APC PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS: you are all welcome to the segment. : The stage is set for the presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress,APC, who are upbeat about clinching the party’s ticket in an exercise that is poised to define how far the party would go in the 2015 presidential elections. Failure is not an option. Hopes are high. Optimism is the word and all is set now for the great contest. Wednesday, December 10, 2015 is the day. Like a football game, it is their semi final. And so, they have lined up for a primary election to secure the ticket to contest the presidential election in 2015. But the five of them cannot all make it to the final. Atiku says he is not under pressure while General Muhammed Buhari says he is fully prepared for the primary . The ticket is one and must be clinched by one of them. They have passed the stage of consensus. The idea had come up prior to now but it was jettisoned. To them, the idea sounded undemocratic. The popular Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos State is the venue where former Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari ,rtd, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, governors of Kano and Imo States, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso and Chief Rochas Okorocha, and the publisher of Leadership Newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah would clash. Over 8000 delegates are expected to cast their votes, meaning that whatever happens, one person must secure at least a vote. They are in the pursuit of the ticket of APC- the nation’s leading opposition political party. Anyone who emerges from the list would eventually challenge President Goodluck Jonathan on February 14, 2015. This would be the first presidential primary election of the APC since its formation and registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on July 1, 2013. With the exception of Sam Nda-Isaiah, who can be likened to a greenhorn in the race, the others are all old soldiers who had at one time or the other participated in politics or wielded political power. For Rochas Okorocha, his political prowess and antecedents is never in doubt. However, he will expect a tough challenge facing General Muhammed Buhari and former The President, Atiku Abubakar. In fact, they posses different intimidating profiles. Meanwhile, the aspirants and their respective camps are already in Lagos for the event. To forestall acrimony that may arise after the primaries, the APC last week adopted an unusual measure. The party made the aspirants to sign a letter of commitment compelling them to remain in the party even after losing out in the exercise. The undertaking also mandated them to collapse their individual campaign structures into that of the party for effective campaign of the eventual standard-bearer. In addition, the aspirants have vowed to accept any outcome of the primary . I personally, is expecting a very tough primary although Atiku Abubakar knows how to play the game . About 60% of the Northeners are gunning for General Muhammed Buhari to clinch the primary. However, we look out to see how the primary will surely pounds out to be ; its defintely time will tell as tension and pressures are already mounting in the thin air of whom will clinch the primary . The party has been clamoring for change and tomorow, we all hope to see the tenet of change starting from their primary . For your observations, questions or comments, please put them down in the comment box . Thank you.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:11:25 +0000
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