The All Progressives Congress would be making special
concessions for serving political appointees who previously held elective
office to vote at its national convention.
Such persons include a former Governor of Rivers State and
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; the Minister of Labour and
Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who is also a former governor of Anambra State; a
former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola and Minister of Works and
Housing; and a few others.
Governor Sule said they would be given concessions because
the APC Constitution makes them statutory delegates.
He said, “Our delegates’ lists are statutory delegates. So if you have a former president as a political appointee, if you have a former senator as a political appointee, these are already automatic delegates.
“Let’s not confuse the two just because being an appointee
doesn’t necessarily take you out of being a delegate, because our delegates are
classified clearly. Former presidents from our party, former elected
personalities, party officials and the rest are delegates.
“So if you are talking of the ones we have submitted now, we
don’t have commissioners, we don’t have advisers, we don’t have all those
unless somebody particularly who was a former this or former that. In that
case, just being an appointee doesn’t completely exclude such a person from
being a delegate.”
But speaking on the Channels TV programme, Sule said some
ministers, including the one from his state, had been excluded from being
delegates. He, however, did not say if this would affect his earlier position.
The APC on Thursday barred political appointees from taking
part in its national convention or primaries due to the controversy surrounding
Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, which bars political appointees from
voting at party congresses.
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, ruled
last week that the section was null and void because it was at variance with
the constitution, the National Assembly had vowed to appeal the judgment.
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