The document discusses calls for Nigeria's All Progressives Congress (APC) party to adopt a direct primary method to select its candidate for the Ondo state gubernatorial election in April. A lawyer and political analyst argued that a direct primary where all party members vote will minimize issues compared to the previous indirect delegate method. He also said the numerous aspirants seeking the party nomination requires caution and suggested the APC national leadership consider direct primaries. The document lists some of the leading aspirants in the APC party, including the incumbent governor and former commissioner.
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it is about politics in ondo state area of nigeria
The document discusses calls for Nigeria's All Progressives Congress (APC) party to adopt a direct primary method to select its candidate for the Ondo state gubernatorial election in April. A lawyer and political analyst argued that a direct primary where all party members vote will minimize issues compared to the previous indirect delegate method. He also said the numerous aspirants seeking the party nomination requires caution and suggested the APC national leadership consider direct primaries. The document lists some of the leading aspirants in the APC party, including the incumbent governor and former commissioner.
The document discusses calls for Nigeria's All Progressives Congress (APC) party to adopt a direct primary method to select its candidate for the Ondo state gubernatorial election in April. A lawyer and political analyst argued that a direct primary where all party members vote will minimize issues compared to the previous indirect delegate method. He also said the numerous aspirants seeking the party nomination requires caution and suggested the APC national leadership consider direct primaries. The document lists some of the leading aspirants in the APC party, including the incumbent governor and former commissioner.
ONDO APC GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES: LAWYER URGED APC TO
ADOPTS DIRECT PRIMARY METHOD.
AS TIME DRAWS NEARER FOR THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS
APC GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARIES COME APRIL IN ONDO STATE, CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY TO ADOPT DIRECT PRIMARY, AS OPPOSE TO THE INDIRECT OR DELEGATES METHOD USED IN THE PAST, IN ELECTING A CANDIDATE FOR THE NOVEMBER GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
SPEAKING ON NEWCRUSE FM’s POLITICAL PROGRAM ON SUNDAY,
SEASONED POLITICAL ANALYST AND LAWYER, BARRISTER YEMI ADETOYINBO POSITED THAT A DIRECT PRIMARY, IN WHICH ALL CARD-CARRYING MEMBERS OF THE PARTY IS ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR THEIR PREFERRED ASPIRANT, WILL HELP TO MINIMIZE MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT MIGHT LIKELY SURFACE AFTER THE PARTY PRIMARIES, AS AGAINST INDIRECT OR DELEGATES METHOD.
HE FURTHER OPINED THAT THE LARGE NUMBER OF ASPIRANTS
JOSTLING FOR THE PARTY TICKET CALLS FOR CAUTION, AND URGED THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY TO CONSIDER DIRECT PRIMARY METHOD TO CHOOSE ITS CANDIDATE.
HERE’S BARR. ADETOYINBO AS HE SPEAKS IN YORUBA
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REPORT HAS IT THAT SOME OF THE LEADING ASPIRANTS IN THE
PARTY ARE: INCUMBENT GOVERNOR, MR. LUCKY AYEDATIWA; FORMER COMMISSIONER AND CURRENT NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN APC MR. ISAAC KEKEMEKE; SEATING SENATOR REPRESENTING ONDO SOUTHERN SENETORIAL DISTRICT MR. JIMOH IBRAHIM; FORMER FINANCE COMMISSIONER IN THE STATE, MR. WALE AKINTERINWA; TWO TERMS HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVE MEMBER, MR. MAYOWA AKINFOLARIN, AMONGST OTHERS.