Membership Validation: APC inuagurates national committee ahead of January 25
By Laraba Raphael
With the less than a week to the commencent of the registration and revalidation of the All Progressive Congress (APC), The Mala Buni-led caretaker committee on Wednesday has inaugurated it’s National Committee for Membership Revalidation Excercise under the chairmanship of the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Sami Bello.
NewsDirect gathered that the excersie will begin on Monday, January 25, 2021.
As measure to ensure the final preparations, Buni, cautioned yesterday at the National Secretariat in Abuja during the inuaguration that there will be severe consequences for any sabotage to the registration by any person or group.
“Let me make it abundantly clear that the party would not condone any act of sabotage of denying anyone or group of persons from registering. The party would deal decisively with anyone or group who attempt hijacking the exercise. Everyone must be allowed and given the chance to register.”
According to him “As you are aware, the party had not had the opportunity of renewing its membership register since the initial registration exercise of 2014. The party had in the last seven years received millions of politicians who left other political parties and joined the APC but were not registered.
“Similarly millions of youth who attained the age of 18 years and above have joined the party within this period could not be registered. Again, others who had left the party still have their names in the register.
“The registration and revalidation exercise therefore provides the opportunity for both new and old members to register and update their membership in the party, and for the party to expunge names of those who had left so as to have a clean and up to date membership register.”
The newly inaugurated Chairman , Bello in his response spoke on behalf of the committee members said,”I would like to thank you for the confidence in us and at the same time I would like to assure you that we have noted your concerns in regards to the registration exercise and we will ensure that we do it with some decency and at the same time we will ensure that any interested person or group will be given the opportunity to join the winning party, APC.
“Your Excellency, our business is to grow our party not to limit people. People make party party does not make people. The more the merrier, we shouldn’t get intimidated by the quality calibre and of the people joining our party because we feel that they will deprive us of some certain positions that is left in the hands of God but what is important is the success of the party at all elections and once we achieve that there will always be a room for someone.”
“Your Excellency, we will take this assignment seriously we will swing into action. I thank you very much for giving me three serious party people in this committee. I don’t have too much to do. I have my brother Osita, Lawal Shuaibu, all of them are veterans.
“Your excellency I’m very glad for making my work simple I will just go and sleep and I’m sure that the job will be done perfectly. Once again on behalf of the members of this committee we will try to work day and night to ensure that we have a successful registration. We will try and work devoid of any bias and we will give any person opportunity to join our party.”
