Thursday 12 September 2013
The All Progressives Congress (APC) gave a mandate to its governors to woo the aggrieved governors of the now warring Peoples Democratic Party who want to decamp to the party as the crisis worsen daily.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed who is the national publicity secretary of the party, made this known yesterday in Abuja shortly after the meeting of the interim National Executive Committee of the party held at the National Secretariat, Abuja.
He said, “It is not a matter we discussed at the executive committee. But I know that what the party decided is that since our governors are also members of the Nigeria Governors Forum and they are also meeting regularly with these other governors, we have left that assignment in the hands of our governors so that when the seven or eight aggrieved governors of PDP are desirous of making contact with the party they should do so with our governors.”
He said that the proposed membership registration of the party would begin either at the end of this month or early October. He also said that the party had resolved to make use of a biometric membership registration.
Other issues discussed at the meeting included but not limited to the funding of the registration exercise, mobilisation of the party, local government elections in various states, bye-elections in Jigawa and Delta states.
Mohammed said that apart from the three leading opposition parties- Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change ( CPC) and the All Nigeria People Party (ANPP) that were involved in the convention, a faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Democratic People Party (DPP) were also part the merger.
“ Therefore we resolved the issue that wherever that we are looking for representation in the process of harmonization, where such parties exist in their states they are also to be considered.”
On the crisis in Cross River State chapter of the party, APC warned that the State Independent Electoral Commission must not frustrate the court’s decision by holding the election while the case is still in court
