EL-Rufai hints on APC Presidential Campaign Council

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has been chosen ahead of the 2023 general election.

El-Rufai, however, said President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, would be informed before the unveiling of the party’s presidential campaign DG.

The governor made the disclosure while speaking to journalists on Monday shortly after the APC governors’ meeting with the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, in Lagos.

He added that other key positions in the campaign council have been discussed before a formal announcement.

Governor El-Rufai said: “A decision has been taken on the director-general but other positions in the campaign council are still being discussed.

“The president and the national chairman and national working committee will be briefed before a formal announcement.

“This is a delegation of the Progressive Governors Forum led by our Chairman Dr Atiku Bagudu and the party represented by the national secretary.

“We came to report on an assignment given to us by our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate to begin the broad consultations and develop a structure for the presidential campaign council. We have done some work on it.

“We have briefed the candidate and his running mate and inputs have been taken and our hope is that in the shortest possible time the candidate will consult more with the party leadership and brief Mr President and get his input and then we formally unveil the presidential campaign council.”

The governor further denied the reports making the rounds that former APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who was also present at the meeting on Monday, has been appointed as the director-general of the party’s presidential campaign council.

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