Tag: All Progressives Congress

2023: “I can’t speak on Osinbajo, Lawan, Amaechi’s commitment to Tinubu project” – APC Chairman, Adamu

Aminu Imam

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has opened up on the silence of some presidential aspirants who lost out in the June 8 Special Presidential Convention of the Party. Adamu said while they remain members of the party, he could not assess the level of their commitment to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu presidential project. Although Tinubu had won the ticket of the party during the convention, however, some of his rivals like Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and former…

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2023: APC releases amended Presidential Campaign Council list

Aminu Imam

The Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appeared to have made decisive inroads into the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), as it has released a fresh list, naming Adamu as second in command of the council, yesterday. In the list, which was signed by the National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, as opposed to the initial 422-member list signed by the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president, Muhammadu Buhari was still named as Chairman of…

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2023: APC approves Tinubu’s manifesto

Aminu Imam

…To consult Buhari on campaign commencement date The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has said that the long-awaited draft manifesto of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Bola Tinubu, has been surgically reviewed and approved by APC stakeholders. Spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Festus Keyamo, disclosed this to newsmen after a meeting of the council, the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party in Abuja. He said the draft manifesto was presented by Tinubu to the organs of…

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Presidential Campaign:  ’No alternative to APC victory in 2023′ – Buhari 

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Women’s presidential campaign Team to work hard towards ensuring victory for the party in the 2023 general elections. The president, who made the call at the inauguration of the APC Women’s team in Abuja yesterday, said the call had become imperative because there was no alternative to APC electoral victory in the 2023 presidential election. Buhari, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, enjoined members of the team to take the party to greater heights…

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2023: ‘Campaign publicly for Tinubu or resign’ – APC NWC member challenges Ngige, others

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A member of the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, has directed political appointees on the platform of the Party to either campaign publicly in support of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ticket or immediately resign their appointments from the party-led administration. The APC chieftain was reacting to comments made on a national television programme on Friday, by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, where he failed to publicly…

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2023 General Elections: APC to kick-start campaign at Villa October 10

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to kick-start campaigns for the forthcoming 2023 general elections on October 10. According to a party source, party chieftains who got nominated into the APC Presidential Campaign Council, to be chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Women’s wing, to be led by First Lady, A’isha Buhari, would be inaugurated on that date at the Dome Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. It was gathered that certain members of the APC held a crucial meeting, yesterday, in Abuja, ahead of the return of the…

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2023: APC capitulates to Governors, suspends inauguration of Presidential Campaign Council

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In a move to pacify aggrieved State governors, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has suspended the inauguration of its 422-man campaign council earlier fixed for today, Wednesday. Plateau State Governor and Director-General, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Simon Lalong, disclosed this in an issued statement yesterday. A party source told newsmen that the decision was taken to pacify aggrieved governors whose nominees were missing on the list that was released at the weekend. According to the source: “The APC Presidential Campaign Council got the hint that some of…

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2023: Fresh crisis brews in APC, as its NWC rejects Presidential Campaign Council list

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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disassociated itself from the recently released comprehensive Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) list. NWC hinged its decision on several factors, ranging from its failure to give final approval to the list, to the collapse in the consultations between the eggheads of the presidential campaign council and the three-man Committee set up by the NWC to harmonise the list. A member of the NWC, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja, argued that the fact that the PCC released the list…

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2023: ‘Buhari directed exclusion of Osinbajo, SGF from APC presidential campaign council’ – Keyamo

Aminu Imam

The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says President Muhammadu Buhari ordered for the exclusion of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, from the council. According to Keyamo, President Buhari “specifically directed that the Vice-President and the SGF should be left out of the campaign council in order to concentrate on the governance of the country and administration of government”. The exclusion of Osinbajo and Mustapha, both Christians, had raised concerns in some quarters that…

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2023: APC campaign council accuses NLC of hypocrisy over fuel subsidy removal

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…Fault support for Peter Obi    The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has accused the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of being hypocritical over the burning issues of fuel subsidy removal in the country. The Council Director, Media and Public Affairs, Festus Keyamo, in an issued statement yesterday, faulted the leadership of the NLC for promising to mobilise its members across the 774 local government areas in Nigeria to ensure victory for Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in next year’s presidential election. Justifying the council’s…

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