Tag: Salihu Lukman

Hardship: “Tinubu on track to becoming worse than Buhari” – Dr. Lukman

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Salihu Lukman

A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman, has lamented the growing deterioration of governance in the country, saying each successive administration has become progressively worse than its predecessor. He said while the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was worse than that of President Goodluck Jonathan, it is saddening that the President Bola Tinubu administration is on track to becoming worse than that of Buhari. Lukman however, lamented that in spite of this, there is no structured engagements regarding 2027, among leading…

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“Tinubu has worsened Nigerians living conditions” –APC Chieftain, Lukman 

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Lukman Tinubu

A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has lamented that President Bola Tinubu has pushed the nation to a hopeless trajectory with his unaligned policies, which has worsened the living conditions of all Nigerians. Speaking in a statement issued yesterday, Lukman wondered about the kind of plan President Tinubu has put in place to fix the problems. According to him, even in terms of ameliorating the challenge facing Nigerians, the government has demonstrated a lack of capacity to manage initiatives. The former…

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Ndume’s sack: “Akpabio has reduced 10th Senate to FG parastatal” – Lukman

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Lukman

Former National vice-chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman has accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio of reducing the 10th Senate to a parastatal under the President Tinubu/APC-led administration. Lukman’s position is against the backdrop of the sack of the Senate Whip, Ali Ndume, by the Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja and titled: “Fanatical Mindset”, the former Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, (PGF), said all patriotic Nigerians must wake up to the…

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2027: “Osinbajo, Amaechi, el-Rufa’i must bury presidential ambition” – Ex-APC Chieftain

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Ex APC Chieftain Lukman

A former national vice chairman (North-West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has described former Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo and the likes of former Kaduna State governor , Nasir el-Rufa’i as political orphans. Lukman, who spoke of a proposed coalition among top political bigwigs in the country, listed el-Rufa’i, Osinbajo, former Minister of the Interior of Nigeria – Ra’uf Aregbesola, former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, among others seeking to occupy the nation’s top political seat via merger.…

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el-Rufai Probe: “Your days are numbered” – Lukman slams Kaduna Gov.

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Salihu Lukman

The immediate-past National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Moh. Lukman, has told Governor Uba Sani, of Kaduna State, that his days in office are numbered, as he would be voted out alongside President Bola Tinubu in the next three years. Lukman berated the governor for waging war against his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, saying the governor was fighting a proxy war for the presidency. The former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), warned the Governor that the campaign to defeat APC and President Asiwaju Tinubu…

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2023: ‘APC on the brink’, Says ex-PGF DG, Salihu

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While the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leaving no stone unturned to maintain a grip on power beyond the 2023 general election, a chieftain of the party, Salihu Lukman said the ruling party is on ‘the brink’. Lukman, who recently resigned from the position of the Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body for APC Governors made this assertion in an open letter to party’s leaders, made available to newsmen in Abuja. He said the party’s present predicament is propelled by selfish leaders apart from President Muhammadu…

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APC National Convention: Delay in fixing date a slap on the face of Nigerians – Salihu Lukman

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Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, (PGF) – the unbrella body of  Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) –  Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman has expressed strong reservations about the declaration by the national secretary of the APC Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, that his team has not concluded consultations ahead of the scheduled February 2022 Convention date. According to Lukman, it is now somehow difficult not to conclude that the CECPC is intentionally promoting speculations around…

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2023 Election: ‘Search For Presidential Candidate Outside Party Structure A Loss Of Confidence’ – PGF DG To APC leaders

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Godwin Amunde The Director-General of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) – the umbrella body of Nigerian Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Dr. Salihu Lukman, said moves by some leaders of the party to push negotiation for the emergence of a 2023 presidential candidate outside the party simply means loss of confidence on the structures of the party. Dr. Lukman described the move as a threat to internal unity among APC members and leaders and asked the party’s hierarchy to perish the thought. This is contained in a statement titled: “APC…

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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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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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