The All Progressives Congress (APC )has requested its members in appointive position aspiring for elective offices to resign before the scheduled party primaries.
This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary,Mr Felix Morka on Friday in an interview with journalists.
Morka said the decision is in accordance with Section 84 ( 12) of the Electoral Act which states that” No political appointee at any level shall be voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of nomination of candidates for any election”
According to Morka” The position of the party is consistent with the Electoral Act. We are allowing our affected members who may have the intention of contesting the primaries to comply with the Electoral Act,as provided
” The Electoral Act, however,does not stipulate the time frame by which individuals should resign their appointments prior to the primary. The party will simply follow the Electoral Act”
” Any member of our party who is on an appointive position,we will expect such individual to resign before our primaries.
” We are hopeful that they will comply at the right time and we are going to ensure that anyone seeking our ticket will not breach the Electoral Act” He said.
The All Progressives Congress has fixed 20th April 2023 for a meeting
of the National Executive Committee ( NEC) to decide on a timetable for the party primaries and other activities ahead of the 2023 general election.
Credit Saturday Tribune
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