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Sources Indicate Ministerial List Delayed Due to Tinubu’s Dilemma Between Ganduje and Al-Makura
By Daniel Edu
President Bola Tinubu is reportedly facing a tough decision regarding the appointment of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This predicament is believed to be one of the reasons for the delay in releasing the President’s ministerial list.
According to a source cited by Vanguard, the final list was initially scheduled to be submitted to the Senate last week. However, opposition has arisen against the President’s preferred candidate, former Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje, for the position of national chairman, replacing Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
This situation is causing a crisis within the party, as some APC stalwarts argue that Senator Tanko Al-Makura, the former governor of Nasarawa State from the North-Central region, would be a better fit for the role. They point to Al-Makura’s calm demeanor as an advantage over Ganduje.
The delay in submitting the ministerial list is, in part, attributed to the ongoing political intrigues and maneuvering surrounding the potential selection of Dr. Umaru Ganduje as the APC’s national chairman. Many party leaders are reportedly not in favor of Ganduje due to corruption allegations against him, which they believe could tarnish the party’s image.
According to the source, there are differing opinions among party leaders, with some advocating for Al-Makura to replace Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Additionally, some are supporting former Senate spokesman, Senator Ajibola Basiru, for the position of Secretary of the party. Both Al-Makura and Basiru hail from states previously represented by ousted officials, and they seem to have garnered support from influential quarters.
The situation has led to various meetings and discussions with Asiwaju (Tinubu) to express the concerns about Ganduje’s potential appointment. The ultimate decision lies with him, and the party leaders are hopeful for a resolution that will strengthen the party’s position and image moving forward. However, until the matter is settled, the delay in releasing the ministerial list persists, with last-minute changes still possible.
July 24, 2023
APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu Tenders Resignation
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, tendered his resignation last night.
Credible sources confirmed to this paper that Adamu, who emerged as the national chairman at the party’s national convention held in March 2022, has sent his resignation letter to the Presidential Villa, Abuja ahead of the return of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the African Union (AU) meeting in Kenya.
One of the sources said Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, sent the resignation letter to the Chief of Staff of the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, around 4pm on Sunday.
“He has resigned. The resignation letter signed by him has been sent to the villa. The letter was addressed to President Tinubu. But since the president is away in Kenya for the AU meeting, the letter was sent to his chief of staff,” the source said.
Also, a source close to Adamu corroborated this, adding that, “The national chairman resigned following a gang up by people around the president to embarrass him during the meetings of the party slated for tomorrow and Wednesday.”
July 17, 2023
After Medical Trip, Buhari Hosts Tinubu, Adamu in Villa
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Sunday met with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu was accompanied to the meeting by APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
The meeting held hours after Buhari returned from a two-week medical vacation in London.
The President’s official jet touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja around 7pm on Sunday.
November 15, 2022
No Plot to Remove National Chairman – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked claims of plot to remove its National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu.
The ruling party in a statement released by its National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, described reports suggesting that Senator Adamu is set to be removed as untrue.
The statement read;
“The reports are based on the imagination of its sponsors ostensibly unnerved by the remarkable achievements of Sen. Adamu since assuming office as the National Chairman.
“Our Party and leaders are currently focused on the important task of building a strong and vibrant electoral campaign ahead, and will not be distracted by the boring chirps of idle speculators.
“The opposition PDP is quite welcome to continue to dissipate its energies on innuendoes and chasing after phantom plots in APC rather than concentrate on mending its broken and acrimonious house.
“The National Working Committee of our Party stands united under Sen. Adamu’s leadership as National Chairman with the singular commitment to winning the next general election.”
August 18, 2022
APC Chairman Worried By Current Defections By Party Lawmakers
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu has expressed concern over the wave of defections of federal lawmakers in the party to opposition parties.
He said this on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with party members at the National Assembly.
Senator Adamu admitted that while the party is worried about the gale of defections, nothing can be done about it.
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According to him, defections are normal during an election year as those who feel dissatisfied with the outcome of party primaries are free to test their popularity in other political parties.
Adamu’s comment came a day after two Senators from the party defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The senators are Ahmed Keita representing Katsina north and Senator Francis Alimikhena representing Edo North.
