Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism about
the All Progressives Congress’ chances of winning the 2023 presidential
election.
He said this after being screened by the APC Presidential
Screening Panel on Tuesday.
Osinbajo, who spoke with newsmen shortly after emerging from
the screening, said the exercise was fruitful and
He said, “We were able to discuss several issues; issues of
national and party concerns; and it went very well indeed; we had a very good
chat.
“Of course, we are ahead of any party; way ahead, APC is
ahead.”
Apart from Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola
Tinubu, other aspirants are the Senate President Ahmad Lawan and former
ministers Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio, and Chukwuemeka
Nwajiuba.
Serving governors who are also aspiring to be president are
Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ben Ayade
(Cross River) and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa).
Others are former Senate President Ken Nnamani, former House
of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, and serving senators Ibikunle
Amosun, Ajayi Boroffice, and Rochas Okorocha.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2011, Pastor
Tunde Bakare, Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Nicholas Felix, Ahmad Rufai Sani, Tein
Jack-Rich, Ikeobasi Mokelu are also expected to face the party’s presidential
screening panel.
Earlier, Buhari met behind closed doors with members of the
Progressives Governors Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
However, Vice-President Osinbajo was absent from the
meeting.
Osinbajo, who concluded his interactive sessions with
stakeholders and delegates of the APC in the 36 states and the FCT ahead of the
party’s presidential primary on May 26, declared his intention to contest the
2023 presidential election on April 11, 2022.
“I believe that the
very reason the Almighty God gave me these experiences, these insights, and
these opportunities, is that they must be put to the use of our country and its
great people,” Osinbajo had said in his declaration speech.
Osinbajo then began the interactive sessions with the
delegates in Ibadan, Oyo State, on April 22.
At each of those interactions with stakeholders and
delegates from the 36 states and the FCT, Osinbajo had robust
question-and-answer sessions while also discussing and exchanging ideas.
During the interactive sessions, Osinbajo fielded questions
from stakeholders on various national issues.
The issues include security, economy, technology, education,
health, youth, women empowerment, social investments and exchanged ideas on
issues of national development, governance and politics.
At the end of each interactive session, the vice president
took time to personally share moments with all the delegates and stakeholders
while taking photographs with every one of them individually.
During the visits across the country, he also paid courtesy
calls at the palaces of traditional rulers, meeting with many of the
traditional councils in the respective states.
The APC Special Convention for the presidential primary comes up on May 29.
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