{"id":46611,"date":"2021-02-07T21:40:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=46611"},"modified":"2021-02-07T21:40:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T20:40:55","slug":"apc-membership-revalidation-is-not-meant-to-witch-hunt-anyone-governor-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/apc-membership-revalidation-is-not-meant-to-witch-hunt-anyone-governor-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Membership Revalidation Is Not Meant To Witch-Hunt Anyone &#8211; Governor Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&#8230; Says exercise is to Reposition The Party<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Olabode Adaramola<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Govrnor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) Committee on membership registration and revalidation exercise,\u00a0 has assured party members that the ongoing party revalidation and registration exercise was\u00a0 not meant to favour or work against any member of the party.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Governor also statrd\u00a0 that the exercise was\u00a0 legal as it has the approval and the blessing of the National Working Committee of the\u00a0 party.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking shortly after performing the exercise at his Alkali Mustapha Unit, Central Ward in Kontagora, on Saturday, the Governor pointed out\u00a0 that though people were entitled to their opinions\u00a0 about the ongoing exercise,saying,\u00a0 &#8220;it is not meant to witch hunt anyone, rather it is to meant to\u00a0 reposition the party for the better.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He noted that since 2014 when the last exercise took place, there has never been\u00a0 any opportunity for the ruling party members to revalidate their membership or give opportunity for new members to be registered.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, &#8220;in a democratic setting\u00a0 like in Nigeria,\u00a0 you expect the citizens to express their views but the truth of the matter is that the process is not favour or work against anyone.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Since 2015, when the party came into power many people have left the party, some have even died and many want to come into the party. Again since that time many of the youths have attained the age of 18years and above\u00a0 and they want to join the party&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Governor Abubakar Sani Bello,\u00a0 said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the party should be rebuilt from the grassroots to the top,\u00a0 &#8220;that is why he supported this exercise&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Governor however assured that anywhere there was problem as a result of the registration\/ revalidation exercise his committee will resolve such problems, stressing that shortage of materials in some areas will also be addressed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The also hinted that having flagged off the exercise in Kontagora on Saturday that the revalidation and reregistration exercise had commenced\u00a0 till the next two weeks, pointing out that if there was any need for the extension of the exercise that the National Caretaker Committee of the party will look into it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the meantime\u00a0 the Special Adviser Political Matters to the Governor,\u00a0 Alhaji Nma Kolo has advocated continuous revalidation and registration of party members by all political parties in the country<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nma Kolo added that the party register should not be closed at anytime so that those who have attained voting age can join a political party of their choice.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking to newsmen Kolo said that many people who\u00a0 might have been sitting on the fence and can change their minds and want to join a political party saying keeping the register open will allow such people to do so.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kolo said continuous registration of party members will not only entrench democracy but also &#8221; reduce rush &#8220;<\/div>\n<div>associated with such exercise if the registration was not made permanent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Special Adviser commended party members in the state for the peaceful and orderly manner the exercise is handled so far urging them to continue with such attitude.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The exercise was witnessed by Senator Osita Izunaso\u00a0 in charge of the North Central zone and Senator Domingo Abende in charge of Niger state for the exercise.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Govrnor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) Committee on membership registration and revalidation exercise,\u00a0 has assured party members that the ongoing party revalidation and registration exercise was\u00a0 not meant to favour or work against any member of the party.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[8158],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-46611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-apc-membership-revaluation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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