Sentences with phrase «ward congress»

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his hometown, Daura in Katsina State ahead of the All Progressives Congress ward congress on May 5.

THE Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday dismissed claims by the lawmaker representing Rivers South - East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Abe, that there was no ward congress in the state.

The lawmaker representing Rivers South - East district in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, has said there was no ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

The senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has observed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, ward congress slated for Saturday did not take place in Kaduna...

On May 6, the ward congress by the APC was plunged into confusion, as both Audu / Faleke and Gov. Yahaya Bello factions held separate exercise.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, flanked on the right by Oba Akinloye Shateru II, Ojomu of Ajiran; and his Olori, at the APC ward congress at Eti - Osa on Saturday.

The chairman of Adamawa Congress Committee for All Progressives Party, Alhaji Musa Mahmud, has announced the shift of Saturday ward congress to Sunday.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun on Sunday conducted its ward congress across the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Nigerians watched with bewilderment and disbelief as indescribable savagery, cruelty, violence, shooting and bloodletting enveloped the APC ward congress, which ordinarily should be a civil interaction among party members.

«It is a clear departure from what was experienced last weekend when we had the ward congress.

According to ogbonna,» I must sincerely commend the congress committee members for ensuring transparency in the conduct of the APC ward congress in Abia.»

The statement read in part, «It is pertinent to state that the ward congress in its entirety was characterised by confusion and controversies as reported by the officers who monitored the congress at the various wards and local government areas.

He said, «our ward congress held in Abia was very peaceful, unlike other states where violence trailed theirs.

But the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, condemned the violence and bloodletting that «characterised Saturday's APC ward congress in various parts of the country.»

During the last ward congress, our members were disenfranchised and those who tried to protest the injustice were brutalised by the leadership of the party in the state.

Also speaking on the exercise, ex - Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, lauded the party for adopting the open and transparent option A4 for its voting system at the ward congress; adding: «Option A4 and the friendly atmosphere the ward congress election was conducted guarantee its success.

«The large number of people you see here at this ward congress implies that APC is the party to be reckoned with and we are already having massive followership in the South - East and Enugu State,» he said.

«As if the case of hijacking was not enough, the ultimate result of the ward congress which was submitted by the Secretary of the panel was switched for a doctored result.

The former Senate boss thanked party members for showing resilience and undermining the weather to be at ward congress venue; adding that the whole process was devoid of rancour.

On Friday, Senator Oduah while addressing newsmen said that ward congress of the party held last Wednesday to elect three delegates per ward was fraught with «irregularities and sabotage».

Oduka, the state Commissioner for Education, said there was nothing like ward congress in her ward, adding that the process was marred by irregularities.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday departed Daura in Katsina State for Abuja after participating in Saturday's APC ward congress.

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has insisted on a fresh date for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress.

This was disclosed by leader of the party in the state, Dr Chris Ngige during a stakeholders meeting after the ward congress.

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his home town, Daura ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress on May 5.

The Abia state ward congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been extended to Sunday.

Oyatomi said, «A party that can not conduct ordinary ward congress in unity can not stand in the way of the progressive APC.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has broken his silence on why he was attacked during the just concluded ward congress of the All...

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Odigie Oyegun on Saturday shunned the party's ward congress.

Efforts to reach Odigie - Oyegun for comments were unsuccessful but the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr. Chris Azebamwan, said, «Chief Odigie - Oyegun has more pressing issues begging his attention than the ward congress.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has broken his silence on why he was attacked during the just concluded ward congress of the All Progressives Congress in Anambra State.

He observed that the party had received only one petition during the last ward congress in the state.

«It is the APC Unity Forum that can conduct APC ward congress.

Olatunbosun, while addressing journalists on Sunday in Ibadan the state capital, said, «There should be because they could not hold their ward congress.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday arrived his hometown, Daura in Katsina State ahead of the All Progressives Congress ward congress slated for May 5.

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has said that the latest media propaganda by the self - styled Unity Forum of the All Progressives Congress is a desperate attempt to rubbish the result of the ward congresses conducted on Sunday.

The All Progressives Congress chieftains in Abia State have reacted to the Saturday's ward congresses of the party held in the state.

Some All Progressives Congress women in Imo staged a protest on Friday at the police command, demanding cancellation of the ward congresses and the holding of...

DAILY POST recalls that the two groups had last week held two parallel local government congresses due to the the lingering crisis that had rocked the party after its ward congresses were held.

Okorocha and the APC leaders had been at loggerheads over the result of the May 2 ward congresses held in the state, with the governor claiming that the congresses did not hold.

«First it was agreed that an all - inclusive meeting be called between Thursday and Friday preceding the ward congresses.

Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has ordered the arrest and arraignment of the committee members sent to monitor the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congresses on Saturday.

The faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, backed by former governor of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday held parallel ward congresses in all the 440 wards in the state.

«We have learnt from the past ward congresses, so, we are determined to improve on this, though, we have not recorded hiccups, but this one will also be a hitch - free exercise,» he said.

In an ongoing harmonisation meeting in Awka over the discrepancies in the party's ward congresses, Nwoye told Ngige that he was usurping the functions of the Congress committee by stating that ward congreses held on Saturday when it did not.

He said, «Fake ward congresses list of the state was pasted at the state Secretariat in Yenagoa which was not approved by the National Working Committee of the party, and as such the public should discountenance such a list.

Vice-Chairman, Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Faud Oki, has demanded cancellation of Saturday's ward congresses in the state.Vice - C Oki, who is also the...

Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has said that the latest media propaganda by the Unity Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a desperate attempt to rubbish the result of the ward congresses.

Receiving Amosun, Osoba was quoted to have attributed the success of the ward congresses to the unity and understanding that now existed among the party faithful.

It will be recalled that loyalists of Osoba held a meeting with the governor's team at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, last Thursday, where they discussed the modalities for the ward congresses held last Saturday and strategies for the 2019 elections.