The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday met with state chairmen of the party at the APC national secretariat in Abuja.
Part of the meeting’s agenda was to brief the state chairmen of the forthcoming national caucus and national executive committee (NEC) , meetings of the party.
According to a statement issued by the party’s national secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, the national caucus and NEC meetings which were earlier slated for July 10 and 11, 2023 were shifted to the new dates following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s schedules as the new ECOWAS chairman.
The statement issued on Monday noted: “Members of the National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are hereby informed that our meetings of 10th and 11th of July, 2023, have been postponed to the 18th and 19th of July, 2023, respectively.
“The postponement is necessitated by the regional and sub-regional schedules and engagements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Inconveniences regretted”.
Meanwhile, at the meeting of the party’s national leadership, national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, released names of party members picked from various states to serve in the statutory and ad hoc committees of the party preparatory to present to NEC at its meeting next week.
Adamu also said he was hoping and praying that President Tinubu would patronise the party, both at the state and national levels, in the ongoing appointments to fill positions in government at the centre.
Noting that the meeting was summoned by the National Working Committee (NWC) to discuss developments in the party, Adamu also stated that Ekiti State chairman of APC, Paul Omotosho, was still in the custody of kidnappers who abducted him at the weekend.
He told the state chairmen that the NEC meeting was postponed as a result of the absence of President Tinubu who is attending the 63rd ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Guinea Bisau.
Speaking during the meeting, Adamu noted that the new federal government was currently forming its structure, and that the next two months would witness various appointments of persons into various public offices.
He pointed out that all APC members have the inherent right to expect some patronage.
The national chairman said, “And we can all get one here. We cannot all be ministers of the government. We cannot all end up as board members, directors of parastatals and MDAs across the country.
“It is our hope and prayers that Mr. President will come along with us in that regard and strengthen the relationship of the party in the states and at the national level and will enjoy some level of patronage in the new government. Those are the key issues that we do hope to share with you in the course of this meeting” he concluded.
By Ajibola Adedoye