PRESIDENT BUHARI ON TUESDAY 27 MARCH, KICK AGAINST THE TENURE ALONGATION OF THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC), JOHN ODIGIE OYEGUN 

 

The decision to extend the party’s national working committee led by Oyegun, be reconsidered and reversed, the president demanded. According to the president, who spoke at the party’s headquarters in Abuja, said the extension decided upon at the party’s NEC meeting on February 28 is against the constitution of the APC.It was learnt that the party officials and members who attended the meeting did not expect Buhari’s pronouncement calling for the kicking of the tenure extension for Oyegun.


Buhari spoke before the commencement of NEC meeting in favour of the cancelling of the tenure extension decision.epublic of Nigeria.

"While the APC constitution, in article 17(1) and 13.2(B), limits the tenure of elected officers to four years, renewable once by another election, the 1999 constitution of Nigeria (as amended), in section 223, also prescribes periodic elections for party executives at regular intervals, which must not exceed four years. “Furthermore, article 31 of our party constitution provides that any principal officer wishing to re-contest or contest for another post, must resign from his current post at least one month before the election

“In this circumstance, what is expected of us is to conduct fresh elections, once the tenure of the current executives approaches its end. A caretaker committee cannot remedy this situation, and cannot validly act in place of elected officers,” the president said.

Buhari said he changed his mind over the extension of tenure for Oyegun and others because he does not want the party’s activities to be faulted by any court of law.The report said the NEC members were shocked because the issue was not part of the agenda circulated to members and was not discussed at the national caucus meeting which held at the Presidential Villa previously.

During a NEC meeting of the party on February 28, the tenure of members of National Working Committee, led by John Odigie-Oyegun was extended by one year.

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