The Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is absent as the All Progressives Congress (APC) named the Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, which includes 422 members.
The startling omission of party heavyweights, many of whom have feuded with Tinubu or engaged in a cold war over his preference for the divisive Muslim-Muslim ticket, is a result of this.
They include the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, the former speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, the former secretary to the government of the federation, Babachir Lawal, the former minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, and one of Tinubu’s sweatshop owners, Adebayo Shittu, who is in charge of one of his most important supporters, the Asiwaju Tinubu-She
After winning the APC presidential nomination, Osinbajo’s team distanced itself from the former governor of Lagos, but Dogara and Lawal continued to irritate Tinubu by supporting an ex-Borno politician.
At a convention in Abuja in June, the party’s co-founder and former Lagos helmsman, Bola Tinubu secured the presidential nomination.
The PCC Secretary, a federal senator named James Faleke, announced the list of the council’s 422 members on Friday.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who ran against Tinubu, is conspicuously absent. When the APC nominee was governor, the vice president served as commissioner for justice.
Rotimi Amaechi, a former transportation minister and first-place finisher in the primary election, was appointed special adviser on infrastructure.
The PCC is presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, with Tinubu serving as the second deputy chairman and the APC National Chairman as the third.
Kashim Shettima, a contender for vice president, serves as vice chairman. Plateau Governor Simon Lalong serves as director general. Adams Oshiomhole serves as deputy director of operations, and Hadiza Usman is deputy director of administration.
Numerous current and former Governors, Senators, House of Representatives members, and Ministers are among the others on the list.
The remainder consists of politicians, party elders (Campaign Patrons) and chieftains in States, women’s and young people’s leaders, and actors.
The Coordinator of each State will be an APC Governor (and any governorship contenders). A number of them will also serve in this capacity as Zonal Coordinators or Special Advisers.
Festus Keyamo is the director of public affairs, followed by Aminu Jaji for contact and mobilisation, Femi Fani-Kayode for new media, Bayo Onanuga for media and publicity, Mohammed Idris for strategic communications, and Bayo Onanuga for public relations.
Bello Goronyo is in charge of youth mobilization, Birnin Kudu is a legislator, Mustapha Muhaja plans campaigns, Wale Edun handles finances, and Babatunde Fashola oversees election monitoring and planning.
Trade and economics is represented by Gbemisola Saraki, labour is by Bobboi Kagama, stakeholder relations by Nuhu Ribadu, policy and research is by Musa Babayo, and diaspora is by Ade Omole.
Among others, Hassan Liman, Legal, Jubril Abdulmalik, Intelligence and Security, Kolade Alabi, Local Government, Musiliu Obanikoro, SDGs, Ayuba Gufwan, PWD, Jack Rich, Fund Raising, and Zack Orji, Performing Arts.
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