APC Primaries: Anxiety in ruling party as NWC readjusts elections timetable again
…Approves State, LGA delegates to vote
By Uthman Salami
Activities in the ruling party has raised more anxiety as the All Progressives Congress (APC) has further issued a revised timetable of activities for its governorship, State House of Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives primary elections for third consecutive time in 2-weeks.
Recall that Nigerian NewsDirect had reported speculations and fear over the All Progressives Party (APC) opting for consensus as election mode to determine who will flag the party’s emblem in the forthcoming 2023 elections had become rife and heated, the party, thus, announced the postponement of its Presidential screening exercise, which was initially scheduled to hold today, indefinitely.
But in early hours of yesterday, the party revealed a new date for the primary, only to further revise the timetable hours later.
Although the party’s national publicity secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, in a statement on Monday night, said the presidential primaries earlier slated for May 29/30 remained unchanged, but he disclosed that the State House of Assembly for local government delegates would hold on the same date.
The Senate will be held on Friday, 27th of May, while the House of Representatives will be on Saturday, 28th of May, 2022.
The statement read, “The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, 23rd of May, 2022, approved a revised Timetable/Schedule of Activities for the Governorship, State House of Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives Primary Elections as follows:
“Thursday, 26th of May, 2022
Governorship – (State Delegates)
State House of Assembly – (LGA Delegates)
“Friday, 27th of May, 2022
Senate – (LGA Delegates)
“Saturday, 28th of May, 2022
House of Representatives – (LGA Delegates)
“Please note that the Special Convention for the Presidential Primary will be held as scheduled on Sunday, 29th – Monday, 30th of May, 2022.”
The news for further adjustments came as a shock to Senate and House of Representatives aspirants who had been spending time and resources on party members after the party had earlier jettisoned the idea of delegates’ election.
