APC begins membership registration this month

The All Progressives Congress has set up
committees to handle the registration of its members
in each state of the federation.
Members of the committee will be drawn from the
national secretariat, defunct Action Congress of
Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and
the All Nigeria Peoples Party in each state as well
as governors where APC has one.
The ACN, the CPC and ANPP merged to form the
APC.
It was learnt in Abuja, on Sunday, that barring any
last minute change, the APC National Secretariat
would name two members, the chairmen of the
defunct ACN, ANPP and CPC as well as the state
governor (where APC has a governor), would also be
part of the committee.
It was also gathered that the caretaker committees
would be inaugurated within two weeks before the
commencement of the registration exercise.
A reliable party source confided in our correspondent
that the two party officials appointed by the
national body would be sent to states other than
their states of origin.
This, according to the source, is to ensure fairness to
all members irrespective of whether or not they are
members of the three legacy parties.
The source added that the registration exercise had
been tentatively fixed for the third week of January.
It was gathered that the outcome of the assignment
given to reconciliation committees in some states was
partly responsible for the delay.
The source said, “Two of the five or six man
committee for each state will come from the national
headquarter. They will go to be chairman and
secretary, but they will be posted to states which
are not their own.
“Those two will now join the chairmen of the legacy
parties in the states they’ve been posted to plus
the governor- where we have a governor, making
those five, six or seven, depending on whether has
a sitting governor or not.
“They will constitute the registration committee and
given the registration materials. We have trained
registration officers who will meet with the Chairmen
of the party in the state to do the registration.
Copyright PUNCH.