By Akombo Aondona, Abuja
Chairman, Kebbi State Appeals, Screening Committee and Director General, Voice Of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has disclosed that about 3,000 state assembly aspirants are jostling for the All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets nationwide ahead of the 2023 General Elections.
Okechukwu stated this shortly after being inaugurated as chairman of the Kebbi panel on Tuesday, 17th May 2022 at the international conference center, ICC Abuja.
He said: “Our new assignment is building a foundation for the new leadership of the country that will emanate from the candidates of the various political parties. In our own instance in the All Progressives Congress, we are going to screen those we think are qualify to run for the House of assembly.
“In the Nigerian political stock market, we are Brand A1. So we have over 3,000 aspirants contesting across the country. And for us to do a good job we want to make it easier for the electorate by presenting those who are better, more qualified, that meets all the conditions. One of which is being a Nigerian, having gone to secondary school and being of good behavior. This is our job. We are working with the guidelines of INEC, the guidelines of our party, the APC and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We are going to elect five delegates per ward and there are 8,809 wards in the country. Those elected five delegates per ward will go to the state and elect the governor. We are going to elect three delegates from each of the 774 local governments who will elect the president. But the first job is the screening and the delegates would be elected and the delegates would in turn elect the gubernatorial and presidential candidates.”
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