Senator Barnabas Gemade, the former Minister of Works and Housing, has told the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue that if he is allowed to fly the party’s flag for the 2023 governorship elections, he will deliver the state to the party.
Gemade, a gubernatorial aspirant on the APC platform in Benue, revealed this during a visit to the party’s secretariat in Makurdi to inform party officials about his ambition.
In a statement signed by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Daniel Ihomun, and made available to our Reporter in Makurdi on Sunday, Gemade stated that the APC must field credible candidates like him in order to win elections in 2023.
Gemade, a former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), assured the party’s State Executive Committee that if he is chosen as the party’s candidate for the 2023 elections, he has the ability to win the governorship election.
He explained that he had many opportunities to become governor in the past, but he preferred to support younger candidates, adding that now was the time for him to take the helm and ensure the state’s development.
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As a result, Gemade has charged the APC in Benue leadership to ensure a level playing field during the party primaries, arguing that transparency in the process would ensure that those who lost in the primaries would band together in support of the party’s emerging candidates.
Comrade Austin Agada, the state APC Chairman, reiterated in his response that the party’s leadership would strictly adhere to the APC’s constitutional provisions in carrying out her responsibilities.
He assured Gemade that the party was fully prepared to usurp power in the state from the PDP administration in 2023.
Dr. Steven Tsav, State Deputy Chairman; Barr Vincent Uji, State Vice-Chairman Zone A; James Tor, State Vice-Chairman Zone B; and Pinot Ogbaji, his counterpart in Zone C, were also present at the meeting.
Others include Comrade Daniel Morgan Ihomun, State Publicity Secretary; Awuese Torhee, State Woman Leader; and Hon Hangeior Akaan, Financial Secretary.
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