Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has urged the National Executive Council (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress to extend the tenure of the Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee to March 2021.
According to Kalu, there was no need to adopt a fire brigade approach toward the party’s convention scheduled for December.
In a statement issued by his Media Office on Monday, signed by Mr Kunle Oyewumi, Kalu noted that winning the governorship election in Edo should be the major concern of the party at the moment.
He posited that the caretaker committee could not offer its best due to time constraints, adding that majority of the participants would be busy with their national tasks during December period.
The statement read in part: “It is with deep patriotic concern and the growth of our great party that I am appealing to the NEC to consider extending the tenure of Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led APC Caretaker Committee to March 2021 against the December proposed period.
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“This is to give the caretaker committee members the needed time to put things in order and hand over properly to a new leadership in the end.
“I do not see any need for fire brigade approach for them to hand over to a new leadership by December.
“The committee is expected to focus their attention on Edo because the election will determine the strength of any new leadership.”
Kalu argued that holding the convention in December would not give the party the desired results.
According to the former governor, “this is because the National Assembly will soon enter budget presentation and defense and ministers will begin to make appearances at the National Assembly from October until November.
“Some of the ministers will also need to travel to their wards and make adequate preparations for the congress,” he added.
