Naira Crisis: Controversy Surrounds APC NWC Meeting With Govs

The invite to governors by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Abdullahi, for an emergency meeting has caused confusion among members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).

Recall that Abdullahi Adamu had, last Friday, scheduled a meeting between state governors and NWC today.

The meeting slated for 2 pm today is coming amidst controversy generated by the currency redesign policy of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

“The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), His Excellency Senator Abdullahi Adamu, invites state governors of the party to an emergency meeting to be held on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at 2 pm at the National Secretariat, Abuja,” party spokesman, Felix Morka, said in a notice on Friday night.

According to sources, the meeting called by Adamu was informed by the worsening row between the governors and President Buhari over the currency policy.

However, at least two members of the NWC told Vanguard that they were unaware of the proposed gathering.

One official said: “The said meeting was at the instance of Adamu and not the NWC.

“I am not aware of any meeting with our state governors on Sunday. I only got to know this after reading your story on your website. So, you were the one who even informed me.”

Also speaking, another source said the APC NWC never met and resolved that it should call for such a parley with governors.

“The said meeting is strange to some of us. I have not been invited, and I am a member of the NWC. Yet, we saw reports quoting our spokesman as saying that NWC meets will meet with state governors. I am not aware of the meeting,” he added.

Asked about the agenda of the meeting, he queried: “Is it not a meeting you have been invited to that you will know the agenda? How can I know the agenda of a meeting I haven’t been invited to?’

“It does appear that the meeting is between the Chairman, Adamu, and the governors. He has a right to meet with them in his capacity as chairman but not on behalf of the NWC except where we so empower him to act.”