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APC States To Attend National Conference

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has expressed readiness to attend the proposed National Conference, saying the decision was in order to continue to engender … Continue reading APC States To Attend National Conference


The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has expressed readiness to attend the proposed National Conference, saying the decision was in order to continue to engender participatory democracy.

During the tour of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference, some of the political party’s governors had questioned the need for a National Conference, insisting that what Nigerians need was good governance and not a conference without proper agenda.

A statement by the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, said that the governments of the APC controlled states would send delegates to the planned national conference as requested by the Federal Government.

In an interview in Adeo-Ekiti on Sunday, Governor Fayemi said that the decision to participate in the conference was without prejudice to the party and the eventual outcome of the conference.

Mr Fayemi pointed out that the Governors of APC controlled states were of the opinion that the generality of the people of their respective states should be given the chance to express their views on sundry national issues at the conference which scope covers fiscal federalism, local government creation and autonomy, state policing, rising cost of governance, regionalism, electoral process, citizenship and corruption among others.

“As governors, we are governors of all and not governors over our party members alone, hence the need to allow the states to send delegates to the conference,” he said.

Governor Fayemi explained that the governors believed that the conference was an invaluable opportunity to espouse ideological perspectives on these issues.

“For the APC that has enjoyed unprecedented and yet widening support from Nigerians, it owes the people a duty to use the opportunity of the conference to canvass its views,” he said.

The governor, however, expressed belief that the conference would serve as a veritable means to resolve knotty national issues and a vital medium for communication of disagreement and agreement no matter how sensitive the issues were.