Subject to ratification by President Muhammadu Buhari, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, will co-ordinate the presidential campaign council of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as director-general.
His deputy will be former Edo State Governor and ex-National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
In the opposition PDP, crises stemming from the presidential primaries and nomination of running mate has paused efforts to raise a campaign council.
Sources told Vanguard, yesterday, that APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima; and APC governors settled for the duo after a meeting in Abuja on Monday.
Indeed, Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, after the meeting told journalists that a director-general had been picked for the APC  presidential campaign council but refused to disclose the person.
The governor said President Buhari and National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Adamu, would be briefed before a formal announcement.
[03/08, 12:16] Kevin: 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.
“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,” el-Rufai said.
Adams Oshiomhole, who attended the meeting, was reported to be the director-general of the APC presidential campaign council but he denied it.
A top party source told Vanguard yesterday that Governor Simon Lalong is the choice of the governors for campaign council D-G, with Oshiomhole as his deputy.
Sources said the choice of Director-General initially oscillated between Oshiomhole and Lalong.
Those pushing for Lalong argued that the APC needs a Northern Christian as D-G to assuage the feelings of Northern Christians in the party, following the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the party.
One of those earlier mentioned in connection with the D-G position was Governor el-Rufai.
Party insiders said the APC resolved to appoint a Christian as D-G of the campaign council against the backdrop of misgivings trailing the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. Governor el-Rufai is a Muslim.
Keyamo, Alake, Onanuga head media team
Meanwhile, the media department of the APC campaign council has taken shape.
“The  media department of the APC campaign council will be run by a triumvirate of directors, made up of Dele Alake as director of strategic communications, Bayo Onanuga, director of media and publicity, and Festus Keyamo, director of public affairs and chief spokesman,” a top member of the Tinubu team told Vanguard, yesterday.
Reconciliation, campaign  council top agenda as PDP BoT, others meet
In the PDP, post-presidential primaries and nomination of vice presidential candidate crisis has paused efforts to raise a campaign council.
Some PDP governors and supporters of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State have reportedly listed conditions to back Atiku.   Wike came second in the presidential primaries; he was the choice of the selection committee for the vice-presidential slot but Atiku chose Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, a development that has been raising dust in the main opposition party.
Thus, barring last-minute changes, reconciliation efforts and the setting up of the Presidential Campaign Council, will top the agenda as members of the PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, and National Working Committee, NWC, meet today.
Vanguard  gathered in Abuja yesterday that top members of the party have been holding  series of meetings to calm frayed nerves ahead of the meeting.
A member of the party’s BoT who pleaded anonymity so as not to “pre-empt the outcome of the meeting” said so much work had gone into the process.
The source said: “We will be meeting later tomorrow (today) to iron out all of these issues. They are not as serious as some of you in the media are trying to make it look.
“Yes, there are issues as is normal in politics. Our respected governors irrespective of the presidential aspirants they supported during the primaries are interested in the victory of the PDP in 2023 and have resolved to support the party to achieve this goal. Our collective survival as not only politicians but also Nigerians depend on this.
urvival as not only politicians but also Nigerians depend on this.
“The process of reconciliation is an ongoing one and will continue. We are all aware of the fact that time is not on our side and we need to expedite action on the setting up of the presidential campaign council.
“We need everybody on board in order to have a robust campaign. That is why we want to bring the aggrieved persons to the table, address their grievances and move on. It is our hope that by the middle of this month at the most, our campaign team will be fully on ground.”
Contacted, Mazi Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said the candidate and party leaders are working assiduously towards resolving all outstanding issues.
He said: “His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, as you already know is a committed party man who is interested in the unity of the party ahead of the 2023 elections and beyond. Discussions are ongoing and we are confident that we will put all of this behind us and make progress. “
Kachikwu appoints Kunnu as campaign spokesman
Elsewhere, the presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu, has appointed a broadcast professional, Mr. Adeniyi Taiwo Kunnu, as the spokesman of his 2023 campaign organization.
Kunnu, who holds both Bachelors and Master of Arts Degrees in Literature-in-English from Lagos State University, Ojo, and the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, is currently a doctoral student of Literature-in-English at the University of Abuja.
He has held professional positions in both public and private sectors, including Lecturer, Department of English and Literature, Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo (2022), Researcher, Analyst, Training and Development Officer at Lagos Talks 91.3 FM, Ikoyi, Lagos (2021 till date), Head of Operations at IKD 106.1 FM, Ikorodu, Lagos (2020 – 2021), Head, News and Programmes, Roots TV, Abuja (July –September 2019) and Senior News and Current Affairs; Programmes Producer & Presenter, Nigeria Info, 99.3, Victoria Island, Lagos (August 2018 – June 2019
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With the way Nigerians hate Oshiomole and his latest failures, he will likely sell out and join Labour Party.

