How the APC plans to register 12millionmembers in 5 days

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has disclosed that
it hopes to register at least 12 million members during
its nationwide membership registration drive, which will
begin on January 28.

The Interim National Publicity Secretary of the party,
Lai Mohammed, revealed this to journalists in a
telephone interview.

Mohammed, said the membership registration would last
for about 5 days, and would take place at over 120,000
polling units across the country.

He said, "The membership registration starts on January
28 and it will run for about five days. It will be
happening simultaneously across the nation and will be
done at the level of the polling units. You know the
maximum number of votes at a polling unit is 500. But
the people that vote are not all party members.

"Therefore, if a political party registers up to 100 or 200
people at a polling unit; it is remarkable. There are over
120, 000 polling units in the country. From what we
have, we expect to register at least 12 million members."
Mohammed said the party decided to do the registration
at the polling units to reduce cost of transportation and
other logistics.

He added that the party had made provisions for all the
materials needed for the registration at the polling units.
APC had set up committees to handle the registration of
its members in each state of the federation.

Members of the committee were drawn from the
national secretariat, the defunct Action Congress of
Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and the
All Nigeria Peoples Party in each state as well as the
governors, who are members of the party.

It was also gathered that the caretaker committees would
be inaugurated two weeks before the commencement of
the registration.

After it was registered by the Independent National
Electoral Commission, last year, APC had commenced a
membership drive across the country, which resulted,
partly, in the defection of some members of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party to it.

The membership registration is expected to put figures
to the strength of the new party in the six geopolitical
zones of the country.

Via: Nigerian Eye