The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, says the party has not zoned its 2023 presidential ticket to any section of the country.
He stated this on Friday during a chat with State House correspondents.
The APC boss said that the party’s presidential flagbearer would be decided at its convention.
Adamu said, “I am today privileged to be the chairman of the party. The party is greater than me. The party has not made a decision and I cannot preempt what the party decision will be.
“We will come out by the grace of God, at the appropriate time [with] the candidate the convention will choose. I do not want to speculate.
“My duty as chairman is to listen to party men, party leaders, stakeholders, to see what is going to be best when the time comes. And I’ve always found it easier and more noble, to get a bridge before I jump to cross it. We are not there yet.”
Reacting to the controversy generated by the N100 million pricetag on the party’s presidential forms, Adamu said the cost was arrived at having taken all neccesary matters into consideration.
The APC chairman explained that the party would need funds to maintain itself and finance campaigns ahead of the 2023 General election.
“On the issue of cost of forms… we have been listening with rapt attention to the hues and cries, from our lovers, and from our adversaries. We have no regrets whatsoever. We did some homework.
“Over and above that. Yes, we are the ruling party. Yes, we need to set examples in what we do. But I ask you, I don’t know which part of the country you come from. If God forbid, your traditional ruler dies today, contestants will go for more than N100 million, it is no news.
“We don’t want to continue going and begging particularly in an election year like this. So I want to see that we’re able to mobilize sufficient funds to support our efforts to win the election,” Adamu said.