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Buhari receives Ayade, Matawalle as APC holds congresses July 31

Buhari, yesterday, received Governors Ben Ayade.President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, received Governors Ben Ayade and Bello Matawalle of Cross River and Zamfara states, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The duo was accompanied to the State House, Abuja, by the Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, with his Kebbi counterpart and chair of Progressives Governors Forum, Atiku Bugudu and their Jigawa colleague, Muhammed Badaru Abubakar. Buhari, who handed the flags of the party to the two-state chief executives, thanked them for coming on board.

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How Much Influence Can the North Exert on Choice of a Southern President?

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that as agitation for a president of Southern Nigeria extraction gains traction, the critical decisions may be influenced by Northern Nigeria Rising from their recent meeting in Lagos, governors of the 17 states in Southern Nigeria under the aegis of the Southern Nigeria Governors Forum left no one in doubt concerning their preference for who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Without prejudice to political party affiliation and ethnic group, these states chief executives defended the widely accepted arrangement that the presidency of Nigeria should rotate between North and South of Nigeria. This political expediency is what Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State describes as “a political design that must be respected,” although as he said, ” the power shift arrangement among the various regions is unconstitutional.”

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Southern Governors Want the Presidency, but Northern Governors Hold all the Aces

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that as agitation for a president of Southern Nigeria extraction gains traction, the critical decisions may be influenced by Northern Nigeria Rising from their recent meeting in Lagos, governors of the 17 states in Southern Nigeria under the aegis of the Southern Nigeria Governors Forum left no one in doubt concerning their preference for who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Without prejudice to political party affiliation and ethnic group, these states chief executives defended the widely accepted arrangement that the presidency of Nigeria should rotate between North and South of Nigeria. This political expediency is what Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State describes as “a political design that must be respected,” although as he said, ” the power shift arrangement among the various regions is unconstitutional.”

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Nigerians ll respect Ayade, Matawalle more for dumping PDP, defecting to APC - Buhari

Nigerians ll respect Ayade, Matawalle more for dumping PDP, defecting to APC - Buhari
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Why joining APC is better for Cross River, Zamfara governors -- Buhari

Why joining APC is better for Cross River, Zamfara governors -- Buhari
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