APC: Buhari, Tinubu Disagree Over Party Structure Disagreement over what would be the sharing formula for the newly formed APC has stalled its registration by the INEC. It was gathered that both the leader of the ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and leader of the CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari, have failed to agree on which geopolitical zone should produce the protem National Chairman. In a bid to tidy up its strategies for the registration of APC, top leaders of the opposition coalition met in Abuja recently with the resolve to move on without resolving the sharing of party positions while also giving approval for the filing of the application not as a body but on party basis until the final determination of the leadership structure. The meeting which was held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja had in attendance both Tinubu and Buhari as well as Chairman of the BOT of the ANPP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, as well as APC governors and national chairmen of the three merging parties. It was learnt that during the negotiation by the merger committees, the parties submitted separate proposals with each holding tacitly to interest areas. For instance, a proposal that sought to have the ACN produce the interim chairman for APC, while the CPC and the ANPP fill the National Secretary and Deputy National chairmanship slots respectively became very contentious with the ANPP protesting the arrangement. However, owing to the inability of the joint merger committees to agree on modalities for the formation of interim party structure, the leadership of the parties was called in to use their influence to sort the matter out. The meeting was expected to put paid to the brewing rancour and approve an interim party structure which would form the basis for seeking registration with the INEC.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:00:50 +0000
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