Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna alongside other state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were on Thursday, September 20, seen waiting to be scrutinised by the party’s screening committee, ahead of the 2019 primary polls.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo and Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano are among those present for the screening.
Earlier, we had reported that the APC had announced that the screening of its aspirants for all positions to be contested both at the state and federal levels will begin on Wednesday, September 19.
The exercise was scheduled to end on Friday, September 21. The gubernatorial and National Assembly aspirants are expected to be in Abuja for their screening while those seeking election into state Houses of Assembly will be screened in their various states, Punch reports.
we gathered that this was the resolve reached after an intense meeting of the party’s national working committee led by Adams Oshiomhole on Monday, September 17
