The Governor of Nassarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, on Friday, said there are no political appointees in the All Progressives Congress delegate list for its national convention.
The National Convention Media Sub-Committee Chairman stated this in Abuja ahead of Saturday’s NationaI Convention of the party.
“On the issue of political appointees, our delegates, list are actually statutory delegates. So, if you have a former president as a political appointee, if you have a former senator as a political appointee, these are already automatic delegates.
“You know, so let’s not confuse the two just because being an appointee doesn’t necessarily take you out of being a delegate, because our delegates are classified, clearly.” He said.
According to Sule, the major option during the Convention is the Consensus arrangement adding that the party is concerned with the Consensus.
He said both democracy, APC Constitution, and even the constitution of Nigeria demand Consensus and that if it doesn’t work, then the party could look at the other options. adding that Consensus remains only option for the party for now.
“Former Presidents in our party, former elected this, elected that, party officials and the rest of that. I don’t think anybody who hold any political party office is actually right now a political appointee of the President, or the governors and the rest of that.
“So most of the list that we submitted, you know, if you are talking of the ones who have submitted now, we don’t have commissioners, we don’t have advisors, we don’t have all those unless if somebody particularly was a former this or former that. In that case, you know, just just being an appointee doesn’t completely exclude such a person, you know, from being a delegate.”
He explained that in Consensus arrangement, people have to agree and since aspirants have agreed and stakeholders have also agreed, including the constituencies, then the only thing remaining is to automatically adopt the name of the candidates.
“And that’s just the meaning of the unity list. That’s how unity list are going to be put together”. He disclosed.
