Thursday, April 25, 2024

Again, APC postpones presidential screening

Uba Group

The All Progressives Congress has postponed the screening exercise for its 25 presidential aspirants earlier scheduled to hold on Monday.

The change was confirmed in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Sunday evening.

This is the second time that the National Working Committee of the party will be shifting the date of the presidential screening after it failed to hold last weekend.

The statement said, “A new date for the exercise will be announced shortly. Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.”

The list of the aspirants who have so far submitted their nomination forms are the National Leader of the party, Senator Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osibanjo; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; former Minister of Niger Delta Development, Sen. Godswill Akpabio; former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu; former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha and former Ogun state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.

Others are Pastor Tunde Bakare, Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade; his Ebonyi State counterpart, Governor Dave Umahi; Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; former Senate President, Ken Nnamani; Jigawa Governor, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar and former Zamfara State governor, Ahmed Yerima.

Others on the list are Senator Ajayi Borroffice, the only female aspirant, Mrs Uju Kennedy Ohnenye; Pastor Nicholas Felix Nwagbo, former Speaker of Representative, Dimeji Bankole; Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, former Minister of Information, Chief Ikeobasi Mokelu and oil mogul, Mr. Tein Jack Rich.

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