Angela Mbaocha, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, Friday hinted that the state has been given the mandate ahead of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) convention to produce the National Treasurer and Zonal Secretary of the Party.
The APC convention has been slated for March 26, 2022.
Igwe, disclosed this on Friday, during an enlarged state executive council meeting of the party at the International Conference Center, Abakaliki.
He said,” I want to congratulate the Committee led by Buni, for being able to wither the storm and all the attacks that came both left right and center. Today they are still intact and they are assuring us that they will be peaceful and will be coordinated to have the most peaceful convention next Saturday.
“So many resolutions were reached at the meeting they had. You know APC goes by consensus, they also go by election sometimes because we are members of one family there is no need for bickering, no need for friction to overwhelm us. That’s why the party say sometimes we go by consensus and agree on what and what should be done.
“In their wisdom the six geopolitical zones have been given the privilege to have the national cake of APC each zone has been allowed to have a national officer that will represent the zone at the national level. Ebonyi State to the glory of God and by the hard work and perseverance of our governor, who has been able to strive and ensure that the right of the state at the national level is not allowed to be drowned.
“To that extent we have been asked to produce the National Treasurer. Also at the zonal level we have been allowed to produce the Secretary.
‘Because of that the working Committee of APC in Ebonyi State decided to summon this meeting and tell us what they did immediately they had the privileged information”.
Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting, Chairman of the party in Ebonyi state, Stanley Okoro-Emegha, said the party would adopt consensus method in selecting people to occupy the positions zoned to them.
“In our constitution we have provision for consensus candidate, we also have the provision to go to the field if one feels like no we want to contest. Where we agree to have a consensus candidate it will stand, where we disagree we all go to the field.
“The national leadership of the party zoned and then micro zoned. The one that has been ceded to southeast is what the leaders of the party agreed on and then do micro zoning and gave Ebonyi two positions which is the National Treasurer and Zonal Secretary of the party.
“As such we have some of our people that moved all out for the form, they purchased the form and as a family we decided to agree on a consensus at such every member sat for the SEC meeting after long deliberations of the state working Committee we came down to NEC meeting and then it was agreed that we go on consensus”.
