APC National Convention will be hitch-free, says VON DG
News & Trends •
every president in all presidential systems i know be it in the united states tailors the cloth of the party to his size okechukwu said1 the director-general voice of nigeria von mr osita okechukwu has expressed confidence that the all progressives congress apc national convention holding on june 23 in abuja will be hitch-free1 he allayed fears that the intra party crisis arising from the various congresses in some states of the federation would not becloud the national convention1 the party chieftain maintained that president muhammadu buhari remained the presumptive consensus candidate of the ruling party for 2019 presidential election1 according to him in spite of conflicting reports of parallel congresses there will be a hitch-free national convention since the entire tendencies within the party share a common ground in their support for president buhari1 okechukwu who was elected as a delegate to the convention equally predicted that most of the delegates would vote for former edo state governor adams oshimole as the chairman of the party since buhari had endorsed him1 to be honest in spite of conflicting reports of parallel congresses one envisages a hitch-free national convention of our great party apc on june 231 this is because we have president muhammadu buhari who from every index is the presumptive consensus candidate come 2019 presidential election1 mr president is more like a guardian post for our great party. he is the canopy covering us all from bad weather1 remember that what we operate is a presidential system where unlike the parliamentary system the supremacy of the party is less profound1 speaking on the forthcoming convention okechukwu told newsmen in enugu on sunday that there was no cause for alarm1 the dg noted that all the tendencies and factions had a common ground which was the endorsement of president buhari1 in addition those who lost in the congresses are not only loyalists to buhari but are aware of the truism that they were swimming against the tide of the provisions of apcs constitution1 the constitution mandated the national working committee subject to the approval of the national executive committee to make rules and regulations for nomination of candidates1 nobody has the right to reverse the national delegates list validly elected during the local government congress he said1 according to him with such iconic leader like buhari loyalty is enhanced. loyalty to one leader minimises intra-party conflict. it could have been different if we have two strong presidential contenders1 our collective support for mr. president makes it easy for reconciliation in apc before the 2019 general elections1 on alleged plans to disqualify some nwc members at the convention said he was not aware of it1 more so i am aware that president buhari canvassed for waiver for members of the national working committee which was upheld by the national executive committee on march 27 20181 secondly gov. aminu masari screening committee to the best of my knowledge did not disqualify or recommend disqualification of any of them. nan1