Tag: All Progressives Congress

APC State Congress:
Kaduna APC guber primary, a charade, Child’s” — Former aspirant alleges

Aminu Imam

A governorship aspirant in Kaduna State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), retired Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) of the Nigeria Customs Service, Malam Bashir Abubakar (Barden Kudun Zazzau), has alleged that his supporters, numbering over 3,000, attempted to buy forms at the party office in Kaduna to participate as delegates in the party’s guber primaries but were denied. Abubakar lamented that the APC guber primaries in Kaduna State was was marred with anomalies, alleging that there was no congress in the State. He said they later heard…

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2023: “I want to pick my successor; support me”, Buhari tells APC governors

Aminu Imam

…Tasks them on internal cohesion ahead of party convention President Muhammadu Buhari has told State governors of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), that he would want to pick his successor and needs them to support him to do so. Buhari stated this yesterday, at a meeting with governors elected on the APC platform at the State House, Abuja. The President, during the meeting, minced no words when he stated that he recognises the need to provide strong leadership, as the APC prepares for its presidential primary election on…

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2023 Presidential Candidate: APC governors meeting deadlocked after Buhari’s stance

Aminu Imam

A meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC), governors which was held yesterday evening to discuss the stance of President Muhammadu Buhari on the party’s presidential candidate has reportedly ended in a deadlock. The meeting was held in Abuja, minutes after the APC governors had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. At the meeting with the president, Buhari told the governors that he would like to pick his successor and wants the governors to support him to do so. The president left for Spain immediately after the meeting. At their…

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APC Crisis: Adamu taking unilateral decisions, blackmailing NWC members – NW/SW Zonal chairmen

Aminu Imam

Two members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have accused the party’s national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, of taking unilateral decisions and using President Muhammadu Buhari’s name to blackmail other members of the Committee. According to an issued press statement in Abuja yesterday, signed by the North-West zonal chairman, Salihu Moh’d Lukman, and the South-West zonal chairman, Isaacs Kekemeke, called on all the leaders of the APC to call Senator Adamu to order before the matter gets out of hand. The statement partly…

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2023: APC commences screening for 23 presidential aspirants

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has commenced screening of presidential aspirants on its platform. According to reports, a former national chairman of the Party, John Oyegun, is in charge of the screening exercise. About 30 people were said to have purchased the APC presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest form, but only 23 would be screened at the ongoing exercise. The individuals to be screened at the exercise are: Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Yemi Osinbajo; Former Minister of State Education; Chukwuemeja Uwaezuoke Nwajiuba; Governor of Jigawa State, Badaru Abubakar;…

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Fresh crisis hits APC NWC as member blasts Adamu

Aminu Imam

Barely two months after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), came into office, a fresh crisis has erupted over the leadership style of its National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The crack in the party’s highest administrative organ was contained in an issued letter by National Vice Chairman (North-West), Salihu Mohd Lukman, to the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, in Abuja yesterday. In the letter, dated 27th May 2022, titled: ‘Rebuilding APC: Need for new Initiatives’, the former Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, (PGF),…

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Buhari’s administration in 7 years full of service to people, nothing else – Presidency

Aminu Imam

Hassan Umar Farouk As the civilian administration of President Muhammadu Buhari clocks all-inclusively seven years old on Sunday, May 29, 2022, the Presidency says it has been years of service to the people and nothing else but that. Recall that the administration’s two-term tenure started on May 29, 2015 and was renewed for continuity on May 29, 2019. X-raying the performances of the Buhari-led administration in an issued press statement on Saturday, the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, gave the details: “Exactly seven…

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2023: APC drops consensus plan for presidential primary

Aminu Imam

…Says option not visible The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has jettisoned the plan to use the consensus method in determining its presidential candidate. The National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who made this known while speaking in Abuja, said the method that was used in electing party officers during the March 26, 2022 Convention would not be feasible for the Party’s presidential primary, which begins on Sunday. Adamu, who emerged as the APC chairman in March after President Muhammadu Buhari endorsed him and asked other aspirants to step…

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“Reward system in APC poor; like monkeys working, baboons benefitting” – Gov Fayemi

Aminu Imam

A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Kayode Fayemi, has described the reward system in the APC as poor. Speaking yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, while wooing delegates of the Oyo APC, Fayemi likened the reward system in the party to one where ‘monkeys work while baboons are beneficiaries of the party goodies’. To retain the commitment and passion of party members, Fayemi said the Party must fix its reward system such that those who work are rewarded with party patronages. He also described it as discouraging…

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APC postpones screening of 28 presidential aspirants

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC) has postponed the screening of the 28 presidential aspirants. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, disclosed this in a statement yesterday, in Abuja. The exercise was initially slated to hold on Monday, six days before the party’s presidential primary in Abuja. The statement read: “The screening exercise for presidential aspirants of the All Progressive Congress (APC) earlier scheduled to be held on Monday, May 23, 2022, is hereby postponed. “A new date for the exercise will be announced shortly. Any inconvenience caused is…

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