The All Progressives Congress has mentioned that whereas President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been extensively endorsed for a second time period, different members within the presidency will nonetheless be allowed to contest for the celebration’s ticket.
This clarification got here from the APC National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Mohammad Argungu, throughout an interactive session with journalists on the celebration’s nationwide secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, August 27.
Argungu defined that Tinubu’s endorsement by key celebration constructions, together with the National Working Committee, the Progressives Governors Forum led by Senator Hope Uzodinma, and the National Assembly management underneath Senator Godswill Akpabio, was an acknowledgment of his “outstanding performance” in workplace.
He burdened, nevertheless, that the celebration would uphold inner democracy by preserving the primaries open to all certified members.
According to him, “We will certainly not shut our doorways (different Presidential aspirants). When the time comes, our timetable can be made identified.
“Anybody who desires to aspire for the presidency underneath the APC is not going to be denied the chance to buy the expression of curiosity and nomination types to train their franchise.
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“We never said we had locked the door. We are only telling people that we appreciate what the President is doing for the people of the country and that he deserves a second term in office when we roundly endorsed him recently.”
The APC official made the remarks whereas reacting to comparisons with the 2014 technique of the Peoples Democratic Party, which printed a single nomination kind for then-President Goodluck Jonathan to run as its sole candidate.
On the end result of the latest by-elections, Argungu attributed the APC’s success in 13 out of 16 contested seats to divine grace and the unity of celebration members nationwide.
“This is a remarkable achievement and a reaffirmation of the confidence Nigerians continue to repose in the APC,” he mentioned.
“These victories are usually not simply statistics; they’re a reaffirmation of the belief Nigerians proceed to put within the APC. They display the energy, resilience, and rising acceptance of our celebration nationwide.
“They reflect the belief of the Nigerian people in our capacity to deliver purposeful leadership and good governance.”
