The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors will meet today to make plans for the party’s convention slated for Saturday.
The governors are converging because the caretaker committee has not taken the needed steps to make the convention possible aside from notifying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“No other steps necessary to show preparation for the convention has been taken by the caretaker committee, hence, the necessity for today’s meeting by the governors,” a source close to the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), said at the weekend.
Checkout Magazine has learnt that today’s meeting will prepare grounds for tomorrow’s meeting of the governors and members of the Mai Mala-Buni led Caretaker Committee with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
The meeting was shifted last week to enable the President to travel to Belgium for the European Union-Africa Union (EU-AU) Summit in Brussels. The President returned on Saturday.
A source said the caretaker committee is planning to ask for a long shift of the convention, but some governors are believed to be angry about this.
They are said to be interested in a two-week shift from February 26 to March 12.
Part of the argument for the shift of date being proposed by the caretaker committee is the need to hold the zonal congresses to elect the zonal vice chairman before the election of the members of the National Working Committee (NWC).
