APC National Chairman, Chief Oyegun under fire from APC Zonal Chairmen.

The six Zonal Chairmen of All Progressives Congress are angry with the National Chairman, Chief Oyegun for his indiscretion to issues.
They accused Chief John Oyegun of lacking in transparency and accountability and generally mismanaging the affairs of the party.

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The Zonal Chairmen raised four key areas of indiscretion, which include the finances of the party, formation of ad-hoc committees. Others are abandonment of the zones and change of party structures.
The six zonal vice chairmen who signed the memo include Chief Pius Akinyelure (Southwest), Comrade Mustapha Salihu (Northeast). Others are Alhaji Zakari Idde (Northcentral), Inuwa Abdulkadir (Northwest), Hon. Emma Eneukwu (Southeast) and Ntufam Hilliard Eta (South-south).
In the memo, the chairmen said they had observed with dismay that the APC Constitution had been “disregarded since the inception of the NWC, especially in the formation of ad-hoc committees, among others.”

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“This function, which constitutionally is the sole responsibility of the National Working Committee, has been reduced to the whims of the National Organising Secretary under the watch of the National Chairman,” they added.
They alleged that the income and expenditure of the party has never been brought to the NWC for consideration and approval.
On abandonment of the zones, the chairmen lamented that structures of the party other than the national executive were not allowed to function as envisaged by the party’s constitution.
“Particularly, the Zonal Executive Committees have more often than not been bypassed by the National Chairman in many of the interventions at the state chapters without due regard to the grand norm of the party,” they said.
The zonal chairmen also said “the continuous change of party structures or officers without due respect and/or recourse to the constitution of our great party is very rife,” describing such as scandalous and abnormal.

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According to them, “the frequency and brazenness with which the changes take place without due authorization from relevant organs of the party is intolerable. Kano, Kaduna, Gombe and Ondo chapters are critical examples.
“Given this misnomer, the structures of the party in the affected jurisdictions have continuously been weakened.”
They demanded that the National Financial Secretary of the party should immediately furnished the NWC with the revenue and expenditure profile of the party, adding that effort must be made to fund the zonal structures of the party.

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