The National Publicity Secretary,
Action Congress of Nigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says 23 governors in Nigeria
are part of the All Progressives Congress merger.
Mohammed spoke at the 7th Town Hall
Meeting with constituents of Lagos Central Senatorial District organised by
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in Lagos on Friday.
Though the ACN spokesman did not give
the names of the governors, he said apart from the 11 governors currently in
the parties that were involved in the APC merger, 12 other governors had
signified interest to be part of the APC.
Mohammed said, “The governors will
make their declaration after the party is registered, likely in two weeks’
time.
“We are likely to get our
registration certificate by the end of June or second week of July.”
He explained that the delay in
submitting the APC application to the Independent National Electoral Commission
was caused by the complexities of merging.
He said, “Merging is not an easy
process, it is complicated. Aside from the stipulated name, constitution and
logo change, each of the merging parties must hold a special convention of its
party to adopt the merger.”
He said contrary to speculations in
some quarters, the merger would work and was very much on course.
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