Those Who Should Not Be Considered For APC Presidential Ticket—Buhari

<h4>Those Who Should Not Be Considered For APC Presidential Ticket&&num;8212&semi;Buhari<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> reports that as the stage gets set for political parties in Nigeria to choose their flag bearers&comma; President Muhammadu Buhari has advised party leaders not to consider money bags&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rather&comma; he enjoined the new leaders who emerged in the March 26 All Progressives Congress&comma; APC national convention to consider merits far and above financial consideration saying that the Nigerian young democracy must be nurtured on the path of integrity&comma; honesty and commitment to the goals of democracy for national development&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buhari told the new National Working Committee &lpar;NWC&rpar; of APC to ensure that the party primaries are not influenced by &OpenCurlyQuote;highest bidders&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;The president gave the warning at the 2022 APC National Convention in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Abuja<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He urged party leaders to always promote internal democracy and equal opportunities for all members of the party&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mr Buhari called on all politicians and the electorate to abide by the new Electoral Act &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;to promote the process of election&comma; enhance transparency&comma; fill in existing gaps and add value to Nigeria’s democracy for our democracy to thrive&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The president&comma; who adduced reasons for his recent intervention in the affairs of the party&comma; said that it was not intended to muzzle dissenting voices&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Recently&comma; l had cause to intervene in the leadership crisis which was about to cause confusion in the party&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;”Such internal disputes are common in young democracies such as ours&comma; but we must avoid overheating the polity and not allow our differences to tear and frustrate the party&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Like I said earlier&comma; it does not do anybody or the party any good&comma; when we&comma; as leaders&comma; go down so low and resort to backstabbing and name-calling in the media&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We should learn how to resolve our differences without jeopardizing our personal relationships and the fate of the party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;