BENEDICT NWACHUKWU, ABUJA
GOVERNORS of the All Progressives Congress are pushing for tenure extension for the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee under the chairmanship of Governor Mai Mala Buni, whose tenure expires on June 25.
The Buni-led CECPC has already submitted the Extraordinary Convention programme to President Muhammadu Buhari but has yet to fix dates and venue for the programme.
The Point exclusively gathered that while the governors were pushing for the extension of the tenure of the Committee for another six months, some party stakeholders were kicking against it, saying the Convention must not be shifted by a day from the proposed date.
An insider at the party headquarters in Abuja disclosed to The Point that the possibility of the Party’s Convention holding as expected might be very difficult as the governors were not ready to shift grounds on their demand for tenure elongation for the CECPC.
Several meetings have been going on at the party headquarters but the parties have yet to reach a compromise.
On Wednesday, five governors held another meeting at the party secretariat, but after much deliberation, moved to the Aso Rock Villa to continue the meeting with President Buhari on the possibility of extending the tenure of the incumbent committee members.
The governors in attendance at the meeting were Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State; Sani Bello of Niger; Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi; Mahmood Badaru of Jigawa and Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State.
However, it was gathered that those agitating for a change of leadership of the committee might not have their way as the Convention must hold before December.
A source, who spoke in confidence to our correspondent, said the party had the Anambra governorship election to contend with, adding that, for a credible convention, the party must start from the wards, the local governments and states before moving to the national.
As such, he said, the Buni-led committee could not leave office before December.
