Nigerian Billionaire Rabiu Rejects APC's Appointment, Gives Reason

• The Chairman of BUA Group, Abdulsamad Rabiu, has rejected the nomination/appointment from the ruling APC
• Rabiu, who is a close ally of President Bola Tinibu, said he rejected the appointment because he would like to be apolitical
• The APC on Thursday announced the appointment of 106 party chieftains and prominent figures in Nigeria; among them was Rabiu

FCT, Abuja - Abdulsamad Rabiu, Nigerian industrialist and business mogul, has rejected the appointment by the All Progressives Congress (APC), to serve as a member of the financial committee of the party.

Rabiu, who is the chairman of BUA Group, made the rejection in a statement by his company on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, December 1.

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The industrialist, while reckoning with the recognition bestowed upon him by the ruling party in Nigeria, expressed his desire to remain apolitical.

Rabiu, who is a close ally to President Bola Tinubu, was announced along with 106 other prominent figures to become a member of several committees of the party.

The committee to which the BUA Group chairman was nominated was a 34-member committee which included top businessmen in Nigeria and other APC chieftains.

The statement partly read:

"We wish to inform the publishers, our partners, stakeholders, and the general public that Mr. Rabiu has decided to graciously decline the nomination/appointment."

106 People APC appointed into different committees

APC national secretary, Ajibola Basiru, said that the 106 appointments of the national secretary of the party, was in line with the APC constitution and resolutions reached at the 133rd meeting of the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) held in September.

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The names published by the secretariat contained 106 chieftains of the party who were grouped into the establishment committee, finance, publicity, conflict resolution and intergovernmental committees.

The list also featured ex-officials and serving political officeholders like Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Senator Abubakar Maikafi, and Saliu Mustapha, amongst others.

See the tweet here:

President Tinubu makes 9 appointments in NNPC Limited

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of nine members of the board and management of the NNPC Limited.

In a statement from the presidency, the president re-appointed Mele Kyari as the managing director of the board.

President Tinubu then appointed Chief Pius Akinyelure as the non-executive board chairman of the NNPC Limited.

Source: Legit.ng