The National Executive Committee has set up a committee to review our constitution for the purposes of inclusivity of such elements
For the purpose of determining who will be the party’s nominee for the governorship election in Anambra State on November 8, 2025, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given its approval to an indirect primary poll.
As a result, the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee (NWC) would be holding a meeting with all of the party’s stakeholders and aspirants at its national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday of the next week in order to bring everyone along during this process.
Speaking to reporters after Thursday’s NWC meeting in Abuja, APC National Secretary Senator Ajibola Basiru revealed this and added that a letter would be sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirming it.
Senator Basiru said, “The national working committee of the party took cognizance of the fact that advertisement had been made and it seems the advertisement was seemingly projecting that the NWC had adopted direct mode of primary but in actual fact no positive resolution of the NWC had been taken before today as to the mode of primary.
“At the NWC today, it was put into consideration and now formally decided that the mode of emergence of the candidate for that election will be through indirect primary.
“In order to carry along all stakeholders, a stakeholders meeting with the state working committee, state caucus and the aspirants will hold at the national headquarters of the party by 1pm on Tuesday next week to carry them along.
“We discovered that certain people who were not members of the NEC were reported by many media as being absent whereas they are not members of the NEC but for some political expediencies.
“They were reported to be absent but ex-governors are not members of NEC.
“The National Executive Committee has set up a committee to review our constitution for the purposes of inclusivity of such elements.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there were some who were members of the caucus and they attended but because they are not members of NEC, they did not attend.
“The former Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, was at the Caucus but certain media reported that he was absent from NEC.
“The national working committee also considered its proposition to begin to engage with government appointees on their achievements of the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“And we agreed that the processes will begin in earnest immediately after the Ramadan fasting so that there will be engagement between the party and government officials to x-ray the progress and challenges faced by different ministries, departments and agencies of our government.
“The national working committee also reviewed the ongoing membership e-registration of the party and the consultants doing the work have been mobilised.
“Necessary equipment and software are been put in place to ensure that the exercise which is slated to be made public by May is made seamless because our commitment is that before the next election.
“We would have a register that has integrity and will also be useful for the purposes of accessing the demographics within the party.”