The Lagos State APC electoral committee is to convene an important  stakeholders’ meeting of top party leaders  ahead of the July 12 local government election in the state.

This is contained in a statement jointly released by the committee chairman, Babatunde Ogala and the secretary, Nurudeen Bamidele, on Monday in Lagos.

The committee said the meeting would  hold at the APC secretariat on Wednesday in Ikeja.

According to the committee, those invited to the meeting are Tajudeen Oluyole Olusi, chairman of the state Governance Advisory Council (GAC) and the three serving senators in the state.

It added that the meeting would also be attended by the party chairmen in the 20 local governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), APC serving members of the House of Representatives and APC members of the State House of Assembly. 

Also to attend the meeting, according to the committee, are the APC apex leaders in the 57 LGs/LCDAs, all the chairmanship aspirants that have been cleared by the screening committee to contest the primaries, all out-going council chairmen.

It said that members of the state executive council of the party would also attend the meeting.

The ruling APC has fixed Saturday as the date of primaries in all the council areas.

According to party guidelines, the indirect system will be used for the primaries with delegates drawn from executive members in the LGAs and LCDAs.

(NAN)