There are strong indications that the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for March 26, 2022, will be postponed again.
This is following a shift in date of the 2023 general elections as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to INEC’s timetable, the notice of election across its offices in the country would be published from February 28 while political parties have from April 4 to June 3, 2022 to conduct their primaries and ensure resolution of disputes from the exercise.
The APC had postponed its national convention three times before settling down for the 26th of March, 2022.
After two postponements in 2021, the Governor Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) which earlier settled for February 26 for the much-talked about party exercise later agreed to March 26.
According to a credible source in the party, the proponents of the fresh plot are giving the new INEC’s timetable which mandates all political parties to hold presidential primary election between April 2022 and June 3, 2022, as reason to elongate the life-span of the Buni-led CECPC till the end of May, when national convention and presidential primary election should hold at once.
These proponents argue that it would amount to a waste of time and resources to hold national convention by March 26 and primary election six or seven weeks after, hence the call for postponement.
Meanwhile, governors elected on the platform of the party are scheduled to meet in Abuja on Tuesday after which they will also meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to agree on whether the March 26 date should stand or not.
