…calls for equity, fairness
The Greater Igbo Forum has called for equity and fairness in the composition of the national committee for membership registration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
A statement signed by the chairman of the group, Dr. Kingsman Obinna Chikelu, on Wednesday, said it noted with ‘utter disbelief’ that the National Caretaker Committee of the APC on January 12, 2021 inaugurated a 10-man national committee for membership registration/revalidation without the inclusion of a South-Easterner in the committee.
“We would rather believe that this was a careless oversight on the part of the persons who compiled that list. And we expect that the Governor Mala Buni-led Natiinal Caretaker Committee will now correct that reckless error.
“We will not request that anyone already inaugurated should be removed to accommodate the South-East. Rather, we hereby call for immediate increase of the number of members of the Mobilization Committee to 12 and two South-Easterners also appointed and inaugurated.
“Like in the other five geopolitical zones, proper mobilization for membership registration/revalidation must hold in the South-East APC and only South-Easterners will be welcomed to lead the process in that geopolitical zone,” part of the statement read.
