2023: Osinbajo Inaugurates APC Legal Compliance Committee

A Legal Compliance Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been inaugurated on Monday in Abuja by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.

Naija News reports that the committee is responsible for the over 1,400 federal and states elective positions in the polls holding on February 26 and March 11.

According to the Vice President, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande on Monday, the committee is important to the achievement of the party’s electoral ambitions in the forthcoming elections both at the federal and state levels nationwide.

He said the committee members are therefore urged to be proactive and remain committed to the critical assignment before them.

Explaining what the committee’s mandate is, the Vice President noted that they are to ensure that all the party’s internal structures and external engagements are conducted according to established operating procedures and the law.

Other responsibilities of the APC legal compliance committee, he said, include the development of a compliance checklists and protocols, conduct training for campaign personnel and prepare compliance reports for the party, among others.

Osinbajo remarked that the work of the committee would shield the APC campaign at all levels against breaches of rules, regulations, guidelines and laws by ensuring strict compliance thereof.

He also said the APC is the only party that has it’s base on social democracy, social protection and social mobility, especially for the poor.

The Vice President added that “Ours is the only party anchored on social democracy, social protection, that is, social mobility for the poor, and justice for the wronged.

“I am therefore glad that we have here an assembly of very committed members of the party, who, by their calling as lawyers, will be able to offer tremendous value for the party through the protection of its interests at every step of this electoral process.

“Those of you that have worked with us in the build-up to the 2015 and the 2019 general elections know that the proactive approach we adopted, especially through the ear-on-the-ground work of the Presidential Legal Team, has provided us a crucial head-start in tackling some of the challenges that we were confronted with.”

At the event, the spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Festus Keyamo, said although the committee faces a huge task, he was confident of its success because of the support from the Vice President and that of other stakeholders.

The event was witnessed by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN; the Minister of State, Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, and the APC National Legal Adviser who is the Coordinator of the Committee, Ahmad El-Marzuq.