The national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for March 26 in Abuja will hold as scheduled, Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum and Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has said.
Speaking with State House correspondents on Tuesday shortly the governors meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Bagudu the governors congratulated the president for assenting to the Electoral Act 2022.
“Last week, we were in this hall — about 20 APC governors — and this question came up and we clearly said we came to discuss the national convention, which is slated for March 26, and we’re working hard to ensure that on March 26, we have our convention and elect our national officers and that remains the case.
“Legislation, everywhere in the world, is based on continuous improvement. Constitutions that are 200 years old are subject to reviews sometimes and those reviews are not cut and dry. Even people who truly believe in the need for a legislation may have worries about the implications of it.
“Like I said, we’re never against the principle of amending laws. They are never against the national assembly, but even among the national assembly, there’s debate.
“To imagine that there is some legislation that is punitive to the governors or to the national assembly, I think that will be tantamount to negation of the oath of office.”
