Tag: APC Governors

Buhari rebuffs APC Governors’ bid to delay currency rebranding timelines

Aminu Imam

A team of four State Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and their presidential candidate appear to have failed in their bid to persuade President Muhammadu Buhari to significantly alter the timelines for the on-going replacement of three sets of the national currency, the Naira. The governors, including those from Katsina, Plateau and Kebbi, and joined by their party’s presidential candidate, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reportedly traveled to Daura, Katsina State, to meet the President last week. Their primary objective was to persuade the President to move the…

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2023: Outgoing APC governors fume over list of Tinubu’s campaign council

Aminu Imam

…Threaten sabotage Some outgoing governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have threatened to sabotage the presidential campaign of their party and its candidate, Bola Tinubu, in their respective States. The aggrieved governors, under the aegis of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), accused the party and its candidate, Tinubu, of disregarding their nominations to the presidential campaign council. The Secretary to the APC campaign council, James Faleke, announced the constitution of the campaign council, at the weekend, listing 422 members, including many who are to work at the regional…

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APC Govs, stakeholders mull Adamu’s replacement

Aminu Imam

…As its NWC fixes emergency NEC meeting for September Strong indications have emerged that the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, might be eased out soon, if plans by governors elected on the platform of the party and other stakeholders pull through. Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State and Senator, was elected in March, despite a strong opposition mounted by APC governors.  The governors, alongside other regional leaders, had settled for Tanko al-Makura, also a former governor of Nasarawa State and a serving senator.…

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2023: APC govs. meet with Buhari, back Shettima’s candidacy

Aminu Imam

Nine State governors of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), yesterday held a one-hour closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his Daura private residence at the end of which they declared their support for Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general election. The Governors also said they had confidence in the combination of Tinubu and Shettima to ensure victory for the party in the presidential election. The Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, (PGF), Abubakar Bagudu, told newsmen…

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2023 APC Flag Bearer: APC governors rally around Osinbajo

Aminu Imam

Few days after President Muhammadu Buhari indicated a template for his successor in the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries, governors of the ruling party are beginning to rally around Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who is believed to fit the president’s description. Several APC governors were sighted in the Presidential Villa meeting with Osinbajo and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, in what sources say may be a move likely to result in a consensus presidential candidate for the party. According to reports, State governors sighted…

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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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2023 Presidency: Tinubu meets 14 APC governors hours after Osinbajo’s declaration

Aminu Imam

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has met with governors elected on the APC platform in Abuja. This is coming hours after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who is seen within the political circles as Tinubu’s political son having served as commissioner in his Lagos State cabinet between 1999 and 2007, declared his intention to run for president. The meeting took place at the Kebbi State Government Lodge, in Abuja, as Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, who is also the…

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National Convention: “We will support whoever Buhari supports” – APC Governors

Aminu Imam

Hassan Umar Farouk Ahead of the March 26 National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), the State governors have said they will support whosoever President Muhammadu Buhari supports. The APC governors met with President Buhari in a closed-door meeting in the Executive Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governors were led to the meeting by the APC Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni. The Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF), Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, said they will…

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National Chairman: Buhari rejects APC govs’ plea to dump Adamu as preferred candidate

Aminu Imam

Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday met a brick wall when their attempt to convince President Muhammadu Buhari to change his mind on his preference for Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the consensus candidate for the national chairmanship of the party backfired. Recall that the governors met with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly before he departed for Kenya, hoping to get him to change his mind on the former Nasarawa State governor, who has since emerged as the President’s favourite for the party’s top job. The…

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