Salihu Lukman, director-general of the Progressives Governors\u2019 Forum, says \u201cpolitical bandits\u201d within the party are opposing the registration of members ahead of the national convention.<\/p>\n
Despite the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Former Elected Local Government Chairmen Association (FELGOCAS) faulted the decision of the caretaker committee of the ruling party to commence fresh registration of party members.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Thursday, Lukman said some of these \u201cso-called leaders\u201d in the party calling for a convention without membership registration are seeking to impose their surrogates as leaders of the party.<\/p>\n
He said without credible membership, \u201cthere is practically no party organ. These so-called leaders advocating for APC to have the National Convention without going through the process of membership registration\/verification simply want to plant their surrogates as the new leaders of the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo achieve that, false arguments are being presented that the National Convention of the party doesn\u2019t require membership registration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen was the last time anybody was registered as an APC member in any part of the country? When was the last time any Ward in the country transmitted to any Local Government Secretariat and\/or Local Government transmitted any copy to the.. national secretariat?<\/p>\n
\u201cYet, our party\u2019s constitution provides that membership records should be updated every six months. How can any leader even attempt to raise questions about why we should have membership registration\/verification?<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this age of banditry, it will appear that some of our so-called leaders are as skillful in politics as the criminal bandits ravaging our communities \u2013 towns and villages. We must appeal to these so-called leaders to come back to their senses.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor anybody to claim our party\u2019s membership, not even emerge as a leader, the legal standing of such a person must be beyond suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Mai Mala Buni, chairman of the caretaker committee, said the convention would hold soon, adding that consultations are ongoing on membership registration.<\/p>\n
The caretaker committee was set up by the party\u2019s national executive committee (NEC) in June following a leadership crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Salihu Lukman, director-general of the Progressives Governors\u2019 Forum, says \u201cpolitical bandits\u201d within the party are opposing the registration of members ahead of the national convention. Despite the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Former Elected Local Government Chairmen Association (FELGOCAS) faulted the decision of the caretaker committee of the ruling party to commence fresh registration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":129359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,15,2,4],"tags":[32,50342],"yoast_head":"\n