By Abdullahi Mohammed, Abuja
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said Wednesday that they would support whoever President Muhammedu Buhari anoints as party chairman.
The governor’s commitment is coming barely 48 hours to the party’s National Convention scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 26, 2022.The APC governors made the commitment after a meeting with the President at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
They were led by the Chairman of the Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mr Mai Mala Buni.Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, chairman of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and Governor of Kebbi state, Mr Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, said they would support any process that would lead to a consensus.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday evening hosted aspirants for the chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The meeting, held behind closed doors, was in furtherance of efforts by the President to ensure peaceful conduct of the party’s national convention scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 26, 2022.All those aspiring for the National Chairmanship position attended the meeting.
The chairman of APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe state Mr Mai Mala Buni, Chief of Staff to the President Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha were also in attendance.The President had earlier granted audience to the governors elected on the platform of APC ahead of Saturday’s convention.