Ahead of the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) slated tentatively for next February, some of the aspirants for the office of national chairmanship will on Thursday this week gather in Abuja to speak on their ideas of moving the party forward in preparation for the 2023 general elections.
Those expected at the event to be chaired by the Yobe state governor and Chairman, Caretaker / Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni, are two former Governors of Borno State: Senators Ali Modu Sheriff and Kashim Shettima; former Deputy National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Saliu Mustapha; former governor of Nasarawa state Senator Tanko Almakura and former governor of Zamfara state,
Abdulaziz Yari.
The list also includes; former governors of Bauchi and Gombe states, Isa Yuguda and Danjuma Goje; Senator
representing Niger East, Mohammed Sani Musa; former governor of Benue State and current Minister
of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Senator George Akume. Others are Mr Sunny Moniedafe and
Mohammed Saidu Etsu.
A statement issued at the weekend in Abuja by the APC Press Corps and signed by the chairman of the Annual Public Lecture Summit, Babatunde Ayeni, said a prominent chieftain of the party and Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) Osita Okechukwu, will deliver a keynote paper titled: “APC Beyond 2023: The tasks ahead – The Role of Stakeholders.”
The maiden edition of the summit was held in December 2020 with the Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh. Lukman as the guest speaker.
Ayeni said the annual public lecture “is a platform designed by the APC Press Corps to contribute to the intellectual development of the nation’s democracy. “The summit aims at providing workable templates for good governance and serves as a medium for deepening democratic norms and institutions by engaging key players in politics, public administration, academia, and economy.
“Reports and suggestions on the lecture will be made available to the party and interested members of the public.”
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