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The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has stated President Muhammadu Buhari remained the presumptive consensus candidate of the ruling party for 2019 Presidential Election.
The VON DG made the assertion in an interview with newsmen in Enugu.
He expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention holding on June 23in Abuja might be hitch-free.
He additionally allayed fears that the intra party disaster arising from the varied congresses in some states of the federation wouldn't becloud the nationwide conference.
Okechukwu, who was elected as a delegate to the conference, equally predicted that many of the delegates would vote for former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshimole, because the chairman of the party since Buhari had endorsed him.
“To be sincere, despite conflicting studies of parallel congresses, one envisages a hitch-free nationwide conference of our nice party, APC, on June 23″ he stated.
“This is because we have President Muhammadu Buhari, who from every index is the presumptive consensus candidate, come 2019 Presidential election”.
“Mr President is more like a guardian post for our great party. He is the canopy covering us all from bad weather”.
“Remember that what we operate is a presidential system, where unlike the parliamentary system the supremacy of the party is less profound”.
“Every President in all presidential systems I know, be it in the United States, tailors the cloth of the party to his size,” Okechukwu stated.
The DG famous that every one the tendencies and factions had a widespread floor, which was the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“In addition, those that misplaced within the congresses will not be solely loyalists to Buhari, however are conscious of the truism that they had been swimming towards the tide of the provisions of APC’s Constitution.
“The constitution mandated the National Working Committee, subject to the approval of the National Executive Committee to make rules and regulations for nomination of candidates”.
“Nobody has the best to reverse the nationwide delegates listing validly elected through the native authorities congress,” he stated.
As said by him, with such iconic chief like Buhari, loyalty is enhanced. Loyalty to 1 chief minimises intra-party battle. It may have been completely different if we've got two robust presidential contenders.
“Our collective help for Mr. President makes it simple for reconciliation in APC earlier than the 2019 normal elections.
On alleged plans to disqualify some NWC members on the conference stated he was not conscious of it.
“More so, I'm conscious that President Muhammadu Buhari canvassed for waiver for members of the National Working Committee, which was upheld by the National Executive Committee on March 27, 2018.
“Secondly, Gov. Aminu Masari Screening Committee to one of the best of my information didn't disqualify or suggest disqualification of any of them.