ADC to select deputy gov candidate in Benue, sets criteria

The African Democratic Congress in Benue State has inaugurated a committee to select a running mate for the party’s governorship candidate in the forthcoming general elections. The party had, during its primary election, elected a former member of the House of Representatives who represented the Konshisha/Vandeikya Federal Constituency, Herman Hembe, as its governorship candidate. The party, on Monday, acting on a correspondence sent by its governorship candidate, set up a committee to carefully consider the selection of a running mate. The state party secretary, Peter Chirzenden, who inaugurated the committee on behalf of the chairman, outlined the criteria for selecting the running mate. Some of the criteria include integrity, democratic values, and commitment to the party’s ideology. The state party secretary said, “It is in view of this that we have sought, we have sat and carefully selected men and women of proven integrity, men of timber and calibre, who will come together and look into how we are going to select a running mate for the candidate of our great party in the 2027 governorship election, in the person of Rt. Hon. Hembe. Related News Uba, Akpabio, Bamidele lead APC campaign council Late Senator’s family endorses Maku for Nasarawa by-election Jigawa ADC governorship aspirant rejects primary, petitions appeal panel “Therefore, we charge you that as you go about sitting and deliberating sincerely on bringing a running mate to our governorship candidate, not just someone who will be a running mate, but somebody who is democratic in nature and who will also contribute his own quota to the progress and development of our party. “Also carefully look into issues that will bring about somebody who has integrity, somebody who has democracy at heart, somebody who will also build the party, not just somebody who will serve as a candidate but somebody who will give us the desired popularity going into the 2027 general elections.” The committee members saddled with the responsibility of selecting the party’s deputy governorship candidate are Senator Orke Jev, Engr. Okpe Onah, AVM Steve Onuh, Mrs Rose Ameh, Barr. Ogah Okwu, Prof. David Salifu, Hon. Jack Mulya, Mrs Abeje Egwa, and Hon. Alex Igwe. The committee was given until June 20 to submit its report. Chairman of the committee, Okpe Onah, pledged the committee’s commitment to selecting a candidate who would add value to the party and enhance its chances of winning the forthcoming governorship election in the state. John Charles

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