APC Caretaker Committee Gets Indefinite Tenure Extension

..To release convention timetable today

There are indications that the Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured another extension until such a time that it can conduct the party’s National Convention.

The party is also set to release the formal timetable for the Congresses and the National Convention, which may hold in December.

It was gathered that the Caretaker Committee which was inaugurated on June 25, 2020 for six months after the dissolution of the Adams Oshiomhole led National Working Committee (NWC) had its tenure extended for another six months in December, 2020 by an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

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ABN TV learnt that the decision for another extension was reached on Friday morning after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Caretaker Committee members.

A member of the CECPC who spoke with The Nation in confidence said that the Committee has been given the right to stay in office until it is able to conduct the National Convention, whose date is yet to be agreed upon.

“It is true that after wide consultations with some stakeholders and at the end of the Caretaker Committee meeting on Wednesday, we met with Mr. President Friday morning and he has approved our timetable for the Congresses and equally granted the Caretaker Committee to stay until the National Convention is conducted.”

When asked if the extension was for another six months, our source quipped, “there is no timeline. The Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) will still be in office until the National Convention is conducted and the date will soon be announced.

“All I can tell you is that we shall release the timetable for the ward to zonal congresses of the party before the close of the day,” our source disclosed.

The Caretaker Committee on Wednesday in a meeting reviewed its activities and considered inputs from the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) on the timetable for the Congresses.