The All Progressives Congress, APC, may postpone its national convention and congresses.
The convention is currently scheduled for May 14 while the congresses are scheduled for Wednesday, May 2; local government congresses, Saturday, May 5; and state congresses, Wednesday, May 9.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, gave the indication when he spoke on the review of the time table for the events.
He said the National Working Committee had been asked to take a close look at the timetable with the aim of adjusting it.
His words: “The observation was that the timetable as it is currently constituted or composed was determined because of the Ramadan and we want to be sensitive to the feelings of Muslims who will be fasting in the month of Ramadan.
“Therefore, we try to avoid conducting any political activities in the month of Ramadan.
“It was acknowledged that one major way to prevent rancour is to ensure that those congresses are transparent and they are acceptable, at least, to the majority of the people concerned.
“It was a technical meeting that was organised to review our preparedness towards the congresses and convention. It is also to have the opportunity to emphasise to the state governors the need to ensure the congresses were held in a very transparent manner and ensure the processes were free and fair.
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“We are aware that some governors have been making statements that we believe have given the impression that we don’t intend to have congresses in some states.
“If you recall, one of the major concerns of the party is that we should try as much as possible to avoid rancour that could be generated from congresses.
“So, it was acknowledged that the one major way to avoid rancour is to ensure the congresses are transparent and acceptable to a majority of the persons concerned.
“There were also other arguments. Therefore, there is a possibility the timetable will be reviewed. So it’s not decided yet, we agreed that the NWC will take a second look at the timetable and see the possibility for adjustment.”
