APC Leadership, Governors to Meet Thursday

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will Thursday meet with all its serving governors at the national secretariat of the party to discuss various issues affecting the party and the country.

Among the issues likely to come up are the crisis rocking the party at various levels, as well as the state of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health which is affecting plans for a national convention.

THISDAY reliably gathered that the APC National Working Committee (NWC) has decided to consult with the governors as key stakeholders of the party so as to secure their confidence ahead of its planned national convention.
According to the source, the meeting will try to consider the efforts being made by the party leadership to reconcile its feuding members and also help to strengthen the solidarity within governors’ forum which is witnessing some cracks in recent times.

On the issue of the president’s health, the source said: “The NWC members have expressed worry over their inability to visit the president who is on medical leave in London to see him and to convey their support.”

The source said: “Some NWC members actually wanted to visit the President in London three weeks ago but they were allegedly told by the cabal in the presidency not to go, saying the President won’t be allowed to see them.”
Another source revealed that the progressive governors and the party NWC would also use the meeting to take a common position on whether to proceed with the mid-term convention or not in the event that President Buhari’s sickness prolongs his stay in London.

When contacted for comments on the meeting, APC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, who confirmed the planned meeting with the governors, said: “It is just a consultative one ahead of the party’s national convention.”