Presidential Primaries: APC May Adopt Consensus As Buhari, Governors Meet Over Convention

Following Tuesday’s meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Abdulahi and 22 governors elected under the party, the coast seems clear for it to adopt the consensus option to select its presidential candidate in the forthcoming national convention.

During the meeting, which took place in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President admonished them to come up with a candidate that reflects all the values and virtues of the party.

Buhari affirmed that consultations will continue in the days leading to the national convention to ensure that all the aspirants are carried along as he advised the meeting to work towards the emergence of a candidate who can give Nigerians a sense of victory and confidence before the 2023 election.

A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) quoted the President telling the participants: “The processes for the 2023 General Elections have commenced in earnest and I note that the most successful political parties globally have always relied on their internal cohesion and a strong leadership brand to achieve bigger electoral fortunes. Our party, the APC, shall not be any different, more so as we are still implementing the blueprint for a more prosperous nation.”

The President warned that he will apply stronger control on the ruling party in his last year at the helm to ensure that it remains strong and united so that it can retain power.

He added: “As I begin the final year of my second term as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and leader of the party, I recognize the compelling need for me to provide stronger leadership to the party under this transition process and to ensure that it happens in an orderly manner.

“Such leadership is required so that the party remains strong and united. It is also needed to improve our electoral fortunes by ensuring that it retains power at the centre, holds the great majority in various legislative chambers and also gains an additional number of states.

“In a few days, the party will be holding its Convention during which primaries would take place to pick the Presidential Flag Bearer for the 2023 General Elections. This is a very significant process and its outcome should prove to the world, the positive quality of the APC regarding democratic principles, culture as well as leadership.”

The President appealed to all the Governors “to allow our interests to converge, our focus to remain on the changing dynamics of our environment, the expectations of our citizens and the global community. Our objective must be the victory of our party and our choice of the candidate must be someone who would give the Nigerian masses a sense of victory and confidence even before the elections.”

While assuring that the consultation process will continue to ensure that all aspirants and stakeholders are brought on board right through to the convention, he stressed that it would also ensure that any anxiety occasioned by different factors is effectively brought under control, “and that our party emerges stronger.”

Speaking on behalf of the state governors, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State and Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum said the party must build on the successes of its recent elective convention, and the primaries conducted so far, “and come up with a candidate who will walk in the footsteps of patriotism and love for the country, which Mr President has shown,” adding: “We will support Mr President to have a very successful convention.”

Meanwhile, it was gathered that President Buhari has recommended that the number of presidential aspirants going into the party primaries should be reduced to a manageable figure with the National Chairman expressing the hope that aspirants can be pruned to four.

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Lalasticlala

APC may adopt Buahri Pro Max

Bet me they won't be able to come up with any candidate bcuz everyone got eir own candidate .




U think buhari that said they should come up with eir own candidate is a fool .he will later bring his own candidate which is d" buhari pro max"

My brothers and sisters...all these beating about the bush can only point to one direction and that is, APC will eventually adopt a consensus candidate and that's final!



And you all know who that is...


Wotowoto loading...

Which of them is a match for Atiku?

Buhari has informed the APC governors that he has a Candidate in mind and has asked the 21 of them to support him. Tinubu’s in the Mud.

Jona finally don win!! ����

Heart attack for Tinubu the south west drug lord

I'm okay with any of these persons becoming our Next President...

Yemi Osinbajo

Peter Obi

Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerians go and get your PVC.

I did my voters cards since 2013. Infact I have all necessary identification cards. Here are the lists of my cards

- National ID card
- Voters card
- International passport
- SMAN - (Stingy Men Association of Nigeria)
- My personal business card
- ATM card
E.t.c..

Any card they request to vote Peter Obi, I'm fully ready.

#peterobi4president2023

Ain't you guys tired of this

Ok

During the meeting, which took place in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President admonished them to come up with a candidate that reflects all the values and virtues of the party.

Really?!!
So the party has values and virtues

This is getting interesting

Let's wait and see, to me PROF OSINBAJO WILL DO BETTER.


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Presidential Primaries: APC May Adopt Consensus As Buhari, Governors Meet Over Convention






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Lalasticlala

But Tinubu already said he will not accept the arrangement unless he is the one chosen.

Okay

Ok

What

The North retains power unfortunately for all those southern players.

Question for all of your feeling cool that northerner won the PDP ticket.

Can we flip the coin for a second and use our tiniest brain


If a Southerner had done 8 years in office and political parties fielded another Southerner as party flag bearer, WILL THE NORTH not set Nigeria on Fire. It appears normal because it favours them now.

APC is planning to give their ticket to another Northerner. It appears Normal.


For a second, imagine Osinbajo doing 8 years as a president and ploting to hand over to an Igbo man or someone from Niger Delta.


Will Nigeria not be on fire by now.

The likes of hELL RUFAI would have gone to BBC Hausa to mobilise Northerners that the South is overriding them.

What you won't take from your neighbours, don't do it.

We all know the delay in APC Presidential primaries is that they want to have a consensus candidate and that candidate has to be a Northerner.

and don't come to preach competence to me cause the South is more competent if competence has a meaning in Nigeria


Shame on the likes of Reno Omokri, Orhi Uzo Kalu and FFK who were formerly proponents of fairness and equity now wanting power to remain in the North after 8 years for the sole purpose of selfish interest.

Orji uzo wants Lawan so he can be vice president, Reno wants Atiku so that he can end his political exile and return home with an appointment

FFK na anywhere belle face. I wont be surprised he might be decamping soon back to PDP.

APC wants power to remain in the North because Buhari feels North is more competent and gives them more chances of winning.

Shame and tueh on every southerner endorsing this charade that not a single Northerner will accept if its the south doing it.

I can only laff at Tinubu and his 40 agberos

If APC wants a Consensus, then that CONSENSUS is Ashiwaju Ahmad Bola Tinubu.

As long as it's Tinubu, it's okay by us.

#BAT2023

If the consensus is not Tinubu and Tinubu didn't willingly agree to work with the person, then Atiku should be writing his inaugural speech then because the party will scatter

Let watch and see how it unfolds.