Posted on: 02:20 Tue, 15 Mar 2016



Chairman of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC), John
Oyegun has said that it is difficult
to get someone who can “match the
outstanding performance” of the
party’s former spokesman, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed.

Oyegun made this assertion on
Monday while speaking at the end
of his 10-day working leave. He
stated that the Party had a problem
of getting a spokesperson.

He said: “I think arrangements
have been completed to hold the
necessary congresses to nominate a
spokesperson.

“I think that should be done very
shortly. In fact, the issue is getting
somebody that can be as close as
possible to the outstanding
performance of the present
minister of information, Lai
Mohammed.”

Oyegun, who said he was glad to be
back to work, said all party
activities scheduled for the month
would hold as planned.

“I told you I was going on a break
because I needed it. I’ve had a good
break, I’ve had a bit of rest and I’m
back to the office. All the scheduled
meetings of the party will run as
planned, the caucus will meet on
the 21st, the BOT on the 22nd and
NEC on the 24th. Everything will go
as planned”, Oyegun stated.

The office of the party’s spokesman
has been vacant since November
when Lai Mohammed was
appointed minister of information
and culture.