By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
The Sokoto State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed that all stages are ready for conducting the the forthcoming local governments elections scheduled for September this year as revealed by State Independent Electoral, SEIC, office.
APC chairman in the state Isah Sadiq Acida made the disclosure when he submitted the lists of the 23 local government candidates and 244 names of the councillorship in the state.
The chairman said APC has conducted iits primaries in the presence of the state electoral commission and the security agencies.
Receiving the lists, the executive chairman of the commission Alh. Aliyu Sulaiman said the commission is now set to start screening of all the candidates submitted to it.
He assured that no one will be witch-hunted in the screening exercise as the commission’s role is to screen the qualified candidate.
The chairman said the commission will start the screening on the 7th of August this year.
The mini gathering had in attendance, APC executive committee members headed by its state chairman Alh. Isah Sadiq Acida.