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APC primary election rescheduled to 29th May

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The All Progressives Congress has fixed a new date for its presidential and all other primaries.

This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Felix Morns.

The statement was titled, ‘APC adjusts schedule of activities for 2023 primary elections’.

Morka said the presidential primary would hold on May 29, 2022.

It was reported that the APC governorship primary election was earlier scheduled for May 20.

The APC scribe said the party’s Senate and House of Assembly primaries had also been rescheduled to hold on Friday, May 27.

“The NWC of the APC has made approval for a revised timetable schedule of activities for the house of assembly, national assembly, governorship primaries and appeals that may arise.

“Our governorship and the house of representatives primary election will now take place on Thursday,  May 26, while the senate and house of assembly primaries will take place on Friday, May 27.

“The election appeals for governorship and house of representatives will take place on Friday, May 27,” he said, adding that appeals for senate and house of assembly primaries will hold on Saturday, May 28.

Morka said following the party’s approved revised timetable schedule of activities, its special convention and presidential primaries earlier slated for May 30 and June 1, would now take place between May 29 and 30.

He added that the mode of primary election would be contained in the guidelines that would be issued later.

On reports making that the party had zoned its presidential ticket to the North-East, Morka said: “there is no such decision made by the NWC”.

further reports that the APC’s various screening committees would screen no fewer than 25 presidential aspirants,145 governorship aspirants, 351 senatorial aspirants and 1,197 house of representatives aspirants ahead of its primaries.

The cleared aspirants would contest for the party’s ticket for the 2023 general elections.

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