The National Secretary of The All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala
Buni, has said he is shocked by some misleading media reports suggesting
that the party is broke.
In a statement issued today, Buni said: “The APC is not broke as
erroneously reported. The concerned news mediums have unfairly and
unethically twisted and misrepresented comments by the party’s National
Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
Below is the transcript of the National Chairman’s statement on the issue
of party funding during an interactive session with journalists at the APC
headquarters in Abuja on Monday January 25, 2016.
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun (On party funding): “There has been this talk in
the media but that goes to tell you that just like the economy, the party
too is suffering from the stresses and strains of funding just like every
institution in our polity. That also goes to tell you that we are not a
party that withdraws money from security votes or from any government
agency.
“We are working on plans to raise money from within the memberships. That
plan has matured and will soon put it into operation. I saw reports that
we have written to the president to rescue the party. That is not part of
his national duties and he has no intention because there are no funds
from which he can draw from.
“The party has to come up with fresh and innovative ways as to how to
raise resources for its operations and that, we have done. The plan is
ready and will go into operation in the next one month or two.”