The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Jigawa State has said that 90 per cent of its candidates for the House of Representatives primaries emerged through consensus arrangements.
Chief of Staff, Government House Dutse and Chairman of the Dutse/Kiyawa Primary Election Committee, Senator Mustapha Makama, disclosed this while commenting on the conduct of the party’s primaries.
Makama explained that Jigawa was the only state that successfully adopted the consensus method at the first stage of the primaries, in line with the provisions of the party’s constitution.
Earlier, the Jigawa State Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Ahmed Garba, said primary elections were conducted in only four out of the eleven federal constituencies in the state.
According to him, the affected constituencies are Dutse/Kiyawa, Ringim/Taura, Kafin Hausa/Auyo/Hadejia, and Gumel/Gagarawa/Sule Tankarkar/Maigatari federal constituencies.
He added that candidates in the remaining constituencies emerged through affirmation after stakeholders reached consensus agreements.
Hon. Garba commended party supporters for their orderly conduct during the primaries held across the 287 political wards in the state.
Meanwhile, the national delegation of the APC assigned to monitor the party’s primary elections in the North-West zone expressed satisfaction with the emergence of all the candidates in Jigawa State.
Leader of the delegation and North-West Zonal Secretary of the party, Isa Sadiq Achida, said the committee was mandated to ensure that all candidates emerged in accordance with the law.
Speaking earlier, the delegation’s secretary, Sambo Bello, explained that the team comprised two committees – the Election and Candidate Inauguration Committee, and the Appeals Committee established to ensure peaceful and transparent primary elections across the North-West zone.