Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led Presidential Screening Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has axed 10 of the 23 presidential aspirants of the party.
Although it was not immediately possible to get the list of those affected the committee chairman said all the aspirants were qualified in terms of qualifications and constitutional requirements but his team had cut down the number based on six other factors.
The other factors, according to him are “ability to lead, background, experience, and your understanding of the Nigerian situation, your ideas as to how issues, difficulties and problems can be addressed and how the country can be moved forward. It is on that basis, who are you? What have you achieved, your understanding of the nation and what things you can contribute to moving the nation forward? It was based on that we made our final shortlist.”
Odigie-Oyegun said his committee could have further pruned down the number but decided to give some of the youthful aspirants a chance.
He, however, dismissed speculations that the committee may have secretly screened former President Goodluck Jonathan, who was earlier said to be thinking of joining the APC to get its presidential ticket.
The committee also advised the party to address the issue of zoning between the North and South as regards the presidency as it has become a national discourse.
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Credit: Vanguard
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