Adamu Fires Warning Shot at APC Governors, Gives Reason

Adamu Fires Warning Shot at APC Governors, Gives Reason

  • APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has urged the party's governors to work in line with the party's manifesto in their various states
  • Adamu said working with the manifesto was very important this is a crucial moment for the country due to the fuel subsidy removal
  • He said the party's NWC wished to meet with the governors and Bola Tinubu, but the President was out of the country for five weeks after the election and returned to solve the 10th National Assembly leadership crisis

FCT, Abuja - Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has told the progressives' governors to work in line with the ruling party's manifesto in their respective states.

Adamu disclosed this at the meeting of the APC national working committee (NWC) and the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), which took place at the party's national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, May 31, AriseTV reported.

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Adamu urges APC governors to work with the party's manifesto. Photo Credit: APC Nigeria
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The APC chairman noted that the country was currently in a difficult moment and that the party's governors were resuming at a difficult time considering the fuel subsidy removal.

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Adamu's comment came after the PGF unanimously elected Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state as the new chairman of the forum.

Uzodinma maintained that all the presidential candidates in the 2023 election promised that fuel subsidy would not stay if they were elected.

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According to Adamu, the APC NWC had wished to receive the party's governors soon after the governorship election and state House of Assembly poll.

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He added that the party had thought that it was important for Tinubu to be on the ground if they were to have an essential meeting with the progressives governors after the elections, but the president was away for five weeks.

Adamu then said when Tinubu returned to Nigeria, the issue of the leadership of the 10th National Assembly took centre stage, making their plans difficult to achieve.

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Legit.ng reported that on Monday, May 29, Nigeria experienced a major transition in its political sphere as there was a transmission of power from one government to another at the federal and state levels.

President Bola Tinubu seemed to have kept his promise to hit the ground running on getting to the office as he announced the removal of fuel subsidy, which has plunged the country into another dilemma.

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Similarly, some newly sworn-in governors appear to have followed in his footsteps.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng