APC tenure elongation: Lalong committee okays reversal of decision

The technical committee set up by the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, headed by Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, has enjoined the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to reverse the controversial tenure elongation for the Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee (NWC) and executive officers of the party across the country.

The NEC of the party, to be chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, is billed to deliberate on the report on Monday.

Lalong, who submitted the report of the 10- member committee, yesterday, recommended that the national convention be held at the expiration of the tenure of the party officials.

The report further recommended that ward and states congresses be held in line with the party constitution.

Lalong, while submitting the report to Odigie-Oyegun, stated that the committee worked meticulously before arriving at the recommendations, adding: “The task appeared not easy when it was given to us, but with God on our side and the very wide consultations we made, this report has solved most of the problems that we were thinking was within the APC. That is to tell you that there is democracy in the APC.

“We looked at the meeting of February 27, this year; we looked at also the passion and the commitment of Mr. President towards keeping the party one and also cohesive and so at the end of the day, we made far-reaching recommendations.

“We noticed that there were different interests, which is quite usual. In a party like this, that is progressive, those interests were genuine, but at the end of the day, we were able to marry those interests, so that the party can move forward. So, in this report, you will see a lot of it.