A former Minister of State for Education and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, in this interview with DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE speaks on the clamour for a president from the South-East and the APC presidential primary

What mode of presidential primaries will you prefer? Consensus, indirect or direct primaries?

Anyone the party chooses to go after. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages.

If you bring delegates together and you tell them to embrace an indirect primary, Abuja will be turned into a dollar bazaar because people will try to get as much voting power with lots of resources. If you look at what happened with the train attack, some of the delegates who were going back to their states were attacked maybe because the bandits thought that many of the people who were in the train were returning from the convention and were loaded with dollars.

Similarly, because of the timeline given by INEC, the party may not be able to conduct direct primaries. Also, the idea of consensus may not be accepted by everyone.

But I know that the NWC is working towards the best mode of primaries that will avoid rancour, loss of lives, and disintegration.


We have not seen you doing nationwide consultations with delegates like Tinubu, Osinbajo and Amaechi. What then is your strategy?

It is very clear that people have different approaches to things and my mother taught us something before you make garri you look at the size of the soup so you will know if the soup will be enough for the garri. I have not had the luxury of former governors who own jets and controlled state resources at some points. It is acceptable for people who have those forms of resources to throw them around.

However, we have been working with delegates who will vote at the convention. In every state, we have a local working committee known as the LWC made up of people who are interested in our campaigns and they have been engaging with our delegates.

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Evil party...bad product...

Devourers

Nwajiuba don dey see defeat.
Go, get and share your dollars too.
Stop whipping up unnecessary sentiments.
Better still, you can withdraw like Obi Pandora

Nansense

Hnnnmm

Lagos state money go suffer for Tinubu hand on that day.

Once they leave office, they'll suddenly realized the truth!

E sure me die say Tinubu and osibanjo won't get apc ticket. That one is certain

Why are people that claim to be popular run away from contest?

If APC had used consensus in 2015, President Buhari wouldn't have emerged presidential candidate. Atiku would have more likely carried the day. Direct election allowed Tinubu to pull his weight by supporting Buhari with bloc SW delegates.

If e easy, go and build AkPuGA. All of them go collect, all redcap politicians go collect, Okorocha don dey collect, OUK, Peter Obi don collect. Dem must collect, they lack strategic planning but hoping the ticket would be thrown on their laps. Nigeria politics is far above palm wine politics. Palmwine politicians must collect. Ipob pigs must collect.

-Okoro bufo

Is this one even contesting? He has not left his house since he bought forms. Mtcheeew

SW can never be divided because of Apc primary. The earlier you guys let that sink, the better for you people

Xscape1993:
Evil party...bad product...

Omo Ibo, calm down

Moferere:
Nwajiuba don dey see defeat.
Go, get and share your dollars too.
Stop whipping up unnecessary sentiments.
Better still, you can withdraw like Obi Pandora

Nansense

As far as Tinubu doesn't get the Apc ticket, Nigeria is good

Bullion van vruuummm vruummmm

let it rain apc party of the most useless set of people to rule this country after the award winning thieving party of all times pdp

Damn

criminals

It is very clear that people have different approaches to things and my mother taught us something before you make garri you look at the size of the soup so you will know if the soup will be enough for the garri.

Hmmmmmm, God bless your mother Hon Chukwuemeka, this above was the first thing that caught our attention in this political news,
Words of a wise woman!
Garri, saving lives since 1957!

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@On the political note.....

Question : What mode of presidential primaries will you prefer? Consensus, indirect or direct primaries?

Answer : Anyone the party chooses to go after.
Each one has its advantages and disadvantages.


We Rise.

And the party chairman said no evidence

Lol

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This one is still looking for anoiting



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Xscape1993:
Evil party...bad product...

I hear sey na Abacha son won PDP governorship primary in Kano..
What would you call that one?

Demon party am sure

Party of wickedness

See who dey talk sef

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