The All Progressive Congress(APC) Diaspora Chapters will hold its election for the party chairmen forum on December 10th, 2022.
This was contained in a statement made available to the newsmen in Madrid, Spain by the acting secretary of the Party Diaspora Chairmen Forum, Ambassador Adeayo Stephen Tella on Saturday 19th November 2022.
He disclosed that the motive for the election is to have a good party structure that will work assiduously for the victory of the party presidential flag bearer in the forthcoming 2023 general election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu/ Kashim Shettima, and other elections
According to him, "This is to inform the general public that the APC Diaspora Chairmen forum will hold her election on December 10, 2022, where a new set of the executive that will manage the affairs of the forums for another four years will emerge.
"The reason for these at this time is to have a well-structured Diaspora Chairmen Committee forum that will work assiduously for the victory of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential bid In 2023.
"The election is scheduled as follows, The nomination form will be sent to the platform on November 23rd, 2022, while the prospective candidates are expected to submit their forms before November 30th, 2022 and the screening of the nominated candidates will run from December 1st, 2022 to December 7th, 2022 and the screening process will be conducted by the Electoral Committee via Confidential Whatsapp call and the elections will hold on the 10th December 2022". Tella said.
The APC Committee of Diaspora Chairmen is a voluntary membership organization of chairmen/chairpersons of the Diaspora Chapters of APC Nigeria and the rules and regulations are approved for the internal governance and relationships between Diaspora Chapters of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Nigeria and the National leadership of the party in Nigeria. The Committee shall also work with members of the party in various diaspora chapters to spread the message of the party to Nigerians living in the Diaspora and provide introductory assistance to ensure that new chapters are duly recognized and registered with the National Headquarters of the party. The Committee shall at all times promote the best interest of Nigeria and their host countries for mutually beneficial outcomes for citizens of both countries.
In addition at the briefing of the APC Diaspora Chairmen Electoral Committee, Hon. Pastor David Abraham the Chairman of APC South Korea Chapter, where Hon. Olalekan Ogunwede Chairman of APC Germany and Chief Agbaakin Chairman of APC Gambia were present and stated that there shall be five elective positions to be contested to avoid a tie between the executives. The position is, Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and Publicity Secretary, the above-mentioned positions should be spread across all continents where APC Diaspora Chapters are instituted.
"The election shall be by online secret ballot and there shall be an online manifesto from all contestants of various open positions.
"The criteria for Nomination and voting only chairmen from fully accredited chapters and financially up-to-date shall be eligible to contest for the position of the Chairman.
"Only accredited members and financially up-to-date members can vote". He stated
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