All Progressives Congress, APC, has postponed indefinitely the inauguration of its Standing Committees on Establishment, Finance, Publicity, Inter-Governmental, Conflict, and Resolutions, which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 6.
The development was said to be the result of denials by several committee members, including BUA Group chairman Abdulsamad Rabiu, who was assigned to its financial committee.
Last Thursday, Party Spokesman Felix Morka said that the National Working Committee, NWC, has formed five standing committees: Establishment, Finance, Publicity, Intergovernmental, and Conflict Resolutions.
The party named Uguru Ofoke as Chairman of the Finance committee, while Bashir Gumel was to serve as secretary.
Other members include the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen; Minister of Finance, Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun and oil magnate, A.A. Rano and several others.
Apart from Rabiu, who rejected his membership of the 34-member finance committee, some other committee members were said to have grumbled about the lack of consultations with them before announcing them to the committees.
Speaking after, yesterday’s NEC meeting of the party, Morka said it was resolved that the inauguration of the committees be shifted till further notice, declining to disclose reasons for the development.
The NWC also condemned the attack on the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Dr. Gabriel Longpet and “called on law enforcement authorities to expeditiously investigate, arrest and bring perpetrators to justice.”
