APC presidential primaries:Governors to serve as Returning Officers
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by emmanuel mogbede4 the all progressives congress apc national working committee nwc has appointed respective state governors to serve as returning officers for the presidential direct primaries1 the primaries would be holding across the states of the federation and the federal capital territory fct on friday sept. 281 mr yekini nabena the partys acting national publicity secretary made this known in a statement on thursday night in abuja1 he however said that in states where the party has no governors senators and ministers in such states would serve as returning officers for the exercise1 he added that national and state house of assembly members were to coordinate their various constituencies during the exercise1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the apc presidential primaries is to pass affirmative vote on president muhammadu buhari who is the partys sole aspirant for the 2019 presidential election1 the party is expected to hold a presidential convention on oct. 6 to ratify the president as its candidate ahead of the 2019 presidential election1