The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the indefinite postponement of the screening of all the presidential aspirants which was earlier scheduled to take place on Monday, May 23.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Felix Morka in a statement issued Sunday, said a new date for the screening exercise would be announced by the party.
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According to him, “The Screening Exercise for Presidential Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) earlier scheduled to be held on Monday, May 23rd, 2022, is hereby postponed.
‘A new date for the exercise will be announced shortly. Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.’
Meanwhile, as the race gets hotter for intending aspirants to jostle for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for 2023, the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has reiterated his earlier claims that no aspirants will be leaving the party after the party’s primaries, which are now slated for May 26th through 30th.
Adamu stated that the ruling APC does not only want to win but also wants to win big in 2023.
He made the assurance on Saturday while addressing a group of party members in the diaspora at a global virtual town hall session on ‘Intra-Party democracy for the Emergence of Best Candidates.’
The programme, themed, ‘Democracy in Nigeria: Mobilising Global Support for Progressives and Continuity,’ was organized under the auspices of the APC Ward-to-ward Diaspora Network in collaboration with the APC Ward-to-ward Ambassadors.
The Chairman said, ‘Directly I want to tell you that after the primaries, non of the contestants of aspirants will leave the party. You can see unlike the other parties extending weight, in our party all our aspirants are calm. Everybody is going left and right, trying to win votes for themselves.
Adamu, who was represented as a Special Assistant, Prof. Abdullahi Yau, added, ‘I can assure you this is the most interesting part; the number of people that are contesting and they are going to give everybody a playing level ground where you can exercise your right as a Nigerian to contest.’