All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants will be screened on Tuesday at the Conference Hall of Transcorp, Abuja by a panel of seven members drawn one each from the six zones plus National Working Committee (NWC) Chairman Abdullahi Adamu.
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The NWC set up the Presidential Screening Committee (PSC) to examine the documents, background, and suitability of the 24 out of the 28 aspirants who submitted their nomination forms by the deadline of 13 May.
Among those to be screened are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu, and former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi.
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APC National Organising Secretary Sulaiman Arugungu confirmed that the screening was shifted from Monday to Tuesday.
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Those who have announced withdrawal from the contest but have not formally informed the party may be included in the exercise, Arugungu said, per The Nation.
“As far as the party is concerned all the 28 aspirants that paid and picked the forms for the nomination as Presidential aspirants, nobody has formally written to us that he has withdrawn his aspiration,” he explained.
“All the forms of the 28 aspirants will be taken to the screening committee, not tomorrow (Monday), but on Tuesday, God willing, at Transcop Hilton Hotel.”
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He said the panel will be constituted on Monday (today) “but we have to consult with our leaders before we make it public. By tomorrow (Monday) we will know who are the panellists.”
List of those who submitted forms
The 24 aspirants who submitted their nomination forms by the deadline of 13 May are:
Yemi Osibanjo – Vice President
Ben Ayade – Cross River Governor
Dave Umahi – Ebonyi Governor
Kayode Fayemi – Ekiti Governor
Yahaya Bello – Kogi Governor
Mohammed Abubakar – Jigawa Governor
Ahmed Lawal – Senate President
Ajayi Boroffice – Senator
Rochas Okorocha – former Imo Governor, now Senator
Ibikunle Amosun – former Ogun Governor, now Senator
Bola Tinubu – former Lagos Governor
Ahmed Yerima – former Zamfara Governor
Ken Nnamani – former Senate President
Dimeji Bankole – former Speaker of Representatives Speaker
Rotimi Amaechi – former Transportation Minister
Godswill Akpabio – former Niger Delta Minister
Ogbonnaya Onu – former Science and Technology Minister
Ikeobasi Mokelu – former Information Minister
Emeka Nwajiuba – former Education Minister of State
Akinwumi Adesina – AfDB President
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Nicholas Nwagbo
Tein Ric
Uju Ohnenye
Lis of those who did not submit forms
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Chris Ngige – Labour, Employment and Productivity Minister
Timipre Sylva – Petroleum Resources Minister of State
Godwin Emefiele – Central Bank of Nigeria Governor
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