June 22, 2022
APC yet to zone 2023 Presidential Ticket, says National Chairman
Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the ruling party is yet to decide on the zone which will produce its 2023 presidential candidate.
Speaking with state house reporters on Friday, Adamu said the APC presidential flagbearer will be chosen at the convention of the party.
“I am today privileged to be the chairman of the party. The party is greater than me. The party has not made a decision and I cannot preempt what the party decision will be,” the APC chairman said.
“We will come out by the grace of God, at the appropriate time [with] the candidate the convention will choose. I do not want to speculate.
“My duty as chairman is to listen to party men, party leaders, stakeholders, to see what is going to be best when the time comes. And I’ve always found it easier and more noble, to get a bridge before I jump to cross it. We are not there yet.”
Adamu said the party did its homework before fixing the presidential expression of interest and nomination forms at N100 million.
He argued that the party would need funds to maintain itself and finance campaigns ahead of the 2023 polls.
“On the issue of cost of forms… we have been listening with rapt attention to the hues and cries, from our lovers, and from our adversaries. We have no regrets whatsoever. We did some homework,” he said.
“Over and above that, yes, we are the ruling party. Yes, we need to set examples in what we do. But I ask you, I don’t know which part of the country you come from. If God forbid, your traditional ruler dies today, contestants will go for more than N100 million, it is no news.
“We don’t want to continue begging, particularly in an election year like this. So I want to see that we’re able to mobilise sufficient funds to support our efforts to win the election.”
April 29, 2022
Musings With Abdullahi Adamu And Abubakar Kyari As Allies.
By: Inuwa Bwala
Now that the battle seems to be over in seeking for the soul of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the new National Working Committee, under the leadership of my boss, Senator Abdullahi Adamu must have awaken to the realities of the war tomorrow.
The party does not need a soothsayer to know that the actual war is still ahead and it promises to be as daunting as never before.
With over seventy officers returned as members, the perceptions that came with each of the new hands must give way to a new realignment and narrative with equally new tact.
Pre-convention alliances presuppose that, each of them carried the burden of particular interests and each with seeming idiosyncratic mannerisms and psyche: but against the expectations from Mr President, party stakeholders and Nigerians, Adamu needs a thorough sift from the motley crowd in selecting his first eleven.
The circumstances of Adamu’s emergence make his assignment more of a task, than it is of leadership only.
This is more so, when there is little time to address all issues before facing the primary assignment ahead.
It is not impossible to go with everybody, but it is not possible to carry the views of everybody in this quest, seeking for party’s survival.
I know Abdullahi Adamu fairly well, just as I know Abubakar Kyari, the Deputy Chairman, North well, and can vouch for their individual capabilities.
I also know as a matter of fact that they have also worked together very closely and must have clearly defined their targets as team players. Bringing them together in the National Working Committee of the party at the top level is a compatible combination, with very high potentials for good results.
I have always advocated for the emergence of a highly intellectually studded leadership for the APC, which could be the antidote for the challenging combination in the opposition People’s Democratic party, PDP.
With Adamu and Kyari, combining with others who I might not known well, I think every party will be given the run for their money; including the emergent third force.
Reasoning together between Adamu and Kyari could be the best end of the seeming leadinrship quagmire of the APC, which is still smarting from months of internal wranglings. While Adamu brings forth the the benefits of his age and wisdom, experience and dogdeness to combine with Kyari’s youthful dynamism, vibrance, pragmatism and capabilities, the party ends up with a kind if triumph, that could beat the permutations of skeptics.
Adamu has been long enough on the national political circles, and one does not need to go and tell Nigerians what he is capable of doing. Those who dismiss him as a spent force did so at a very expensive cost, as those of us who know him can say, that Adamu is the type that will die standing.
I have followed him through the thick of his battles to know, that, Abdullahi Adamu never call it quits, rather, he pursues that which he believes in, even if he finds out that he is the only one left fighting that cause.
That he was given the title of Sarkin Yakin Keffi, before he was elevated as the Turakin Keffi, presupposes that Adamu is a fighter, as such titles are not conferred on cowards.
