Abba Dukawa<\/p>\n
The APC\u00a0 Caretaker\/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) had made a great achievement in\u00a0 healing the wounds of party members by repositioned\u00a0 the party for\u00a0 Nigerians and progressive-minded partisans. it\u00a0 is an understatement to say life has returned to the party considering bubbling nature of a once abandoned ruling party national
\nsecretariat.<\/p>\n
Evidently,CECPC\u00a0 witnesses the fortunes of the party drastically improved after\u00a0 reduced by seven states to PDP\u00a0 in addition to a badly managed governorship election victory in Bayelsa state.\u00a0 It is commendable that committee has brought back many aggrieved party members and even reconciled many prominent party members\u00a0 across the country and both critical stakeholders have resolved their differences in favour of party interest.<\/p>\n
APC enjoying gale of defections but the party must re-oil its winning machine through ideas and leadership vision. Despite this defections it is important for the party to continue its winning ways across the county.\u00a0 In addition that party delegates and other critical stakeholders must ensure that their\u00a0 \u00a0produce elected NWC\u00a0 that possesses the top qualities required for the upcoming convention. To keep APC\u00a0 intact after the convention and continue its winning ways across the county in 2023 election.<\/p>\n
Can CECPC accommodates\u00a0 interests\u00a0 of these bigwigs decampee politicians as its able to\u00a0 brought all contending interests under one roof and achieved true reconciliation across the 36 states and FCT.\u00a0 Can the interim leadership manage the gale of defections of opposition party members and ensure their abide by the party rules and regulations contains in the party constitution.<\/p>\n
Another critical challenge is not wooing\u00a0 streak of opposition party bigwigs politicians to the party\u00a0 but accommodating their interests during and after the convention. For the\u00a0 CECPC to avoid the repeat of party leadership in 2015 mistakes of\u00a0 losing\u00a0 the control of party after the party success of defeated the\u00a0 sitting president that winning cheeriest\u00a0 contributed to\u00a0 lack of\u00a0 party discipline from low and high members.<\/p>\n
In spite of this massive bigwigs decampee to the party\u00a0 party members expects that\u00a0 CECPC must continue instilling party discipline and cohesion should be sacrosanct and imbibed by members both old and new members.<\/p>\n
However, party members expect Governor Buni and other members to remain team players at this critical stage of their assignment.\u00a0 There is no doubt the committee has rescued the party from an imminent collapse. The committee broke the jinx in revalidation of party membership registration exercise which made APC to have a comprehensive membership
\nregister.<\/p>\n
So far, so good within the year\u00a0 of the APC Caretaker\/Extra-ordinary Convention Committee’s efforts in charting a new course for the party started yielding positive result by wooing in the governors of Zamfara, Ebonyi and Cross River states. Chairman Atiku Abubakar Presidential campaign organization, former Ogun state Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel,
\nand and Lt. Gen. Ihejirika have joined APC. Others are two former speakers of House of Representatives \u2013 Yakubu Dogara and Dimeji Bankole, Barnabas Gemade former PDP chairman, among others. All these success stories of APC caretaker\/extra-ordinary convention committee are commendable.<\/p>\n
Similarly, the mass defections to the APC is a signpost of the achievement made by Buni’s led committee\u00a0 has created in the APC by accomodating all interests and ensuring peace, unity, fairness, equity, justice, inclusion and entrenching internal democracy. In spite of this success story\u00a0 made by CECPC toward more consolidating\u00a0 the emerging success in uniting the party and ensure competent National Working Committee emerge as a\u00a0 only variable tool to make the party a great
\nagain.<\/p>\n
Finally\u00a0 All Progressives Congress\u00a0 has extended the tenure of Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC)\u00a0 to another six months this is clear confidence reposed on them. Despite this\u00a0 party’s members\u00a0 faith\u00a0 on them\u00a0 it is important for the committee to conduct a credible and acceptable convention devoid litigations and complaint from other\u00a0 eyes NWC seats and\u00a0 Need to\u00a0 get things done properly.<\/p>\n