would Go On As Planned

The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has denied postponing the scheduled June 23 national convention of the party.

This was revealed by the secretary of the APC National Convention planning committee, Senator Ndoma Egba, on Thursday while reacting to a report which claims the party has postponed its convention due to lack of funds.

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He gave assurances that the June 23 date remains on course and about 6, 800 delegates are expected to participate in the exercise.

He said: “We are expecting about 6, 800 plus delegates. Of course you know that we will have observers, vendors, the media, entertainers. In all you should expect about 8, 000 people.”

“We are hoping to resolve those issues before the convention, especially in states where we have court processes. We are working to resolve them in one way or the other. This is politics and at the end of the day, you must leave a window open for harmonization and reconciliation.”

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He also confirmed that the screening committee has successfully concluded the screening of candidates contesting for various offices, but the appeal committee is still treating cases.

“The screening committee finished its assignment yesterday. As we speak, the screening appeals committee is sitting. After the screening, there is an appeals panel to review the cases of those who feel aggrieved with the outcome of the screening committee assignment.

“You cannot know the outcome until the appeals committee finished its work. The screening appeals is sitting and until that committee finished its work, I cannot give you a number of those screened out or screened in. There is still a process going on.”

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“So far, we do not have so much of a challenge. But we are still expecting contributions from stakeholders.

“If there is any complain of lack of money, I think the first port of call is the secretariat and I am not aware of any committee that has come here to say we are not been funded.”

“I am not aware of any pressure from the villa. I have never received any call or invitation from the villa. I have been allowed to do my work as best as I can. So, I am not aware of any pressure.”

“We know the challenge that come with having about 8000 people in one location and we are not taking those challenges lightly.”

“We have a security committee and they have been interfacing with the security agencies, reviewing the strategies of not just securing the venue, but also securing the perimeters and the entire Abuja because all these people will be coming into Abuja.”

“So Abuja has to be safe and so, we are not leaving anything to chance. We have been interfacing at the highest level. I want to assure you that security will be topmost. We look forward to a very grand and successful national convention.”