No fewer than 68 serving Senators and 187 members of the House of Representatives have promised to throw their weight behind the presidential ambition of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, ahead of the Special Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The legislators drawn from across party lines announced that they are ready to work for the success of Lawan as the next president of Nigeria if he emerges President Muhammadu Buhari’s anointed candidate.
Rising from several hours meeting on Friday evening in Abuja, the members of the National Assembly also expressed readiness and determination to work for the successful his presidential bid.
The APC Presidential primary is expected to hold on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th of June in Abuja with the screening panel disqualifying ten of the aspirants ahead of the primaries.
Buhari had, while addressing the governors on Tuesday ahead of the party’s presidential primary, stated that, “the party has successfully established internal policies that promote continuity and smooth succession plans even at the state and local government levels.
“For example, first-term governors who have served credibly well have been encouraged to stand for re-election. Similarly, second-term governors have been accorded the privilege of promoting successors that are capable of driving their visions as well as the ideals of the party.”
Buhari said he would be seeking reciprocity from the governors ahead of the presidential primary (Saturday Sun)
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