Revisit the list of Candidates for Council Polls, Concern Citizens Plead with Gov. Kefas

 

The leadership of the Concerned Citizens of Taraba State has expressed dissatisfaction over the lists of candidates that were selected as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP flag bearers in the forthcoming local government council elections.

The party, it would be recalled, had ordered stakeholders across the LGAs to forward the list of consensus candidates that would contest for the positions of chairmen and councilors in the council polls slated for the 18th of this month.

Following the development, the group, in a statement signed by its coordinator, Abdullahi Ishaya Dominic, the group says for the consensus candidates to be acceptable by the youths, elders and women, and party stakeholders, such persons must have a proven track record of grassroots politicians.

The group, which proposed that the candidates ought to be people residing in the council and accessible to the people, alleged that the reverse has turned out to be the case.

The statement alleges that the candidates chosen for the upcoming council election, do not meet the requirements that warrant them to be selected as consensus candidates

The group urged the governor to insert the right peg in the right hole before election day.

They also called on the governor to come out and address the people of the state over the decisions on the consensus candidates of the various local government areas.