A-7-member team from the APC headquarters in Abuja saddled with the responsibility to conduct the party congress on Saturday and elect state officers are already in Osogbo, the state capital for the exercise.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the state congress committee secretary, Mr Sunday Akere in Osogbo on Friday.
Akere stated that “the congress will hold at the Osogbo city stadium, Osogbo, from 10 a.m and participants at the congress include five delegates elected at the ward congress which held on July 31st, 2021 as ratified by the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party.”
“Others expected at the congress besides those elected at the ward congress include statutory delegates as stipulated in the party’s constitution and the guidelines for the congress.
“The statutory delegates comprise of members of Trustees from the state, state chairman and members of the State Executive Committee, State Governor and his deputy; all serving and past members of the National Assembly who are members of the party; all serving and past members of the State House of Assembly who are members of the party; all elected local government area chairmen who are members of the party; all elected councillors in the LGA who are members of the party; chairmen and secretaries of the party in the LGAs; and 5 delegates per ward, at least one of which shall be a woman, and members of the Zonal Executive Committee from the state. All political appointees, if not elected as delegates, may attend as observers.
“Meanwhile, the committee has invited security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor the exercise. The committee enjoined party faithful to conduct themselves with decorum and peacefully throughout the exercise,” the statement concluded.
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