Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Setting the stage

The dominant Nigerian party, the PDP, has officially named the candidates for its primary election to choose someone to run for president under the PDP banner.

Wali Panel Clears Jonathan, Atiku
The stage was set yesterday [11 January] for a titanic battle at the Peoples Democratic Party's national convention in Abuja tomorrow when the ruling party's Presidential Screening Panel led by Ambassador Aminu Wali cleared both President Goodluck Jonathan and his main challenger, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to contest for the presidential ticket.

Mrs Sarah Jibril, who appeared before the screening panel alongside the two men, was also cleared to contest.

Briefing newsmen last night, Wali said all the three aspirants that appeared before the committee were cleared having been satisfied with their performance and having met the requirements set out in the guidelines approved for the exercise by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC)...

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