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APC ‘Not all-comers affair’ – PGF DG

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) Dr. Salihu Lukman, said the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) must not be an all-comers affair, insisting that only those with progressive credentials should be admitted into its fold in the ongoing nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise. He said the recent attempt to accept Chief Femi Fani-Kayode into the fold of the APC was a clear attempt by some partisans to manipulate the leadership of the ruling party into doing the wrong thing. It would be recalled…

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Don’t admit Fani-Kayode into APC, PGF DG warns Buni

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) – the umbrella body of all governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) – Dr. Salihu Lukman has cautioned the leadership of the APC against admitting former Aviation minister and chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Femi Fani Kayode into the party. Lukman issued the warning in a statement titled “APC: Reminder about Our Values,” released to newsmen in Abuja, on Tuesday. The PGF DG described as disturbing, the circulation of…

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Don’t hand over APC membership register to any party chieftain, PGF DG warns

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) Dr. Salihu Lukman said the current attempt to project some All Progressives Congress, (APC) has debunked media reports suggesting that part of the founding leaders of the party are in disagreement with the leadership of the party on the decision to conduct membership registration and revalidation exercise. This is coming against the backdrop of the reaction that trailed Chief Bisi Akande’s remarked while revalidating his membership of the party that undertaking the party’s membership registration exercise for the second time…

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Building Party Bureaucracy: PGF DG demands audit of APC National Secretariat

Ishaku Yohanna

…Says PDP living in denial of its internal organisational challenges By Godwin Amunde The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh Lukman, has demanded for an audit of the national secretariat of the ruling APC as a way of strengthening its structure to recognize and respect the value of building a party bureaucracy to contribute to national development. In a statement titled, “Bureaucracies and political parties as pillars of strong institutions in democracy,” he issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the PGF DG said strengthening…

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Unending lecturers’ strike: Neither ASUU nor FG is right – PGF DG

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, (PGF) – an umbrella body of Nigerian Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, said the seemingly unending strike by Nigerian lecturers is the result of a power tussle between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), in which neither the ASUU nor the Federal Government is right. In a statement titled, “ASUU and Indeterminate Power Struggle – The Boko Haram Logic,” signed and made available to newsmen on…

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2023: APC should return to its original vision, PGF DG tells Buni Committee

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director-General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) should be able to return to the original vision of the party whereby every member of the party should have a voting right during the process of electing leaders for the party and selecting candidates for elections at all levels. In a statement titled: “Seductiveness of Conventional Politics and the Challenges facing APC,” made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, Lukman noted that instead of some of the dry press…

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2023: APC requires strategic succession arrangement as Buhari serves last term – Dr. Lukman

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman said the All Progressives Congress (APC) requires strategic succession arrangement considering the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari is serving his last term in order to remain in power beyond 2023 and guarantee the retention of all electoral advantages. In a statement titled: “Nigerian Democratisation and Internal Party Contest for Leadership,” Dr. Lukman also said part of the challenge facing Nigerian politics today is the difficulty in institutionalizing and mainstreaming political competition within political parties. Dr. Lukman…

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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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APC must stop considering citizens’ demands as ‘subversive,’ – PGF boss, Lukman

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  Salihu Lukman, has enjoin leaders of the party to stop considering citizens’ demands as “disagreements and subversive,” when such demands do not correspond with their position. In a position paper entitled: “Nigerian Democracy and Challenge of Interests’ Negotiation,” he made available to newsmen, in Abuja, on Sunday, Lukman also urged elected and appointed leaders of the APC to consider political proposals which are aimed…

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What APC must do to win 2023 presidential election – PGF DG

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, said regular meetings by the All Progressives Congress (APC) bigwigs and power brokers between 2013 and 2014 was what led to President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in 2015. He added that APC must therefore adopt the model it used in the build up to the 2015 general election to win the 2023 presidential poll. Speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, during the presentation of his new book titled, “APC and Progressive Politics in Nigeria” Lukman…

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