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Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has said that he has not anointed any candidate in the forthcoming local government election and the party congresses.

According to the governor, all eligible members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will have equal opportunity to test their popularity.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibrahim Addra, said the governor stated this yesterday in Akwanga during a stakeholders’ meeting of the Northern Senatorial Zone of the APC.

The Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) has fixed October 6, 2021, for the conduct of Chairmanship and Councillorship elections in the state.

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The statement quoted the governor as assuring residents of Nasarawa State that every eligible aspirant of the APC would be given equal opportunity to contest, while the general poll and the congresses would be open to all.

It also quoted Senator Godiya Akwashiki, Deputy Speaker, Nehemiah Tsentse, and former Deputy Governor, Silas Agara, as commending Governor Sule’s honest and transparent leadership which they claimed had endeared many people to the APC.

Speakers at the meeting expressed satisfaction with the decision of the party to adopt consensus arrangements, promising to abide by the decision.