Tag: APC Governors
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APC Governors approve six-month maternity leave
Nursing mothers in All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states are to start observing six-month maternity leave to enable them practice exclusive breast feeding. This was contained in a communiqué at the end of a virtual meeting for developing common policy initiatives on maternal and child nutrition promotion in APC States by Secretaries to State Governments…
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Again, Buhari, APC Governors meet
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a virtual meeting with members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF). The meeting took off at about 11:25 am. Chairman of the PGF and Kebbi Governor Atiku Bagudu is physically present for the meeting while others are participating virtually. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the…
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Buhari meets three APC governors over party crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with the leadership of the Progressives Governors Forum, led by Gov. Atiku Bagudu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bagudu was accompanied by Governors Simon Lalong of Plateau and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa. The agenda of the meeting between the president and the governors was unknown as at the time of…
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Crisis: APC Governors seek presidential intervention
The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has said that all contentious issues surrounding the leadership crisis confronting the All Progressives Congress (APC) will soon be reconciled. Bagudu stated this when he addressed State House correspondents at the end of a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House,…
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Edo guber: I still enjoy support of my governor colleagues in APC – Obaseki
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki on Saturday said that he still enjoys the support and sympathy of Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obaseki made the disclosure at the Abuja national secretariat of the PDP shortly after he was screened for the June 25 governorship primary election of the…
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BREAKING: Buhari meets APC Governors over leadership crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State House. The meeting, which started at about 3pm, was believed to have been called as a prelude to the scheduled National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party, which is expected to hold on Tuesday…
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Buhari, APC Governors meet as Diri formally take charge in Bayelsa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday declared as unacceptable the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue certificate of return to Senator Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the last governorship election in Bayelsa State. National Chairman of the APC, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole accused the commission…
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APC Govs welcome Uzodinma, applaud Supreme Court judgement
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the auspices of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has said that the victory of Senator Hope Nzodinma at the Supreme Court was rightly deserved as it restored the hope of Nigerians in the nation’s democracy. In a congratulatory message signed by the Chairman…
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2023: APC governors’ ‘plot’ to oust Oshiomhole, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon With the next elections still over three years, presidential aspirants, especially governors, have literally abandoned their duties, and started jockeying and junketing for space and relevance. Accordingly, three issues, concerning the 2023 polls, have emerged lately, with two pertaining to the All Progressives Congress (APC). First, is the report that four governors…
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Supreme Court victories: There are still challenges ahead, Buhari warns APC Governors
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated All Progressives Congress (APC) governors on their Supreme Court victories, after what he called “your patient legal battles to defend your mandates.” The President’s congratulatory message was communicated through a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. The President said:…