By Dayo Omoogun
In a most shocking stance, the former governor of Osun State and pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
has expressed misgivings concerning the party’s ongoing registration, revalidation and update exercise as well as the Caretaker Committee itself, adding that the Committee should not attempt to perpetuate itself.
The highly respected founding member of the party gave voice to his displeasure while partaking in the exercise at his ward 04, Isedo1, Ila- Orangun in Osun State where he raised two very critical observations.
“Please, permit me to make two observations. The first is that in normal circumstances, a Caretaker Executive Committee for a political party is an abnormality. If not carefully controlled and expeditiously managed, most aberrant authorities end up in contempt and disgrace.
“The second is to say that no population census is repeated within less than a decade and that voters are not re-registered at every election. With this context, I see the present membership registration within less than a decade after the original register as an indefensible aberration leading to certain ugly perceptions.
“The first major perception is that APC already having a well-computerised register of 100 leaders of similar ideological orientation per each of the over 120,000 polling units across Nigeria, might be lacking comprehension and matrix of the modern-day technology.
“The second major perception is that APC leadership might be wasteful and unappreciative of the proper use of money in a kind of scanty economy in which Nigeria now finds itself.
“These seeming ugly perceptions put into abeyance the applause of the two national election successes that the original APC register enjoyed since its completion on 15 February 2014 and the over N1bn of 2014’s value than the original cost when APC had no money of its own.