APC dismisses Zoning Rumour

Barely 24 hours after announcing February 26 as the authentic date for the conduct of its national convention, the All Progressives Congress, Wednesday stated that it is yet to release any zoning arrangement for allocating its principal offices at the coming event.

Secretary to the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Sen. Akpanudoedehe, who told journalists at the national Secretariat of APC, also said the party was set to release, guidelines and timetable for the conduct of the very crucial party exercise before the close of work today, Wednesday.

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According to him: “I’m here to debunk the fake news going around on the social media that we have zoned offices. We are yet to meet on the issue of zoning.

“The news and rumour making round are fake news. We never discussed the issue during our deliberations. People should disregard the story because it is fake news. It is not true.”

The timetable and the schedule released showed that the caretaker committee will receive the interim report of the National Reconciliation Committee on January 31st.

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The schedule of activities signed by the Secretary also showed that the inauguration of the State Executives will be conducted on the 3rd of February.

Sales of Forms to all aspirants vying for National Offices is slated for February 14 at the party National Secretariat while submission of completed forms and accompanying documents to be effected on or before 19th February 2022

The caretaker committee also fixed the publication of Sub-Committees for 19th February and screening of all aspirants vying for National Offices for February 20-22, 2022.

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The screening Appeal committee will hear and resolve complaints arising from the screening exercise on the February 23 while accreditation of all statutory and elected delegates to the National Convention will be carried out on February 24-25 2022, culminating in the National Convention to elect National Officers to the National Executive Committee (NEC) on February 26.

The caretaker committee fixed the hearing and resolving of complaints arising from the National Convention will hold on the 28th February 2022.