Good morning friends, here are the guidelines for the soon-to-begin APC membership registration exercise. Those interested should read through the guidelines, seek clarifications and offer suggestions as appropriate. We urge everyone to participate and see to its success. Thank you. ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) GUIDELINES FOR MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION PREAMBLE The party is to commence a nationwide registration of members at the polling unit level in all the states of the federation and the FCT. In order to have a transparent and credible registration process, it is proposed that the following committees should be formed to conduct and supervise the exercise: 1. National Registration/ Collation/Data-Process Committee 2. state registration supervisory committee 3. local government area registration supervisors 4. ward registration supervisors 5. polling unit registration officers NATIONAL REGISTRATION/ COLLATION/DATA- PROCESSING COMMITTEE : The committee which shall be headed by the National Chairman shall include the National Secretary and or specialist(s) suitable to perform the duties of the committee. FUNCTIONS: 1. formulation of policy for membership registration; 2. Designing, printing, storing, securing and distribution registration forms; 3. Procuring and supplying other necessary registration materials; 4. assuming full responsibilities for the strict supervisions of the membership registration at all levels and for the appointment of necessary relevant officers for such supervision; 5. Appointing state membership registration chairmen and secretaries and, intervening in the appointment of any state registration officers where the state has difficulties in nominating such officers. 6. Ensuring hitch free collection and verification of data from states. 7. Establishment of National Data Bank and Online Registration Portal. 8. Processing and transmission of verified data to “card” production center 9. Collection of final card from production centres and distributes same to states. 10. Maintaining data bank for reference purpose and ensuring regular update of the data bank for continuous registration exercise. STATE REGISTRATION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE (SRSC): The committee shall be made up of 5 members: a. The chairman and the secretary shall be appointed and trained by the national registration/ collation/ data processing committee. b. In a state where we have APC Governor, the state interim committee in full consultation with relevant stake-holders and the coordinating Governor shall nominate a member from each senatorial district in the state to complement the functions of the chairman and secretary. Note: where however, any state cannot agree to nominate the three members, the matter shall be referred to the National Registration/ Collation/ Data Processing committee which shall intervene by appointing such members from among members Of communities within such senatorial districts in the state. FUNCTIONS OF STATE REGISTRATION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE (SRSC): a. The state Registration Supervisory Committee SRSC, shall responsible for the overall conduct of the membership registration exercise specially the monitoring and supervision of the process and resolution of other problems in the states. b. The state registration supervisory committee shall have custody of all registration materials and distribute them directly to the various local government registration supervisors. c. The state registration supervisory committee shall coordinate and consult with the stakeholders of the party in the state on the modalities of conducting the exercise including but not limited to venue, logistics etc LGA REGISTRATION SUPERVISORS: Each local Government area shall have three (3) Registration Supervisors, who shall be recruited from the senatorial district community by the national registration/ collation/data center committee in consultation with the SRSC. FUNCTIONS: The L.G.A Registration Supervisors will be responsible for supervising the process and ensuring that the exercise is conducted within the LGA at the end of the exercise they will be required to collect all registers and complete forms from the respective ward supervisors in their L.G.A’s and handover same to the state Registration Supervisory Committee. WARD REGISTRATION SUPERVISORS: Each Ward shall have three (3) Registration Supervisors, who shall be recruited from the local government community by the National Registration/Collation/Data/Processing Committee in consultation with the SRSC. FUNCTIONS; They will be responsible for supervising the process at the Polling Unit level and ensuring that the exercise is effective within the Ward. At the end of the exercise they will be required to collect and sort all completed forms from the respective Polling Unit Registration Officers in their Wards and handover same to the LGA Registration Supervisors. They will also be responsible for recording/ entering the details of all registration members in the register. POLLING UNIT REGISTRATION OFFICERS : Each Polling Unit shall have two (2) competent Registration Officers (RO’s) to be recruited from the ward community by the state Registration Supervisory Committee. The RO’s will be responsible for registering all members. The Registration Officer, where necessary, shall assist intending members to complete their forms. At the end of the registration exercise the Registration Officer retains the complete form, while the newly registered member keeps the counter foil. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES State Registration Supervisory Committee, SRSC: To ensure the credibility of the process, it is proposed that those who will be saddled with this important responsibility should/ must be; A reputable Leader/ Elder from the merging Parties, for example ; A. Members of the National Assembly and States House of Assembly, B. Former Member of the National Assembly C. very educated distinguished Party Members of proven integrity/commitment to the Party. -Local Government Supervisors Same as members of State Registration Committee. -Ward Supervisors Minimum of Secondary School Certificate. Proven integrity Well educated with capacity to handle the assignment - Polling Units Registration Officers Minimum of Secondary School Certificate and must be competent to handle the assignment. All details on Registration Forms shall be entered into the Register Book with all the information including the serial numbers on the form. (Forms are not ordinary, they are serially numbered and security coded) All forms to be accompanied with two (2) passport photographs. WARNING: The leadership at every level must ensure peaceful conduct of membership registration. Any disruption by violence shall be investigated and appropriate sanctions shall be visited on any person or group of persons found responsible. The registration for such unites, wards or local government are of state shall be cancelled by the National Registration/ Collation/ Data- Processing Committee and may prevent such affected area from participation in the congress and the convention.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:48:11 +0000
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