APC Extends Nationwide Membership Registration, Revalidation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the nationwide membership registration and revalidation by three weeks.

The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, in a statement yesterday, said the extension was in response to the demands for more time to allow accommodation of all prospective members.

The exercise, which commenced on February 9, across the 36 states of the federation will now end in March.

Akpanudoedehe said the feedback from the states have been overwhelming and beyond projected success level with a massive turnout of intending registrants.

He stated that the massive turnout was responsible for the shortage of registration materials in many states, thereby warranting an extension of the exercise to give every interested Nigerian an opportunity to officially identify with the APC.

He added: “Additional disbursement of registration materials to meet up with the demands reported in most states has, however, commenced and will continue until the material needs of all the affected states are adequately met.”

The party commended Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State-led Youth, Women Mobilisation and Persons with Disabilities’ Sensitisation Committee, the National Registration, Revalidation Committee, led by Governor Sani Bello of Niger State and the states’ steering committees for the success recorded so far.

It said the party had received a nationwide acknowledgment of the increasing popularity of the APC, and most especially in states that are being governed by the opposition party.