Many people may not have known Abubakar Kyari, though they may have heard about him and his exploits.
I may not have much to add to Kyari’s introduction, more than what former Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda said of him while mounting the podium to announce his withdrawal from the race for the office of the Deputy National Chairman, North and to endorse the candidature if Senator Abubakar Kyari.
He described Kyari as his younger brother: young, dynamic, pragmatic, vibrant and capable. Short as that remark was, I am sure even as a tall man, Kyari could not have gotten a concise resume, than this.
Those who monitor happenings in the Senate could attest to the fact that, Abubakar Kyari has been visible in debates, moving motions and passing of bills. But for the necessity of his service to his party, the people of Borno North would have been reluctant in allowing Kyari to go.
The days ahead will put to test President Muhammadu Buhari’s thesis of bringing this two gentlemen into the leadership of the APC, in the party’s drive to reposition for the the war tomorrow.
March 30, 2022
APC: No Administration Has Performed Like Our Govt – Adamu
Senator Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says in the history of Nigeria, no other government can match the Buhari administration in terms of touching lives.
Adamu said this in his inaugural speech as chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party.
Daybreak.ng had earlier reported how Adamu emerged at the convention which held at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Saturday.
In his remarks, the ruling party chair also extended hand of friendship to the aspirants who withdrew from the race, saying they would “succeed in God’s time”.
“On behalf of my colleagues, the newly elected members of the National Working Committee of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), I like to express our gratitude to the Almighty God, our very sincere thanks to our leader, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, Governors in the fold of our Party, the Chairman and Members of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), delegates to the convention, to all our leaders at various levels, as well as to all members of our great party nationwide for electing us into these positions of very high responsibility.”
“We accept the onerous responsibility that you have placed on our shoulders and we will work hard to ensure that we fulfill your expectations for the greater good of our great party and of our dear country.
“For almost seven years now, APC Administrations at the Federal, state and local levels have been battling night and day in order to enhance the livelihood of Nigerians through various policies, programmes and projects.
“No Administration in the history of Nigeria has performed as much as we did in building key infrastructure and in uplifting the living conditions of the Nigerian people. Projects that once existed only in the dreams of Nigerians such as the Second Niger Bridge, complete rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan dual carriageway, the Lagos-Ibadan express rail, the Abuja-Kaduna express light rail, the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline and many others, have either been started and completed during our Administration or have been inherited in abandoned conditions and have made rapid progress in the last seven years.
“No government can satisfy everybody, however hard it works. Some work will always be left undone and every work done will continue to need maintenance, expansion and improvement.”
March 27, 2022
APC Will Do More If Nigerians Support Party In 2023 – Adamu
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will deliver more dividends of democracy if Nigerians vote for the party in the next poll.
APC’s new National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, made the promise during his acceptance speech at the Eagle Square on Sunday.
“APC is set to do much more when Nigerians continue to bestow on us their love, their support, and confidence in the next general elections,” Senator Adamu said, hours after he emerged as the news chairman of the ruling party.
“Together, let us rise and march towards the sunrise in our party and in our country.”
More to follow…
March 27, 2022
APC Chairmanship Aspirants Step Down For Buhari’s Candidate
Six chairmanship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have withdrawn from the race and chosen their co-aspirant, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as the consensus candidate.
Adamu is President Muhammadu Buhari’s preferred candidate.
The aspirants made their decision known in a letter dated March 25, 2022 and obtained by Daily Trust.
The letter which was addressed to the Chairman, APC Election Su-Committee read and signed by Akume read, “May I kindly refer to the appeal by Mr President for the chairmanship aspirants our great party to agree to a consensus arrangement wherein our colleague H.E, Sen Abdullahi Adamu is made our consensus candidate for the chairmanship position and forward letters of withdrawal from the under listed aspirants to wit: 1.H.E Sen. Tanko Al-Makura 2. H.E Sen. George Akume 3. H.E Abdulaziz Yari 4. Sen. Sani Musa Muhammed 5. Comm. Etsu Muhammed 6. Turaki Saliu Mustapha.”
Details later…
March 26, 2022