APC to unveil 2023 Primary Elections timetable soon

By Our Correspondent

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC said it has begun discussions on the modalities for its 2023 primary election timetable, as it dismissed as mere speculations, a purported primary election timetable currently in circulation and said to have emanated from it.

The party disclosed this at the end of the meeting of its National Working Committee NWC Wednesday in Abuja.

Addressing journalists at the end of the NWC meeting, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barr. Felix Morka said the NWC has just begun discussions on the process but has not drawn up a timetable and schedule of activities.

He said; "Today the 6th of April, 2022, the NWC of the APC met and we just rose from that meeting. Amongst other topics covered was as you properly expected, we discussed the programme for our party's primaries looking at the schedule of activities that is to come.

"But I am not able to give you the rundown of the details of that (primary election) schedule because that is still in discussion as we are yet to conclude on a definite plan or timetable or schedule for our primaries. But I can confirm that we did have that conversation today. At least we did begin that conversation today but we have not concluded and we have not made any decision 

"We have not put out any information into the public space about the schedule of our primaries, but what I am confirming to you is that we had that discussion and that discussion is still in progress and as soon as the details are concluded and a decision is made, you will be the first to see or hear about it".

On whether political appointees who are members of the party would be allowed to vote during the primaries in defiance of the Electoral Act 2022 (as amended), Morka said; "The Ministers are members of the party and the party is the party. Now, both the Ministers and other appointees and the party leadership have excellent counsel and guidance. I am sure, everyone involved intends to comply fully with both the intendment and the letters of the Electoral Act".

The purported timetable which went viral on Wednesday had fixed the APC Presidential primary election for Saturday, May 30.