APC constitutes State Interim Committees


The National Interim Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress has approved the establishment of State Harmonisation Committees in order not to create a vacuum and also to regulate the activities of the party at the state level including the Federal Capital Territory.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the decision to set up the State Harmonization Committees followed the adoption of the report of the Masari Committee by the National Interim EXCO, which met last week in Abuja.
According to the statement, the SHC shall comprise President/Vice President, past and serving, who are members of the Legacy Parties; Governors/Deputy Governors, past and serving, who are members of the Legacy Parties; Serving and former Senators who are members of the Legacy Parties; Serving members of the House of Representatives who are members of the Party; and Speakers or Minority Leaders of the States Houses of Assembly who are members of the party.
The APC listed others as former Ministers who are members of the Legacy Parties; all immediate past National EXCO Members of the Legacy Parties; Immediate past gubernatorial candidates of Legacy Parties and their Deputies, where APC does not have a sitting governor, who are still Members of the Legacy Parties; nine persons, comprising three elders, three youth and three women, with one of each from each of the Senatorial Districts of the state; state chairmen and the secretaries of the Legacy Parties; members of the National Interim EXCO; and Federal Commissioners who are members of the Legacy Parties.
The party said the persons shall be recommended to the National Interim EXCO for their approval and inauguration by the National Vice Chairmen in conjunction with members of the National Interim EXCO from their Zone.
It listed the functions of the SHC as including to harmonize and fuse the structures of Legacy Parties into one united, strong and vibrant party in an atmosphere of peace and harmony; to organize and hold meetings of the party at all levels in the state (that is polling units, wards, LGA, Area Council and State); and to embark on massive mobilization, coordination and consolidation of members into the party in accordance with stipulated guidelines issued by the National interim EXCO.
The APC said the SHC shall also take inventory of existing assets of Legacy Parties across the state, harmonize same for the effective establishment of the party structure in all polling units, wards, Local Governments and States in accordance with the directive and guidelines of the National Interim EXCO, and to ensure effective implementation of the registration process, such that all persons desiring registration into the party are afforded the right to be so registered in accordance with the directives from the National Interim EXC

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