Senate chief whip asks Buhari to reschedule APC national convention

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">The Senate Chief Whip&comma; Orji Uzor Kalu&comma; has asked President Buhari to reschedule the ruling All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; National Convention slated for February 2022&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-15577 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;orji-kalu&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Senate chief whip asks Buhari to reschedule APC national convention" width&equals;"625" height&equals;"491" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Orji also allayed fears that the ruling party will implode if the APC&&num;8217&semi;s National Chairman of the Caretaker&sol;Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee&comma; Governor Mai Mala Buni&comma; holds the convention in February&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">This was stated in a letter he wrote on Thursday in Abuja to President Muhammadu Buhari and the party&&num;8217&semi;s national leadership&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Kalu cited three difficulties that must be solved promptly before the convention&colon; &&num;8220&semi;election of National Working Committee &lpar;NWC&rpar;&semi; party crises at state levels&semi; and presidential zoning in 2023&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">In response&comma; he proposed that the APC presidential primary and election of the National Working Committee &lpar;NWC&rpar; take place at the same time as the presidential primary election in 2023&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Kalu wrote a letter titled&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Urgent demand for postponing of APC National Convention&comma;&&num;8221&semi; cautioned that conducting the convention in February without resolving pockets of differences that arose during the party&&num;8217&semi;s Congresses could lead to implosion&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;It is with a sense of devotion and unshakable allegiance to our great party&comma; the All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar;&comma; that I write to you&comma; the content of this letter regarding our party&&num;8217&semi;s National Convention set for February 2022&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the letter begins&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;