The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), indfinately suspended six directors of the party, following the recommendation by the Transition Committe report submitted to the party’s Executives.
The National Secretary, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, in a letter dated 21st of April, 2022, ordered all the affected directors to go on compulsory leave of absence and hand over their departments to the most senior person.
It was gathered that the Head of the Legal Department was also affected by the directive.
The Transition Committee was established by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, on assumption of office as the Chairman of the party.
It was learned that he established the Committee to know the state of finances of the party and to study the handing over note of the defunct Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and other sundry matters affecting the National Secretariat of the party.
“We want to know where the party is exactly so that we don’t get taken by the exuberance of winning an election and just plunge into the pond pool or not know how deep or the temperature of the water. As for you, the director of admin, you have no hiding place. We will count on your loyalty to the party,” Adamu had hinted.
Reports stated, “that the directive was in furtherance of the move by the National Working Committee (NWC) plan for the reorganisation of the National Secretariat of the party.”
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party had at its 11th meeting on Wednesday approved the sale of nomination forms to commence on Saturday, April 23.
It was gathered that because of the suspension of the Directors, the party has moved the sale of forms that was supposed to commence today till next week.
TheNetwork gathered that as at Friday, (yesterday), the Directorate of Organisation of the APC, has not been supplied the forms.
ThisDay reported that the party was yet to fine-tune the guidelines for the sales of forms and the primaries to be conducted between May 18, which would culminate in the presidential primary billed for May 30 to June 1, 2022.
The paper reports that the party source who preferred to remain anonymous said the party was yet to fix a new date for the commencement of the sales of forms.
His words: “The sale of form earlier slated for tomorrow (Saturday) has been postponed. No date has been fixed for the commencement of the exercise. The NWC will determine the new date on Monday.
“The postponement became necessary following the inability of the contractor to deliver the forms. As we talk now (Friday evening), the printer is yet to deliver the forms. We hope the exercise will commence next week as the contractor is expected to deliver by the weekend.”
Another party source who pleaded anonymity also told THISDAY that the ruling party would commence the sale of forms on Monday or Tuesday.
According to him, “Sale of forms will commence on Monday or Tuesday. As of now, the forms are not even available.”
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