{"id":32647,"date":"2014-10-31T02:11:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T01:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=32647"},"modified":"2014-10-31T02:11:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T01:11:52","slug":"turaki-vanguard-commends-modified-direct-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/turaki-vanguard-commends-modified-direct-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Turaki Vanguard\u00a0Commends Modified Direct Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2885\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">The\u00a0<i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2890\">Turaki Vanguard<\/i>, a political support group for the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has praised the national leaders of APC for endorsing modified direct primaries for producing the party\u2019s presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2896\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2878\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2877\" style=\"color: black;\">The group, in a statement in Abuja, said with the endorsement of the modified direct primaries, the APC has now fully democratized and boosted its democratic credentials and credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2897\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Describing the move as a victory for democracy, the\u00a0<i>Turaki Vanguard<\/i>\u00a0praised the APC leaders for responding to the aspirations and wishes of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2880\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2879\" style=\"color: black;\">According to the Atiku political support group, internal democracy is essential to the entrenchment of democracy. It said the APC has set a standard, which all political parties should emulate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">It explained that this move would go a long way to reinforce people\u2019s confidence in the APC as the alternative platform for better change in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2911\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2910\" style=\"color: black;\">The\u00a0<i>Turaki Vanguard<\/i>\u00a0said internal democracy is about respecting all diverse interests within a political party to ensure fairness and transparency, which are necessary conditions for unity, harmony and internal cohesion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2909\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2907\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2908\" style=\"color: black;\">It, therefore, advised all Atiku supporters and other APC members to mobilize their support behind this democratic decision of the APC national leadership, adding that the measure would strengthen the opposition party and make it even stronger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2906\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Signed<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2905\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Oladimeji Fabiyi<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">National President<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2904\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Turaki Vanguard<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414720815150_2900\" class=\"yiv6902938811MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #196ad4;\" href=\"mailto:farilconsulting@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">farilconsulting@yahoo.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Turaki Vanguard, a political support group for the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has praised the national leaders of APC for endorsing modified direct primaries for producing&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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