By Ezeocha Nzeh
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is scheduled to meet with the 2o presidential aspirants of the party, who he defeated to clinch the party’s ticket
This is coming fgew days after some of the aspirants had complained of being abandoned by the APC and the presidential candidates, as they were allegedly not ben carried along as the party prepares for the 2023 election campaigns
This meeting, which is coming less than six months to the February 28, 2023, Presidential election is expected to create roles for aspirants, as the APC and its presidential candidate plan to announce the party’s presidential campaign membersAmong those expected to be in attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; former Science and Technology Minister, Ogbonnaya Onu; former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.
Others include five governors who participated in the exercise, namely Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Ben Ayade (Cross River), and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti).The meeting was contained in a statement signed Thursday in Abuja by the media office of one of the presidential aspirants, Dr. Nicolas Felix, also listed Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; former Ogun state Governor and serving senator, Ibikunle Amosun; senator Ajayi Boroffice; former Zamfara Governor, Ahmad Sani; former Imo State Governor and serving senator, Rochas Okorocha; a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; fiery cleric, Tunde Bakare; Pastor and Businessman, Dr. Nicolas Felix; former Information Minister, Ikeobasi Mokelu; businessman, Tein Jack-Rich and the only female among them, Uju Ken-Ohanenye.
The statement partly reads; “The special invitation to the strategic meeting of all 2023 APC Presidential Aspirants which will be held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, on Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 by 2pm is to brainstorm on adopting winning campaign strategies that will carry every Nigerian along and address the challenges bedeviling our country.”The Aspirants’ last outing together was the APC presidential primary which held at Eagle Square from June 7 to 10.
