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All Progressives Congress state governors said on Tuesday they had no role to play in deciding President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees for ministerial positions.
The governors, who met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, and led by the Chairman, APC Governors Forum, Atiku Bagudu, stated that the choice of nominees was the President’s exclusive right.
Speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting, the Governor of Kebbi State, said the nomination of ministers for the Buhari’s next cabinet was not on the agenda of the meeting.
However, he said the meeting was to congratulate Buhari on the emergence of presiding officers of the National Assembly.
Bagudu said, “This morning, Mr President graciously granted audience to progressive governors forum. We came to congratulate him on the National Assembly elections and thank him for the confidence he had in the progressive governors forum members, who participated actively in all the processes that led to the emergence of Senator Ahmad Lawan as Senate President; Ovie Omo-Agege as Deputy Senate President; Femi Gbajabiamila as Speaker, and Ahmed Wase as Deputy Speaker.
“Furthermore, we used the opportunity to thank Mr President for all he had been doing and all the success recorded in the areas which he campaigned upon, which are security, economy and accountability.
“We are quite happy with his support for states where close to N2tn was given to states in the form of restructuring of loans, refunds on federal roads, refund for Paris Club, which has helped to encourage economic activities in the states, payment of salaries, payment of pension, payment of gratuity and overall investments by spending on infrastructure.”
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