By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is to kick-start nationwide registration and revalidation of the party membership register, the Chairman, Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, disclosed on Thursday.
Buni, who spoke at the party Secretariat in Abuja after receiving the first batch of materials for the registration, update, and revalidation exercise to be conducted across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said the exercise will be conducted across the country’s 119,973 Polling Units and 57, 000 Voting Points.
During the handover ceremony at the party’s national secretariat, Governor Buni was accompanied by the Governor of Jigawa, Abubakar Badaru; CECPC Secretary, Sen. John James Akpanudodehe, among other senior party officials.
“As you can see, we just took delivery of the first consignment of the registration materials for the exercise that will soon commence across the country. We have over 119,000 polling units and 57, 000 Voting Points across the country,” he said when he was asked when the registration will commence
“As you can see, this is the membership register and we have the personal information slip that goes with the register as well. Like I said we have just taken first delivery and after taking all the stocks then we will unveil the date, the timetable for the registration across the country. We are going to register, revalidate our existing membership register across the country.”
A statement by the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said, “The membership registration, update and revalidation exercise is in line with the desired reforms under the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led CECPC and the recognised need to expand the membership base of the party. The exercise will target a broad spectrum of Nigerians across urban, rural dwellers, unlettered population as well as Diaspora.”