Tag: APC National Convention

APC may adopt consensus candidacy option ahead of February National Convention

Aminu Imam

There are indications that key players in the forthcoming National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), are tinkering with the idea of the party adopting consensus for elective offices. Some of the promoters, it was learnt, are said to be chairmanship aspirants, a couple of whom are keen on consolidating their individual grip on their states and senatorial areas as the countdown to the Convention begins. The belief among the advocates is that the consensus option could lessen tension across the board, following suspicion in certain quarters over the…

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Buhari, APC governors decide convention date today

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are scheduled to meet today, Sunday, to decide a definite date for the conduct of the upcoming partys national convention. The party is hoping that the date in February is still feasible, as it has come under pressure from the President to clean up its act or lose power to the main opposition party. The APC governors Sunday meeting with the President may either make or mar the party. Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with the President, Chairman…

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APC National Convention: PGF’s DG Faults Kalus Call For Postponement

Aminu Imam

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) – Dr. Salihu Lukman, has faulted the call made by two-term governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for the postponement of the national convention of the party slated for February, 2022. Senator Kalu had in a letter entitled “Urgent Appeal for Postponement of APC National Convention, addressed to the Yobe state governor and Chairman of…

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APC Convention: Sani, Mustapha, 9 other chairmanship aspirants to discuss way forward

Aminu Imam

Godwin Amunde Ahead of the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for February 2022, all the national chairmanship aspirants will on Thursday this week gather in Abuja to speak on their ideas of moving the party forward in preparation for the 2023 general elections. The eleven prominent chairmanship aspirants include: former Deputy National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Saliu Mustapha, former governor of Nasarawa state Senator Tanko Almakura, former governor of Borno state Senator Alimodu Sheriff, current Senator representing Niger East Mohammed…

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APC to hold National Convention February 5, Presidential primaries in third quarter of 2022

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has said its National Convention will now be held on February 5, 2022. It was also gathered that the ruling party may retain the Caretaker Committee to conduct the presidential primaries in the third quarter of 2022. According to a chieftain of the party, who spoke to newsmen on condition of anonymity, said, I can confirm to you that the National Convention of our great party, the APC, will hold on February 5, 2022, where a new Exco will be elected. Some of the chieftains…

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Buhari, APC Govs agree on February 2022 for National Convention

Aminu Imam

The ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has tentatively scheduled its national convention to sometime in February, 2022. President Buhari approved Feb. 2022 for the conduct of the APC National Convention following a meeting he had with some of the governors of the party led by the chairman of the APC National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni. With him were his Kebbi and Jigawa and Kebbi States’ counterparts, Atiku Bagudu, who is the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Jigawa State Governor Atiku Bagudu, and Abubakar…

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National Convention: APC Governors to meet today over zoning of party offices

Aminu Imam

State governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF), are scheduled to meet today, Sunday. Sources within the party told newsmen that the major item for deliberation at the meeting is the issue of zoning of party offices across the six geo-political zones as well as the 36 States of the country, including Abuja. In the past three weeks, there had been uneasy calm among the party faithful, with many stakeholders lobbying the governors for party positions in…

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National Convention: Political bandits in APC desperate to install surrogate leaders PGF DG

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 All Progressives Congress, (APC) – Dr. Salihu Lukman, has described those opposed to the planned membership registration /revalidation exercise ahead of the National Convention of the party as political bandits who were desperate to install their surrogates as party leaders. In a statement titled, Campaign against Membership Registration in APC: A Smokescreen for Surrogate Leadership, issued in Abuja on Thursday, Lukman noted that there have…

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