{"id":1803403,"date":"2020-08-27T10:18:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/?p=518027"},"modified":"2020-08-27T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:18:46","slug":"apc-says-it-will-only-accept-credible-candidates-for-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/apc-says-it-will-only-accept-credible-candidates-for-by-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"APC says it will only accept credible candidates for By-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_497921\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 650px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-497921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-497921\" src=\"\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yobe-Mai-Mala-Buni.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yobe-Mai-Mala-Buni.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Yobe-Mai-Mala-Buni-300x162.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-497921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: APC Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on June 29, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will only accept credible candidates for the October 31 concurrent legislative by-elections scheduled to be conducted across eight states of the Federation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>APC Caretaker\/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, gave the warning while inaugurating the Party\u2019s Screening and Appeal Committees for the by-elections at the APC National Secretariat, Abuja, according to a statement released on Thursday by spokesman Yekini Nabena.<\/p>\n<p>The Committees are saddled with the responsibility of screening APC Candidates for the by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Buni, who was represented at the inauguration on Wednesday by the APC Caretaker Committee secretary, Senator John Udoedeghe, further stated that the party was moving in a new direction and would ensure that things were done properly.<\/p>\n<p>He charged the members of the Committees to be fair to all the aspirants and ensure that only those with impeccable records in their careers were chosen as APC candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Responding on behalf of the other members, Prof. Stephen Ocheni assured that the members of the Screening and Appeal Committees would discharge their assignment with fairness and a sense of responsibility. Ocheni who was a former Minister expressed gratitude to the national leadership of the Party for the confidence reposed in them and for giving them the task to perform on behalf of the Party.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the party\u2019s schedule of activities for the legislative by-elections:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2013 Screening of Aspirants: Wednesday August 26th, 2020 \u2013 Thursday August 27th, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Publication of Claims and Objections: Friday 28th August, 2020<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Screening Appeal: Tuesday 1st, September, 2020<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Primary Election: Thursday 3rd, September, 2020<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Election Appeal: Saturday 5th, September, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#160; The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will only accept credible candidates for the October 31 concurrent legislative by-elections scheduled to be conducted across eight states of the Federation. APC Caretaker\/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, gave the warning while inaugurating the Party&#8217;s Screening and Appeal Committees for the &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2020\/08\/27\/we-will-only-accept-credible-candidates-for-by-elections-apc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We Will Only Accept Credible Candidates For By-Elections &#8211; APC<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1803404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[4372,3890,856,5739,3593,3893,6398,241,7565,7482,6468,4348,7146,6570,7566,1737,720,3061,2343,7568,467,6895,5742,5651,4690,1714,7571,7570,6533,6387,7150,4098,4595,4424,747,7392,7394,7441,1831,3242,7152,5771,6807,6548,6524,6431,3929,632,6772,3267,7572,5744,7154,4793,3243,2284,1953,4750,6305,3953,7574,6421,6805,6598,6930,6600,6488,6879,1414,6560,7156,7576,6915,7414],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}