Northern APC Stakeholders NPU, Advise President Tinubu on Ministerial Appointments

The Northern Progressives Union (NPU), representing stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North, has expressed their opposition to the former Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru Mohammed, offering himself as a ministerial nominee from the state.

In a statement issued on Monday and signed by Mohammed Ibrahim Kiyawa on behalf of the stakeholders, they appealed to President Bola Tinubu to resist the temptation of appointing any immediate-past state governors as ministers in his cabinet.

Kiyawa emphasised that the Group’s plea is rooted in the belief that the former Governors are no longer influential, have proven to be unsuccessful in politics, and are dissatisfied leaders who are out of touch with the current aspirations of the ‘Renewed Hope mantra’ of the present administration.

According to the stakeholders, Jigawa, Yobe and Zamfara states can be adjudged among the least politically astute states in Northern Nigeria and thus, they are most likely to move in line with the body language of their key leaders that they identify with and not necessarily any other factor.