Again, APC Govs Demand NEC Meeting From Oshiomhole

The Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum, Mr Salihu Lukman, has called on the leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) to advise the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to convene the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
Lukman, who made the call at a news conference in Abuja, yesterday, said that NEC meeting became necessary as it would assist in addressing crises in APC states, mismanagement of elections and affairs of the party.
The director-general recalled that Oshiomhole had on May 10, 2018, made declaration speech that he would ensure that all organs of the party regularly meet to promote internal democracy as stipulated by the party’s constitution.
“For instance, Article 25 of APC Constitution provides that National Convention shall be held once in two years, NEC meeting holds every quarter and National Working Committee (NWC) meeting once every month,” he said.
Lukman, who said that the party held its last NEC meeting in August, 2018, said that all party’s leaders needed to insist that NEC meeting should be convened.
The governors noted with displeasure that it has been over 14 months since the last NEC was held in August, 2018.
According to him, Oshiomhole should be fair to President Muhammadu Buhari because the president has promised not to interfere with the affairs of the party and has demonstrated confidence on the party’s leadership ability to manage the party’s affairs.
He said that it was also a breach of the party’s constitutional that the NEC had not been held in over one year when the party’s constitution provides that it be held every quarter.
He recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had appealed to the party’s leadership to institutionalise the party by following rules of the party.
According to him, Oshiomhole should be fair to President Muhammadu Buhari because the president has promised not to interfere with the affairs of the party and has demonstrated confidence on the party’s leadership ability to manage the party’s affairs.
The party officials had also made similar demand last Wednesday in a statement.