APGA pledges free, truthful primaries for Anambra 2025 election

The All Progressives Grand Alliance has assured aspirants vying for the November 8, 2025, governorship election of a free, truthful, and clear major, offering a stage enjoying discipline devoid of bias or favouritism.

Talking with our correspondent in Awka on Friday, Tony Olisa-Mbeki, the media aide to the Nationwide Chairman of APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa, said that the get together has launched the first election timetable detailing the actions and dates of the train.

Olisa-Mbeki affirmed that aspirants who consider they’ve what it takes to problem the incumbent governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for the get together’s ticket would have an equal alternative to take part within the primaries, including that it might be probably the most clear ever witnessed within the historical past of get together politics.

He famous that whereas it’s a universally accepted follow for an incumbent governor, because the nationwide chief of the get together, to have the suitable of first refusal, APGA has chosen to set a brand new democratic customary by holding the method open.

He stated, “The All Progressives Grand Alliance has as soon as once more demonstrated its dedication to transparency and inside democracy by making the method of expression of curiosity and nomination open in an unprecedented method.

“In contrast to some other political get together contesting the identical election, APGA has ensured that each aspirant has a good and equal alternative to take part within the primaries, which would be the most clear ever witnessed within the historical past of get together politics.

“Whereas it’s a universally accepted follow that an incumbent governor, because the nationwide chief of the get together, has the suitable of first refusal, APGA has chosen to set a brand new democratic customary by holding the method open.

“The get together has thrown the race open for aspirants who consider they’ve what it takes to problem for the ticket. Nonetheless, it stays the duty of people to step ahead and take up the problem.

“With the expression of curiosity and nomination kinds now pegged at N30 million, the stage is about for a free and truthful contest. The get together’s resolution to proceed this manner speaks volumes about its dedication to inside democracy, setting it other than different political events the place such processes are sometimes shrouded in secrecy.”

In the meantime, the Nationwide Organising Secretary of APGA, Ifeanyi Mbaeri, in a press release on Thursday, introduced that aspirants could be required to pay N30 million to acquire the nomination and expression of curiosity kinds.

Mbaeri, who additionally launched the first election timetable, said that the get together’s particular state congress and governorship major election could be held on April 5.

He additional revealed that the get together accepted a 5 per cent low cost on the nomination type for feminine aspirants and bodily challenged individuals.