By Our Correspondent
The ruling All Progressives has cancelled the screening of 16 aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket ahead of the April 20 Ondo State governorship primary election.
The two-day screening, earlier scheduled to commence on Thursday, will now hold on Friday.
It was postponed because of the extension of the Eid-el Fitr holiday by the Federal Government.
This was disclosed by a senior official of the APC organising directorate, who spoke on condition of anonymity, on Tuesday.
The source also explained that the exercise will however come up shortly after the inauguration of a seven-member Ondo Governorship Screening Committee and another five-man Screening Appeal Committee by the National Working Committee of the party, which comes up by 9.00am at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on the same day.
According to him, the Governorship Screening Committee will be chaired by former Deputy Governor of Gombe State, Senator Joshua Lidani while a former member of the House of Representatives, Bimbo Daramola has been selected as his Secretary.
Other members of the screening committee include Pastor Jones Erue, High Chief Second Bakor, Magaret Duru, Prof. Chukwudi Ledirick and Hon. Abdul Rahim Balogun.
The five-man Screening Appeal Committee, on the other hand, will be chaired by the senator representing Kogi Central District, Oseni Yakubu and a former Member of the House of Representatives, who has been appointed as Secretary.
Other members of the appeal committee include Emmanuel Ekeh, Pious Idele and Ibrahim Magaji Dosara.
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