Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have expressed readiness to meet with the party’s National Working Committee NWC, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the state of affairs in the country.
Secretary of the APC States Chairmen’s Forum and Chairman of Cross River State, Alphonsus Ogar-Eba, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday after their meeting in Abuja.
Mr Ogar said the meeting would discuss a variety of issues with the federal government, including the biting economic hardship across the country.
He said: “The Forum of APC States Chairmen met yesterday to discuss issues that are of great concern to the party’s democratic ethos and the success of our APC led administration under the able leadership of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR and his dependable Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima GCON.
“While the Forum has resolved to have close-door meetings with the leadership of the NWC and government, we considered it necessary to discuss the recent action of the NWC under the leadership of H.E. Alhaji Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje with respect to the extension granted to the caretaker committee of Rivers State APC led by Chief Tony Okocha.”
While responding to a question on the current economic hardship, Mr Eba said, “About the hardship, yes, everybody has a complaint. We are not unaware of that and we said we are going to have a closed-door meeting with the NWC and the government.
“So, the government we are referring to is the federal government. Until that is thrashed and matters addressed, it will be premature to address the press on these issues.”
Mr Ogar also said the state chairmen were working with the NWC to resolve crises in some state chapters of the party.
While commending the Abdullahi Ganduje-led NWC for extending the tenure of the caretaker committee of Rivers State, the forum said the gesture would boost its fortunes as preparations for the 2027 elections gather momentum.
