A Ghost Has Been Hovering Over The Leadership Of The Party- APC Chairman, Oyegun

John Oyegun, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that the recommendations of the panel set up to look into the extension of the tenure of the national working committee (NWC) will “lay to rest the ghost that has been hovering over the leadership of APC”.

He made this known while receiving the report of the committee from Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau state, in Abuja on Friday.

The committee was saddled with the responsibility of looking into the request of President Muhammadu Buhari that the tenure elongation of the party executives at states and federal levels be cancelled.

The president had intimated that the tenure elongation was causing division and rancour within the party, with some members not comfortable with the matter, dragging the party to court.

Earlier, Lalong charged the party leadership to take time and observe the recommendations of the panel.

He emphasized that if the recommendations were accepted and implemented, the leadership logjam in the party would “become a thing of the past’’.

“The task appeared not easy when it was given to us, but with God on our side and the very wide consultations we made, we accomplished it,” he said.
“This report has solved most of the problems that we were thinking was within the APC, that is to tell you that there is democracy in the party.”
“The committee also looked at the minutes of the party´s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of February 27 where the decision to extend the Odigie-Oyegun-led NWC and other party executives by one year starting from June was taken,” he said.
“We also looked at the passion and the commitment of the President towards keeping the party as one and at the end of the day, we made far-reaching recommendations.
“We noticed that there were different interests, which is quite usual when you have a party like this, that is progressive.”

He added that the interests identified were concrete and that the committee was able “to marry” all interests for the party to move forward.