APC consultative meeting passes vote of confidence on NWC, urges inclusive, issue-based campaigns

*Declares selective support at elections anti-party

A consultative meeting held Thursday by leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence on the Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

The meeting, which comprised the National Chairman of the party, the National Working Committee members and candidates of the party for the 2019 elections, state chairmen and state secretaries, was held at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, the Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

A statement issued after the meeting by National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, gave the fallouts of the consultative meeting to include observation of a minute silence in honour of the late Chairman of the Cross River State chapter of the Party, Dr. Mathew Achigbe, who died recently in a ghastly motor accident.

Issa-Onilu said the meeting also: “Frowned at attempts by some Party leaders to polarise the Party in some states following post-primary disputes; resolved that Party leaders must campaign for ALL candidates of the Party (Presidential, governorship and legislative positions)” and declared as anti-party, “a situation where leaders engage in selective support by picking and choosing candidates to campaign for and support.”

Also at the meeting, according to the statement, “The Enugu state chairman, Ben Nwoye distanced the state chapter from the condemnable actions and utterances of a Senatorial aspirant in the state, Mr. Osita Okechukwu.”

The APC consultative meeting “Called on governorship candidates to run an issue-based campaign based on the unprecedented achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration which is evident in all the states of the federation, urged the Party’s governorship candidates to run an inclusive campaign by bringing onboard former aspirants.

“The Party’s governorship and other stakeholders were also encouraged to domesticate ongoing peace and reconciliation efforts undertaken by the National Working Committee (NWC).

“The consultative meeting passed a vote of confidence on the National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman, H.E. Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole.

“The NWC was urged continue its effort to protect the best interest of the Party and pursue efforts to achieve peace and reconciliation in the Party,” it said.