The All Progressive Congress has declared February 26 for the conduct of the APC National Convention.
The Chairman of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee who is also the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni disclosed this at the National Progressives Women Conference in Abuja.
A Statement signed by the Director General Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed and made available to Channel Network Afrique (CNA) indicated that Buni, charged the women to participate actively in the party’s Convention and the next general elections.
According to the statement, Governor Buni said, “we look forward to having more women contesting in the forthcoming National Convention of the party slated for February 26th, 2022 and the 2023 general elections.
“The party under my stewardship conducted the membership registration and revalidation exercise.
“We found it expedient to constitute a Special committee on Women and youth before the commencement of the exercise” he said.
The Chairman of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee further stated that the roles women and youth played made the membership registration and revalidation exercise a huge success.
“APC has over 41 million registered members thus figure has asserted our position as Africa’s largest political party and of course, Nigeria’s leading political party” he said.
The Yobe State Governor noted that With the figure at hand, APC is confident of winning the 2023 general elections with huge success adding that women constitutes a large proportion of Nigeria’s population with a good number of them doing the nation proud.
“You remain the best mobilizers of support to any political party and its candidates.
“You have always been there on queue on election days to determine the fate of candidates.
“You should enlighten your family, friends and the larger society that, we must not see election as a do or die affair” he said.
