• Buni’s Revalidation Overpowers Opposition
When in June 2020, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) was created it was intended as an interim administration body.
According to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which established it, CECPC was to oversee the running of the party in the absence of the crisis ridden National Working Committee (NWC). The interim management body, led by incumbent Yobe State governor and immediate past National Secretary of the party, Mai-Mala Buni, was also expected to plan and organize a national convention to elect new members of the NWC. x
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Published 30 January 2021
Amid the rush to enlist new party members, JOHN ALECHENU examines the renewed battle between the governing All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2023 general elections
The ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition People’s Democratic Party are set to use their fresh membership registration to enlist new members ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The development seems to have renewed the old rivalry between the two leading parties which are now jostling to gain the attention of the voting public.
While the APC’s new membership/revalidation exercise begins this week, that of the PDP will start within the next one or two months.
The Peace Panel was saddled with the responsibility of resolving the contentious issues and uniting party leaders in the zone and tackling crisis bedevilling the states chapters of the party in the region.
The APC has become comatose in the South South axis sequel to the prevailing power struggle and division among the critical stakeholders.
Some state chapters of the party are entangled in crisis over who controls the party’s structures.
Others have been polarised with parallel executives running them to the detriment of the party and its chances of winning future elections.
Some states like Rivers are running parallel executives while the political bigwigs have maintained sealed lips and failed to reconcile their differences to form a united front ahead of future elections.
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Published 3 January 2021
The battle for the control of the structure of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has raised the political stakes between the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Senator Magnus Abe, further dwindling the party’s chances of making an impact in 2023, DENNIS NAKU reports
The activities of political parties and periodic elections have for centuries remained features that distinguish democracy from other forms of government.
Contestation is considered normal as politicians seek opportunities to offer themselves for public service.
However, in the case of Nigeria, contestation comes at a high cost not only to the aspirants but sometimes to the political platforms.
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After the instability and varied gales of insecurity that plagued the country and dominated most political discourse in 2020, this year seems to offer a new leaf to all and sundry. IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI examines the likely issues that will shape politics in the country this year.
It is three days into the New Year, but the political storms that lingered all through the preceding year are still raging. The varied gale of insecurity, ranging from terrorism, kidnapping and banditry, tore at the nation and almost sank it in 2020. According to a former Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Idada Ikponmwen, the different shades of insecurity that plagued the country last year were indicative that legitimate authority collapsed in the country despite being under the watch of a former military head of state, President Muhammadu Buhari.