APC screens 158 aspirants for 24 assembly seats in Kwara

The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Monday said it screened 158 aspirants for the 24 House of Assembly seats in Kwara State, as the party’s leadership promised a credible screening process.

A Government House statement disclosed this in a statement made available to the press on Monday.

The statement said that while addressing the aspirants before the commencement of the screening exercise, the Chairman of the Screening Committee, Prof. Success Musa, attributed the surge in the number of aspirants to the acceptability, popularity, and internal democracy within the party.

“I learnt we have 158 aspirants for the House of Assembly alone. That is democracy. That is what APC represents. It is the leadership shown by the chairman and our governor.

“I bring greetings from the national leadership of our great party and the entire national working committee of our party. We were selected based on our credibility. We are entrusted with this assignment to come to Kwara to ensure that we screen everybody,” he said.

Musa explained that the screening was to ensure that the party avoids mistakes capable of jeopardising the party’s victory at the polls, recalling the experience in Bayelsa where the party lost its mandate following a Supreme Court judgment over qualification issues.

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“We will screen all of you because we don’t want what happened in Bayelsa State, which is very recent in our mind, to happen to any of you. In Bayelsa, we won an election, and when the governor-elect was about to be sworn in, the Supreme Court delivered judgment, and our collective mandate was delivered to the present governor. But, at least, I am happy now that the governor is in the APC.

“Be assured that we will do everything seamlessly. We need your cooperation. Kwara State has come of age. Kwara is at the heart of the North Central. Let us show maturity,” he added.

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