Hours after the meeting by the governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja, on issurs bordering on the national convention of the party, President Muhammadu Buhari has now approved February 2022 for the conduct of the national convention.
This was consequent upon the outcome of the meeting and the briefing of the the President by the governors.
Chairman of APC national caretaker committee and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni led somd of the governors to meet with the Presudent to intimate him with their resolution.
Prresent at the meeting were Kebbi and Jigawa state governors, Atiku Bagudu and Abubakar Badaru, respectively.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting which took place in the president’s office, Bagudu stated that the meeting was to convey the decision of Sunday night’s meeting of the Progressive Governors Forum to the president.
He said the governor resolved that the convention should hold in February and suggested that the president should approve the date.
Bagudu added that President Buhari had approved it, noting that the national caretaker committee would work out the details.
Asked whether a specific date had been suggested to the president in February, Buni said a specific date in February had yet to be suggested.
Buni noted that a timetable had to be worked out while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would also be notified.
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