From Mokolade Michael
The Action Alliance (AA) has declared that the party would not zone presidency to any part of the country ahead of the 2023 general election.
The National Chairman of the party, Hon Adekunle Rufai Omoaje while addressing delegates at the national convention of the party held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Thursday said the Presidential candidate of the party can come from any part of the country.
He said the party believes in integrity, excellence and capacity to lead, saying that any individual with those attributes can contest for the presidential position under the platform of the party.
“We believe in the best and we will present the best person as our candidate in the presidential election. It doesn’t matter where the candidate come from as long as he is qualified and posses the attributes of a good leader, our party we present him. We are not interested in where anybody comes from.
“I want to assure Nigerians that our party will present a formidable candidate come 2023. We are ready to bring about positive change and solutions to the problems confronting Nigerians,” he added.
Omoaje whose position as the national chairman of the party was reaffirmed by delegates at the convention, assured that the party would win not less than 10 states in the 2023 general election.
On the Electoral Reforms Act, the AA national chairman expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign it into law in the interest of democracy.
He said the national convention was an annual event of the party where critical decisions are taken in the interest of the party, adding that delegates were drawn from all the 36 states of the country including the Federal Capital Territory.
Also, Omoaje cleared the air on the alleged crisis in the party, declaring that there was relative peace in the party.
He said “this convention was planned and scheduled to hold as it did today with a notification sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the 29th of November, 2021 to ensure compliance with the 21 days required by law.
“The INEC later requested for the agenda of the convention and this baffled us because it was attached to the notification sent to INEC. However, the agenda was taken to INEC as requested. This appeared to agree with the alleged plan by Mr Uche Nwosu to hijack the party for reasons best known to him,” he added.
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