The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Top News

APC VP Candidate Must Have Necessary Electoral Clout – Forum

Next Edition by Next Edition
June 13, 2022
in Top News
Dragged
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Forum has advised that the party’s 2023 presidential running mate should have the necessary electoral clout to add value to its presidential ticket.

Mr. Nkem Okeke, Chairman of the Board of Trustee (BoT) of the forum gave the advice at a news conference on Monday in Abuja.

You might also like

US Cuts Nigerians’ Visa Validity To Three Months

3 Children Killed As Train Crashes Into School Van

JAMB Releases Mop-up Exam Results

He said that religious and tribal sentiments should not be the basis for picking a vice presidential candidate for the party.

He congratulated Sen. Bola Tinubu for emerging as the APC 2023 presidential candidate at its just concluded National Convention and Presidential Primary Election.

Okeke also congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari, the party’s leadership and its members on the success of the primary election.

He particularly thanked Buhari for his non-interference in the process leading to the democratic and transparent convention.

He added that the forum was elated by Tinubu’s overwhelming victory and acceptance by party members at the convention.

“For us, it re-echoes his credibility as a performer, technocrat and democrat and with his legislative and executive background coupled with his private sector experience.

“We are convinced that he will move our dear country to a higher dimension of growth and prosperity and build on the achievements of Buhari,” he said.

He lauded Tinubu for his goodwill gesture towards those who contested the party’s presidential ticket with him at the convention.

He, however, called on the former two-term governor of Lagos State to prioritise the roles and inclusion of professionals in his campaign ahead of 2023 general elections.

Okeke said with Tinubu at the helm of affairs, the forum was already excited at the prospects of professionals in the party getting roles that suit their core competencies in governance.

This, he said, was considering his antecedents as Lagos State governor, adding that there was no doubt about his capacity and capabilities as APC presidential candidate.

He recalled that Tinubu was widely credited with laying the foundation for a viable Lagos, its growing economy and its status as a centre of attraction for foreign and local investments.

“In the same vain, we want to state categorically that members of APC Professionals Forum endorse the democratic and transparent process that produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as our presidential candidate.

“We are willing to mobilise all professionals within the party and across the country to ensure that the winning streak that began in 2015 continues in 2023,” he said.

READ ALSO: Names Of Train Passengers Released By Terrorists

The forum’s BoT chairman noted that the success of the party`s primaries had once again proved its doubters wrong on its survival and sustainability in the post-Buhari era.

He urged members of the party to rally round Tinubu and its leaders as they worked towards picking a running mate.

“The forum pledges our 100 per cent support and commitment to massively mobilise for our candidate in the run up to the 2023 presidential election.

“We urge the party leadership to use the success of the primaries as a turning point to re-engineer APC as an ideological party, not just a platform to win elections,” Okeke said.

He assured that the forum would continue its flagship programme; the APC scorecard with political office holders to showcase their achievements to the public ahead of the 2023 general elections.(NAN)

Tags: -Police#EndSARSAPCAtikuBenueBenue StateCoronavirusCovid-19entertainmentFederal GovernmentheadlineinsecurityNIGERIA NEWS
Next Edition

Next Edition

Recommended For You

US Visa Applicants to Submit Social Media Handles, Email Addresses

US Cuts Nigerians’ Visa Validity To Three Months

  The United States Department of State has announced an update to its non-immigrant visa policy for Nigerian citizens. According to a press release issued by the US...

Many Trapped As Train Derails In Lagos next edition.

3 Children Killed As Train Crashes Into School Van

    About three children were killed and six others injured after a passenger train hit a school van attempting to cross a manned level crossing in the...

JAMB Eases Restrictions On Services To Aid pre-2020 Candidates

JAMB Releases Mop-up Exam Results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Saturday, June 28. In a statement yesterday...

NDLEA Nabs Drug Trafficker, Recovers Three Cocaine Parcels

NDLEA Arrests Lagos Businessman, Wife, Daughters Over Family-Run Drug Network

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced it has taken into custody a businessman identified as Ajah Johnson Uchenna, his wife Rosemary Uchenna, and their...

Next Post
Police Confirm 3 Missionaries’ Abduction In Kogi

Police Confirm 3 Missionaries’ Abduction In Kogi




Related News

African Twitter Mourns DJ Arafat

African Twitter Mourns DJ Arafat

Customs Seizes 140 Smuggled Gas Cylinders, 678 Fertilizer Bags, Others In Katsina

Average Price For 5kg Cooking Gas Increases To N3,800.47- NBS

Nigeria Decides Ortom Leads Voting in Benue

Nigeria Decides: Ortom Leads Voting in Benue




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited