2019 – Plateau APC adopts indirect Primaries

By Golok Nanmwa ,Jos

Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in Plateau state on Wednesday resolved to adopt indirect primaries to select candidates for next year’s elections.

Plateau state is governed by the APC.

Our correspondent reports that the decision were reached at a critical stakeholders’ meeting hosted by the APC in Jos the Plateau state capital .

The stakeholders led by the party chairman, Latep Dabang in Jos was largely attended by elected and key appointees of the ruling party .

Top members of the APC in Plateau State such as the deputy Governor of the state Professor Sonnie Tyoden , Former deputy Governor Igniatus longjang , Ambadsador Yahaya Kwande, Peter Azi former speaker , John clark Daban former speaker amongst other stakeholders.

The chairman of the party opened the session with a brief speech during which he emphasised the importance of the stakeholders’ meeting ahead of the coming APC primaries.

He said the meeting was a follow up to the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the APC during which, he said, states were given three options on how they could conduct primary elections.
“We were given three options which include direct voting, indirect (delegate) system and consensus voting. And it is based on that that we in Plateau have decided to come together as critical stakeholders to endorse the option we have chosen.”

To seal the decision taken at the meeting, former speaker of the Plateau state house of assembly John Clark Dabwan from the central zone moved the motion for the stakeholders to adopt indirect primaries.

The motion to adopt indirect primaries was seconded by Azi Pate Ajiji the APC chairman of Jos east local government

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2019 – Plateau APC adopts indirect Primaries