Dr. Adeshina Fagbenro Byron Emerges KOWA Party Presidential Candidate
While some other ‘big political parties’ are still
struggling to field their candidate for the 2019 general elections, Dr.
Adeshina Fagbenro N-Byron (SFB) of KOWA party has emerged victorious as KOWA
party’s presidential candidate.
Byron was announced winner from the partyy’s national
convention and presidential primary that took place on Saturday September 29,
2018 from 11am to 5pm at the Alexis hotel , Obafemi Awolowo way, Jabi Upstairs,
Abuja.
It was gathered that he surmounted vigorous
competition from his fellow aspirants. Professor (Mrs) Remi Sonaiya who was the
party’s presidential flagbearer at the 2015 elections and veteran actor, Mr.
Ayo Lijadu ran a very strategic national grassroots recruitment campaign.
KOWA party subjected its aspirants to a rigourous process. They were
formally screened including security clearance. Then they submitted to a
written examination on Friday September 28 answering multiple choice questions
posed by experts from diverse fields and writing essay on a topic of national
interest.
Finally, they participated in a presidential debate at
noon during the convention moderated by Mr. Soji Apampa, the founder of
Integrity Group. The aspirants were also given a final opportunity to appeal
for votes.
Their profiles have been circulated to all party
members by sms and email prior to the commencement of paper balloting at the
national convention.
KOWA party adopted a multi-chanel voting system for
its national primary.
In keeping with our spirit of inclusiveness, the party
usded a combination of paper, online and sms voting so that all of its members
even those in rural araeas could participate, including those without smart
phones and who could not travel to the state convention centres that the party
set up in 28 states. Indeed some mebers who wewre unwell were still able to
cast their votes from their sick beds.
The online voting system was first successfully
piloted at our Lagos state congress in May 2018 and was witnessed by INEC.
KOWA party prides itself as being the credible
alternative to the traditional political parties. The party’s slogan is
‘Together, wew make the difference’ and it aims to avoid the traps that have
bedeviled the big parties in Nigeria and cling strongly to to its founding
principles of transparencey, people-centred development and meritocracy. Its
aspirants run based on their state of residence not their state of origin.
Women, youth and people living with disabilities are
not considered token or minority members, they are welcomed and embraced as
full members and officers of the party at national and state levels and we are
well represented at decision-making levels.
Fans of KOWA party were carried along by members of
the Youth Caucus via the party’s social media handles @KOWA_Ngr and @KOWAParty.
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