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The All Progressives Congress will hold an extraordinary nationalconvention on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 in Abuja to approve amendments to the constitution of the party and also adopt its manifesto for the 2015 general elections.

In a statement issued in Lagos State on Sunday by its National PublicitySecretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the proposed amendments when approved at the national convention will align the partys constitution better with the Electoral Act and also allow the APC to function more efficiently.

It also said the convention would adopt the six-point manifesto that has been extracted from the one submitted to INEC earlier for the purpose of the 2015 general elections.

It said, The manifesto to be adopted at the extraordinary convention of our party is specifically for the 2015 general elections. Because of shifting priorities, we do not believe that a party manifesto should be one for all time but a document that will adjust to the changing needs of the people.

In this regard, we have conducted a survey to find out what Nigerians urgently need at the moment to raise their standard of living and ensure their security and welfare, which is the raison detre of any government. Based on the outcome of the survey, we have come up with a six-point manifesto, which we extracted from the one we submitted to INEC earlier.

The six broad priority areas for the APC ahead of the 2015 general elections are National Security, Good Governance, Human Capital Development, Economic Development, Land and Natural Resources as well as Foreign Policy. The issue of job creation, fight against corruption, infrastructural development, health, qualitative education, regular power supply, etc are subsumed under these broad priority areas.

The party said once the manifesto has been adopted at this convention it will be made massively available to all Nigerians, complete with the full details,in many languages.

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APC holds convention on party constitution, manifesto

The All Progressives Congress has announced plans to hold an extraordinary national convention on Wednesday in Abuja to approve amendments to the constitution of the party and adopt its six-point manifesto for the 2015 general elections.

The party said this in Lagos on Sunday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

It said the proposed amendments when approved at the national convention will align the partys constitution better with the Electoral Act and also help it function more efficiently.

The APC added that the convention would adopt the six-point manifesto that has been extracted from the one it earlier submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission for the purpose of the 2015 general elections.

It said, The manifesto to be adopted at the extraordinary convention of our party is specifically for the 2015 general elections. Because of shifting priorities, we do not believe that a party manifesto should be one for all time but a document that will adjust to the changing needs of the people.

In this regard, we have conducted a survey to find out what Nigerians urgently need at the moment to raise their standard of living and ensure their security and welfare, which is the raison detre of any government. Based on the outcome of the survey, we have come up with a six-point manifesto, which we extracted from the one we submitted to INEC earlier.

The six broad priority areas for the APC ahead of the 2015 general elections are national security, good governance, human capital development, economic development, land and natural resources as well as foreign policy. The issue of job creation, fight against corruption, infrastructural development, health, qualitative education, regular power supply, etc are subsumed under these broad priority areas.

The party said once the manifesto has been adopted, it would be made available to Nigerians.

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2015: APC to adopt six-point manifesto

The All Progressives Congress has accused the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, of telling lies about the cost of constructing the new Government House in Ado Ekiti.

The APC also said the governor lied about the cost of the beds in the governors lodge and the welfare of teachers in the state.

It accused Fayose of churning out lies to the public when he claimed his predecessor, Kayode Fayemi, spent N50m on beds in his and his wifes bedrooms at the Government House.

It said Fayose had been living and operating from the same Government House he said was too expensive.

But the Chief Press Secretary to Fayose, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in his reaction on Sunday urged the people to ignore the allegation by the APC.

Adelusi said, It is a concocted lies for face saving. Having defrauded the state, they should keep quiet and stop disturbing the peace of the state.

They have looted the treasury of the state with their maladministration.

Adelusi denied that Fayose had started living in the new Governors lodge as alleged by the APC.

The governor is not living in the lodge. It is another lie. Our people should ignore them, he said.

Fayose had on Monday last week while administering oaths on the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government, Dr Mrs Modupe Alade; and some Special Assistants branded the N3.3bn Governors Lodge as ill-conceived project and a misplaced priority.

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Fayose tells lie about Govt House cost APC

The All Progressives Congress has accused the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, of telling lies about the cost of Government House, the beds and the welfare of teachers in the state.

It accused the Governor of churning out lies to the public when he claimed his predecessor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, spent a whooping N50m on beds in his and his wifes bedrooms at the newly built Ekiti State Government House.

Fayose, had also on last Monday while administering oaths on the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government, Dr Mrs Modupe Alade and other Special Assistants branded the N3.3bn worth Governors Lodge as ill-conceived project and a misplaced priority.

He said the building was too expensive for the state to maintain considering the level of poverty in the state.

Fayose berated Fayemi for spending such amount of money on a building when the masses were facing serious hardship and challenge of abject poverty added that it will cost a sum of N150m maintenance annually.

But the APC in a statement entitled, Fayoses season of lies by the State Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, on Sunday said Fayose had been churning out the lies to draw sympathy from the public and to discredit Fayemi who had done well.

It challenged Fayose to release independently verifiable documentary evidence to proof his claims because no bed in the lodge cost more than N2m, adding that the money spent on the government house was less than N2bn.

The party said, This is how Mr. Fayose lied about a non existent N50m bed in the Government House when he knows there is no bed that is costlier than N2m in that lodge. Governor Fayemi served Ekiti with diligence, candour and deprivation.

Mr. Fayose knows that he lied about the N3bn cost of the new Government House and a non existent N50m bed as no bed costs more than N2m in that lodge and we challenge him to release independently verifiable documentary evidence to proof us wrong.

He knows that the money spent on the government house is less than N2bn. Nobody could deny the fact that the government house is a legacy bequeathed by the Fayemi administration for the use of subsequent Governors.

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Over 1,000 officials and members of the opposition All Progressives Congressin Abia State, yesterday defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.

Some of the returnees include former Administrative Secretary of APC in the state, Chief Erondu Erondu; former Youth Leader, Vin Ume, former council chairman, women leaders among other chieftains .

Speaking when he led the decampees to the PDP secretariat in Umuhaia, an ex-APC chief, Egwuatu Egbulefu, noted that the in-fighting, deceit, and undemocratic manner in which APC is run leaves much to be desired, hence their decision to return to PDP.

He said,We unfortunately allowed ourselves to believe that we were working with progressives who had good plans and provisions for the people, but little did we know that we had joined a bandwagon of aggrieved politicians looking for a common platform to unburden their grief and self over-estimation.

He described APC as a party of sad, aggrieved and selfish persons who competed to outdo and undo each other, adding that going by the level of mischief appropriated by the leadership of APC it will be sinful for progressives to stay back with them in order to always lie against government to gain self recognition and pride.

The former APC chief pledged on behalf of other decampees, their loyalty to the leadership of PDP while appealing to others still wasting their useful time in APC to return home because PDP is better now than we left it.

He however, pleaded that waiver be granted to the returnees wishing to vie for any elective position in the 2015 polls, as well as fixing some of them with wealth of experiences to deserving positions in the PDP hierarchy.

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Over 1000 APC officials, members in Abia defect to PDP