Barring last minute changes, the National
Working Committee of the All Progressives
Congress will, on Wednesday, meet in Abuja.
The PUNCH learnt on Monday that the APC’s
NWC would discuss the outcome of the
general elections and the party’s zoning
formula.
The meeting will be followed by that of the
National Executive Committee, which is
expected to ratify decisions reached by the
NWC.
The date of the NEC meeting, it was learnt,
had not been fixed.
It was learnt that the meeting was scheduled
for Wednesday to enable the party members in
Rivers, Imo, Akwa Ibom and Taraba states to
conclude issues relating to Saturday’s
governorship election.
The NWC, investigations showed, would
discuss zoning of postions including the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
the Senate President, deputy Senate
Presidency, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the deputy speaker of the
House.
Investigations showed that the meeting would
also focus on key ministerial appointments,
including the Ministers of Petroleum and the
Federal Capital Territory.
It was learnt that the APC had before the
election tentatively zoned the Senate
Presidency to the South-East, but the party
did not win any senatorial seat in the zone.
A chieftain of the party, who confided in one of
our correspondents, said, “The meeting of the
NWC has been tentatively fixed for
Wednesday. We will review outcomes of the
elections and discuss zoning of offices. Our
recommendations on zoning and other issues
will be submitted to the party’s NEC for
approval.”
When contacted, the National Publicity
Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
confirmed that the party’s NWC was meeting
this week but said he was not sure of the
Wednesday date.
Mohammed said, “Yes, we are holding our
NWC meeting sometime this week. I can’t say
Wednesday but we are meeting this week.”
He also declined to discuss the agenda of the
meeting.
It was, however, gathered that the NWC would
receive a briefing from the Directorate of Legal
Services of its campaign on areas where it
could pursue legal redress and where the party
would be required to prepare a defence.
A leading member of the party, who spoke on
condition of anonymity because he was not
authorised to speak to the media, said the
APC was ready to receive the list of nominees
of the president-elect’s transition committee.
He said, “What I can tell you is that the party
is ready to receive the list from our president-
elect. Consultations are still ongoing but I am
sure, just like the president-elect himself said,
the membership of the team will be trim.
“Technocrats with an understanding of civil
service rules procedures especially as it
relates to financial transactions will play a
prominent role.
“It is true that the president-elect, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, said that our party will
not engage in a witch-hunt as it takes over
the mantle of leadership, we have a moral
burden to let Nigerians know what we are
meeting on ground. This, to my mind, is the
only way we can manage public expectations.”
Buhari had in an interview in Daura on Sunday
told reporters that his team would consist
mainly of experienced, patriotic technocrats.
“This is pure fiction and blackmail. No such
meeting or conversation ever took place.
Whoever wrote the copy obviously has never
heard of being magnanimous in victory. A
charlatan certainly,” the presidential
spokesman said.

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God make them abeg zone SGF to amaechi.Despite say i b from Edo, i just love the man.