The Coalition of North-Central Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has thrown its weight behind former Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, to replace the immediate past National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
The development is coming barely two days after APC chairmen in seven States of the North-West geo-political zone similarly endorsed the 73-yr-old politician at a meeting in Kaduna.
The alleged endorsement of Ganduje as the preferred choice of President Bola Tinubu and the APC governors has generated mixed feelings among party faithful and members of the ruling party.
While a few party chieftains felt the next national chairman should be allowed to emerge from Nasarawa State, in line with the zoning arrangement of APC, others backed the choice of the former Kano State governor.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, Convener of the Coalition, Okpokwu Ogenyi, stated that though the current zoning formula cedes the office to their zone, the APC North-Central leaders have agreed to forfeit the office of National Chairman in favour of Ganduje.
He said; “As you may be aware, there is no vacuum in governance; so a competent hand must be employed in order to over our party forward. It is on this note that we wholeheartedly endorse Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of our great Party, APC. Abdullahi Ganduje is a Party man, who has distinguished himself as an intellectual of high repute.
“As North-Central Youths, one may be tempted to ask why we should not clamour for the position to be retained in the zone. The truth is, we have contributed our quota and wish other zones to be also given the opportunity to participate in the Party’s administration”.
