{"id":197710,"date":"2026-03-26T18:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:49:35","slug":"consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo","title":{"rendered":"Consensus Option Will Produce Right Candidates Iyabo Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has backed the use of consensus in choosing All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, the Ogun State governorship hopeful under the APC said the consensus approach will produce credible and electable candidates.<\/p>\n<p>She rejected concerns that the process might impose unpopular choices, explaining that consensus does not sideline the wishes of the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly believe consensus can produce the right candidates because it doesn\u2019t mean party leaders ignore the people\u2019s will; it means they carefully consider public opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo party wants to lose, so they won\u2019t pick candidates that could jeopardize their chances,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the process would naturally favour aspirants with real grassroots support and electoral strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, consensus will align with those who can actually win on the ground, because victory is the party\u2019s main objective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey won\u2019t settle for the least popular option in a way that creates conflict among aspirants or discourages strong contenders. That\u2019s why I\u2019m convinced consensus is the best approach,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo also expressed confidence that the arrangement would work to her advantage in the race for the Ogun APC governorship ticket, pointing to her popularity and previous performance in public office as both a commissioner and a senator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has backed the use of consensus in choosing All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, the Ogun State governorship hopeful under the APC said the consensus approach will produce credible and electable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Consensus Option Will Produce Right Candidates Iyabo Obasanjo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has backed the use of consensus in choosing All Progress ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Consensus Option Will Produce Right Candidates Iyabo Obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has backed the use of consensus in choosing All Progress ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-26T17:22:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-26T19:49:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774554504.54103.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Consensus Option Will Produce Right Candidates Iyabo Obasanjo\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-26T17:22:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-26T19:49:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774554504.54103.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/consensus-option-will-produce-right-candidates-iyabo-obasanjo\",\"name\":\"Consensus Option Will Produce Right Candidates Iyabo Obasanjo - 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