Former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has increased his lobbying efforts in his ambition to become the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman by meeting with party stakeholders.
Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Senator Iyiola Omisore, the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary, resigned, respectively.
Following their resignation, the ruling party’s North-Central zone insisted that the area retain the role of National Chairmanship.
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However, Ganduje, who is from the North-West zone, has been meeting senior party members in order to gain support for his aspirations.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) have previously backed the former governor.
According to a source who spoke to Newsmen on the condition of anonymity, the former governor met with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, on Sunday in Abuja.
On Saturday, he had a meeting with Senator Aliyu Wamakko, a former governor of Sokoto State, in his Asokoro house in Abuja.
According to the source, the sessions were held to advocate and inform party leaders about Ganduje’s wish to be the next chairman of the ruling party.
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However, North-Central zone APC chairpersons opposed the decision, arguing that the chairmanship position should remain in their zone for justice and equity.
“Since it was unanimously zoned to the area during the party’s National Convention last year,” the party added.
Speaking on Sunday, the Nasarawa State Chairman of the APC, John Mamman, said: “All members of the All Progressives Congress in the country are aware that the national chairmanship position of our party was zoned to the North-Central during the National Convention.
“Now that the position is vacant and there won’t be another zoning but replacement, it is expected that we in the North-Central zone should retain the position for fairness and equity.
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“As leaders of the North-Central, we (chairmen) are hoping that the party will leave the national chairmanship position for us because apart from that, we do not have any other top position in the country. So, we are appealing that the party and all our members should see reason with us why we should retain the position.”
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