Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, at the APC
National Secretariat in Abuja on June 29, 2020.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will
only accept credible candidates for the October 31 concurrent
legislative by-elections scheduled to be conducted across eight
states of the Federation.
APC Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning
Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, gave the warning while
inaugurating the Party’s Screening and Appeal Committees for the
by-elections at the APC National Secretariat, Abuja, according to a
statement released on Thursday by spokesman Yekini Nabena.
The Committees are saddled with the responsibility of screening
APC Candidates for the by-elections.
Buni, who was represented at the inauguration on Wednesday by
the APC Caretaker Committee secretary, Senator John Udoedeghe,
further stated that the party was moving in a new direction and
would ensure that things were done properly.
He charged the members of the Committees to be fair to all the
aspirants and ensure that only those with impeccable records in
their careers were chosen as APC candidates.
Responding on behalf of the other members, Prof. Stephen Ocheni
assured that the members of the Screening and Appeal Committees
would discharge their assignment with fairness and a sense of
responsibility. Ocheni who was a former Minister expressed
gratitude to the national leadership of the Party for the
confidence reposed in them and for giving them the task to perform
on behalf of the Party.
Below is the party’s schedule of activities for the
legislative by-elections:
– Screening of Aspirants: Wednesday August 26th, 2020 – Thursday
August 27th, 2020.– Publication of Claims and Objections: Friday 28th August,
2020– Screening Appeal: Tuesday 1st, September, 2020
– Primary Election: Thursday 3rd, September, 2020
– Election Appeal: Saturday 5th, September, 2020
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