All Progressives Congress’ governors and governors-elect will meet with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Tuesday, May 5. It would be the first time Buhari will hold a joint meeting with the governors since the March 28 presidential election.
One of the governors who will be in attendance, spoke on the condition of anonymity with Punch Newspapers, in Abuja on Sunday, May 3.
The governor was quoted to have said: “The APC governors, serving and incoming, are to meet GMB (Buhari) on Tuesday morning in Abuja to pay a courtesy call on him, formally congratulate him on his electoral victory and make input into the policy direction of the administration ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the new government.”
“Ahead of the Tuesday meeting, the governors would hold a meeting on Monday evening in Abuja where we would firm up our presentation to the President-elect.”
During the meeting, the governors are expected to demand that they be allowed to nominate those to be appointed ministers in their states as well as to make their position known regarding which zone to be supported for the office of the Senate President.
The governors are also said to be of the opinion that they should be allowed to produce the next Senate President, owing to their support of Buhari’s candidacy and their contribution to the merger that led to the formation of the APC.
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