Tag: APC Govs

“I won’t interfere in 2023 elections” – Buhari to APC Governors

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, urged citizens to give him a seven-day window to resolve the currency crunch that has emanated from the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) policy to change high-value Naira notes with newly designed ones. The president stated this while speaking to the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) who met with him at the Council Chambers, where they sought to share with him the negative impact of the CBN policy, which is undermining the painstaking efforts that have been put forth by this administration in transforming…

Read More

APC Govs DG tasks new NWC on computerization of membership register

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Salisu Mohd Lukman, has urged the leadership of the party to embark on collation of an electronically based data of all members of the party across the country. Speaking during an AIT political programme, JIGSAW, where he gave insight on his book; APC Litmus Test, the PGF DG said electronic membership registration will enhance the efficiency of the party’s administration and urged…

Read More

Ondo Guber Election: APC Govs Applaud S’Court Judgement, Back Buni-led Caretaker C’ttee

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, – has thrown its weight behind embattled chairman of the ruling party and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, over Supreme Court ruling on the legality of his position in the party. PGF, in a statement signed by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state, argued that the Supreme Court judgement has also settled the legality of the National Caretaker Committee. Bagudu said the governors’ stance…

Read More

APC Govs hail Tambuwal-led Committee on Autonomy for Judiciary, State Legislature

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – an umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Pro­gressives Congress (APC) – has endorsed agreements reached by the Governor Aminu Tambuwal-led Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) Committee on autonomy for judiciary and state legislature. The PGF, under the chairmanship of Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, at an emergency meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday, noted that the Tambuwal-led NGF Committee consulted all the critical stakeholders, notably leadership of State Judiciary and Assemblies and jointly reached agreements…

Read More

Workers’ Strike: Stop muscle flexing, Return to negotiating table – APC Govs tell El-Rufai, NLC

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, an umbrella body of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to return to the negotiation table with Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to prevent the ongoing strike from crippling the state’s economy. Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi state who is the Chairman of the forum said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement reads: “The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has been following unfolding development between Nigeria…

Read More

APC govs felicitate with Osinbajo at 64

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) under auspices of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) have felicitated with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as he turned 64 on March 8. The Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, in a statement issued Monday also commended Osinbajo’s selfless service to the nation. The statement reads: “The Progressive Governors Forum joins His Excellency, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and his…

Read More

2023: APC Govs Clamouring for Jonathan Presidency are Hypocrites – Sule Lamido

Ishaku Yohanna

…Says APC is a party of double talk By Ishaku Yohanna Former governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido, has described some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that are clamouring for former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2023 presidential election as mere hypocrites. Speaking on Arise Television on Wednesday, Lamido wondered why the governors are thinking of presenting Jonathan who they had described as “weak, clueless; a man they vilified, demonised, a man they called all sort of names and eventually defeated to come back and become…

Read More

2020: We commend the resilience of Nigerians – APC Govs

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), a forum of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year of the century and commended the resilience of Nigerians in the year ended. Governor of Kebbi state, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, who is the PGF chairman, in a statement titled: ‘A call for national unity to overcome our challenges’, issued for and on behalf of Progressive Governors said that the combined effects of all the pandemic have further…

Read More

Christmas: APC govs urge Nigerians to unite against insecurity, felicitate with Bagudu at 59

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) – a forum of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Nigerians to set aside their ethno-religious and political differences and unite in order to resolve the nation’s security challenges. The forum also celebrated its chairman and Kebbi state governor Atiku Bagudu, who turns 59th on 26 of December. In a Christmas message signed on behalf of the forum yesterday in Abuja, the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is the treasurer of…

Read More

‘You’re our role model, source of inspiration’ – APC Govs felicitate with Buhari at 78

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors under the platform of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) eulogized President Muhammadu Buhari as a role model and a source of inspiration. In a congratulatory message to President Buhari on his 78th birthday anniversary on Thursday, the Chairman of the forum and Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku Bagudu said Nigeria is proud of the patriotic leadership commitment of the President. The statement read: “The Progressive Governors Forum joins His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of…

Read More