The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked for the cancellation of the ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, citing non-compliance with the governing party’s regulations and guidelines, Njenje Media News reports.
He made his position known in his home town in Oro, near Ilorin, after partaking in the party’s national registration and revalidation exercise at his PU006 Oro Ward 2.
Mr Mohammed asked that a process be put in place of a process to ensure the conduct of a credible and fair exercise that would enjoy the support and confidence of all.
In his words;
“We, the critical stakeholders of the APC in Kwara State, hereby demand the following: Immediate cancellation of the APC membership registration exercise in Kwara State and the putting in place of a process to ensure the conduct of a credible and fair exercise that will enjoy the support of all.
“Immediate disbandment of the Senator John Danboyi-led Membership Registration Committee for Kwara State as a vast majority of APC stakeholders in the state has lost confidence in the committee. The constitution of a fresh Membership Registration Committee that is truly independent, non-compromised and sensitive to the delicate diverse interests in the party.
“A thorough investigation into the botched membership registration exercise by the Sen John Danboyi-led committee.
“That these demands are the irreducible minimum requirements for peace and progress in Kwara APC.”
While speaking that Senator John Danboyi-led committee didn’t carry all the stakeholders of the party in the state along, the minister, said: “After the botched attempt to have a meeting of stakeholders, due to orchestrated violence, the Registration Officials failed to consult with all stakeholders before the commencement of the membership registration exercise, opting instead to work with only one of the four tendencies here in Kwara, the Fagbemi Group, to which the Governor belongs, thus excluding the three other tendencies – The Akogun Group, the Gbemi Saraki Group and the Lai Mohammed Group, without which the ‘O To Ge’ Movement would not have succeeded.”
