APC Governors Meet Buhari, Speak on Plan To Shift Convention Date

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have disclosed the national convention scheduled for March 26 in Abuja will hold.

Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state and chairman of the progressive governors’ forum made this known on Tuesday after the governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.

There had been speculations that some members of the ruling party were pushing for the postponement of the national convention so that the election of the national executives and the primaries to select candidates for the 2023 polls can be done simultaneously.

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But, Bagudu, who Spoke with state house correspondents, said the governors met with the president to congratulate him for assenting to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022, adding that there were no plans to postpone the convention.

According to the Kebbi governor: “Last week, we were in this hall — about 20 APC governors — and this question came up and we clearly said we came to discuss the national convention, which is slated for March 26, and we’re working hard to ensure that on March 26, we have our convention and elect our national officers and that remains the case,”