APC releases date for membership registration
Annie Nwosu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that membership registration and revalidation has been scheduled to begin from Dec. 12 to Jan. 9, 2021.
NAN reports that Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
Buni said the process of distributing the membership registration and revalidation materials to all the states, local governments and wards would be concluded before Dec. 12.
He also appealed to the party's states, local governments and ward leaders to take necessary steps to ensure smooth and transparent registration exercise.
"Having consulted stakeholders, including His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC membership registration and revalidation is scheduled to hold from Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, to Saturday, January 9, 2021.
"All our members are hereby invited to revalidate their membership in their wards.
"Similarly, prospective members are also invited to take advantage of the membership registration process to join our party,'' the statement said.
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to change Nigeria's Service Chiefs.
Wike said it was high time new strategies were deployed to tackle internal insecurity threats.
The governor spoke on Friday at the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Port Harcourt.
He said the military chiefs had done their best and should go.
Wike noted that terrorists, bandits, and killer herdsmen were still causing havoc.
"The inability to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency despite years of full military engagement shows that all is not well with our approaches and commitments to the battle against the internal insecurity."
Wike said all Nigerians should be worried by the deteriorating security situation across the country.
"We thank the service chiefs for their efforts so far in the battle against the insurgents."
Wike added: "We also align with the concern of citizens that having seemingly reached their wit end, they should now give way for fresh hands and ideas to give the fight the impetus that it so strongly needs to ensure that Boko Haram and killer bandits are comprehensively defeated and smoked out of existence."
The Rivers helmsman stressed that the time has come for the federal government "to stop the pretense, change strategy, seek help from our friends".
He said now is the time to stop killings, free all hostages and improve Nigeria's security.
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Aviation has mocked the government of President Muhammadu Buhari after the Armed Forces Remembrance Day pigeons refused to fly on Friday.
The pigeons often used to mark the day in the history of the event, on Friday refused to fly even after they were nudged and their cage opened.
The incident has since sent Nigerians speculating, as some attributed the birds' behaviour to bad luck and the absence of peace and unity in the country.
In her reaction, Ezekwesili tweeted, "The pigeons will at least not be attacked for their effective civic disobedience.
"They will also not be told by scoundrels of patriotism to relocate just because they pointed out evident facts of Bad Governance in their country. Thank God for small mercies."