THE Caretaker Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after its Tuesday (today’s) crucial meeting will officially announce the zoning of its party positions, which would entail returning all positions currently held by northerners to the South and vice versa.
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A caveat to the swapping of roles in party positions, according to sources, is that the base point would be the tenure of the ousted substantive National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole, who is from the South. Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, the current caretaker committee chairman from the North does not have a substantive position. This automatically puts the chairmanship position at the February 26 convention in the hands of the North, as the South will be poised to produce the APC candidate for the 2023 Presidential election.
The party will also make public the February 26 National Convention date, as reported on Monday by Prime Business Africa based on what was agreed at the Sunday meeting of APC governors in Abuja
APC Governors’ Meeting Okays February 26 For National Convention
Prime Business Africa had exclusively reported the ruling party’s plan to zone the presidency to the South in the run up to the 2023 general elections. It also reported for the first time that the Convention would hold in February 2022.
The governors following their crucial meeting in Abuja on Sunday backed the proposal for the National Convention to hold on February 26.
Authoritative sources said the original February 5 date was no longer feasible as the party lost some valuable time following efforts to resolve the crises rocking it in some states, hence the slight shift to February 26.
All the APC governors, except three (Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Dapo Biodun of Ogun State and Yahaya Bello of Kogi) approved the February 26 date. The three governors who differed surprisingly requested the transmutation of the Caretaker Committee Chairman to substantive status.
APC, Bagudu Confirm Prime Business Africa’s Report On National Convention, Zoning Of Presidency
A small committee led by the caretaker committee chairman, Buni, and the Progressives Governors Forum Chair, Atiku Bagudu, was set up to fine-tune the zoning arrangement on Monday January 17, 2022 after which the Caretaker Committee would meet on Tuesday (Today) to officially own in the eyes of the public every decision reached at the Sunday and Monday meetings.
