Pdp candidates to emerge by consensus, says Aliyu

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  Aliyu   Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates for the 2015 general elections in Niger State will emerge through consensus to avoid [/size]post-primary crises, Governor Mu’azu Aliyu has said.

[/size]Speaking  when he hosted the  state executive council of the party at Government House, Minna the state capital.Aliyu said  that emergence of party candidates for the next general elections through consensus would help ensure that party discipline and supremacy are upheld.He said a channel of communication would be opened for all aspirants and stakeholders to explore, so that the consensus candidates that would emerge would deliver Niger state to the PDP.‘’We should not allow any other party to present better candidates than those of our party,’’ Aliyu charged the party leaders.To ensure the success of the consensus project, the governor vowed not to impose any candidate on the party at any level of the electoral process, stressing that nobody should be deceived into accepting anybody that says he (Aliyu) has endorsed their candidacy. He then advised the party leaders and members to pay attention to party discipline, reach out to the people and communicate activities of government and the party to the electorate to make the 2015 polls easier to win for the party.He also said that the fight against corruption would require collaboration between the government and the party, lamenting that the country’s negative image within and outside is traceable to the level of corruption.Earlier, the State Chairman of the PDP Alhaji Abdulrahaman Enagi had expressed gratitude to the government for the moral and financial support given to the party in the state.Enagi said with the support received by the party the state chapter of the PDP had been adjudged the best in terms of management and general administration especially with the smooth conduct of the party primaries at all levels.



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