The Atiku Abubakar Campaign Orgnaisation (ACO) has challenged the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to constitute a panel to screen its presidential aspirants. Mr Abubakar and Sarah Jubril are the two opponents of President Goodluck Jonathan for the presidential ticket of the party.
The Director General of ACO, Ben Obi also expressed worry over the status of the Electoral Act 2010 after the dumping of the controversial clause which sought to make the senators and representatives members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of their parties.
Mr Obi, who addressed a press conference in Abuja yesterday,said it is shameful that ,22 days to the PDP presidential primary election, the party has not yet constituted a panel to screen its presidential aspirants .
"We urge the party to constitute this committee quickly so that party members and the generality of Nigerians will know the candidate that will represent them" he said. "We also plead with the party to extend an invitation to the various presidential campaign organisations on the issues raised above and consider their suggestions."
The campaign head commended the stakeholders that worked against the clause in electoral act , he advised Nigerians to be vigilant to ensure that the deleted materials do not re-surface in the final version of the act.
He however recognised the humble stance of the lawmakers as they yielded to the wise counsel of Nigerians, he further urged them to finalise and publish the 2010 Electoral act so that it can be in effect for the forthcoming elections.
He alleged that the opponents of Mr Abubakar are still wallowing in the habit of smear campaign, fear-mongering, slander, character assassination and mischief.
"We are not perturbed in the least by sponsored petitions and oracular predictions,we are also not bothered that the NTA and a few other electronic media organs have been turned to personal property of incumbent power authorities and that seditious materials daily drench the airwaves, with the NBC turning a blind eye."
Source:http://234next.com/
The Director General of ACO, Ben Obi also expressed worry over the status of the Electoral Act 2010 after the dumping of the controversial clause which sought to make the senators and representatives members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of their parties.
Mr Obi, who addressed a press conference in Abuja yesterday,said it is shameful that ,22 days to the PDP presidential primary election, the party has not yet constituted a panel to screen its presidential aspirants .
"We urge the party to constitute this committee quickly so that party members and the generality of Nigerians will know the candidate that will represent them" he said. "We also plead with the party to extend an invitation to the various presidential campaign organisations on the issues raised above and consider their suggestions."
The campaign head commended the stakeholders that worked against the clause in electoral act , he advised Nigerians to be vigilant to ensure that the deleted materials do not re-surface in the final version of the act.
He however recognised the humble stance of the lawmakers as they yielded to the wise counsel of Nigerians, he further urged them to finalise and publish the 2010 Electoral act so that it can be in effect for the forthcoming elections.
He alleged that the opponents of Mr Abubakar are still wallowing in the habit of smear campaign, fear-mongering, slander, character assassination and mischief.
"We are not perturbed in the least by sponsored petitions and oracular predictions,we are also not bothered that the NTA and a few other electronic media organs have been turned to personal property of incumbent power authorities and that seditious materials daily drench the airwaves, with the NBC turning a blind eye."
Source:http://234next.com/
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