Osho baba, its time to pay the top hierarchy of APC back in their own coins

They will fail like they failed in Osun and Edo states

Nigerians will not vote for APC after all the evil the party brought upon the land
.Nigerians will no longer vote for poverty and death party, the APC

Affliction will not rise a second time , God forbids

A P C
THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY OF PROGRESSIVES

THE RULING PARTY

THE WINNING PARTY

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Even if Bishop Kukah is the DG of cursed Tinubu Presidential ambition, it will never come to fruition

E don set
BAT23 insha allah
Emilokan 1 is unstoppable

Fair enough

The real force is building up... crush all those stingy people with wisdom and special tactics... we play the politics game better... and we deliver...

Nice one. A northern Christian is now a ruling party campaign coordinator.

Let’s see what CAN says this time around.

beelon1020:
The real force is building up... crush all those stingy people with wisdom and special tactics... we play the politics game better... and we deliver...

You deliver poverty, joblessness and insecurity everywhere. God forbid APC and PDP.

SadiqBabaSani:
Even if Bishop Kukah is the DG of cursed Tinubu Presidential ambition, it will never come to fruition

Bishop Kukah is not God.

Jagaban is your next president.

See what I have been saying...... The set is regrouping to come back..... No new face.

If you vote for APC I pity you.open your eyes to see. Kayamo, oshomole and lalong...... No new person. May God deliver any person who because of tribalism and wickedness wants to vote for these people. Nigeria will crumble!.

Vote new face, new team.......

Salewa97:
Nice one. A northern Christian is now a ruling party campaign coordinator.

Let’s see what CAN says this time around.

And after the election we kick him and his church into the dustbin

They don't know what we're cooking for them yet.

We in the APC family & by extension real Muslim from the North just want to use the fake Christian in the person of lalong, like we did to ameachi in 2014 & 2019 after the elections we will place the infedel lalong where he belong.
Bandits just killed scores of plateau indegins few days ago & our Campaign DG is unpeturb tueh

Same old failed generation
Corruption is fighting back .

ThrownBack:


And after the election we kick him and his church into the dustbin

They don't know what we're cooking for them yet.

Mouth don dey change. This is why I said no matter what Asiwaju do, haters will still find fault.

Let me burst your brain, Asiwaju don’t use and dump people, he dosent have that in his character. He carry his comrades along except if they themselves fall out with him.

This is exactly why I applaud his choosing a Muslim vice. You guys would have claimed he will use and dump the Christian Vice if he had chosen one and you will still find excuse to vote against him.

El-Rufai should also be made the deputy DG. We can have two deputy campaign DGs. Oshiomole should be for the south while El-Rufai should be for the north.

Na una go open thread.. Na the same una go cry, wail pass... Na real terrible life Okoros come ooo.

seunmsg:
El-Rufai should also be made the deputy DG. We can have two deputy campaign DGs. Oshiomole should be for the south while El-Rufai should be for the north.

Kadoso Mutairu

Defeatist combo

So Lalong is not good for VP post but he is good for campaigning for Muslim Muslim ticket. Hmmmm, Tinubu think all Christians are fools.

APC=
President =Muslim
Vp= Muslim
Senate president =Muslim
Speaker =Muslim
Deputy speaker =Muslim
Party chairman =Muslim
Only campaign manager is a Christian.

You said Lalong is not competent to be VP but you are telling us that he is competent to campaign for you.

ThrownBack:
With the way Nigerians hate Oshiomole and his latest failures, he will likely sell out and join Labour Party.

Osho baba, its time to pay the top hierarchy of APC back in their own coins

Your personal hatred doesn't in anyway translate to that of Nigerians. You must get that into your numbskull.

Oshiomhole is contesting for Senate. Wait for the winning margin.

Lalong is strategic. Smart move!

You said Muslims Will not vote for you if you pick a Christian as vp but you want a Christian to go and tell Muslims to vote for you?
It will be an insult if Lalong accept that post. Lalong should just allow them to do their Muslim Muslim things.
Any foolish Christian that vote for Tinubu will receive an everlasting curse for him and his entire household.

Mikolo70:
Na una go open thread.. Na the same una go cry, wail pass... Na real terrible life Okoros come ooo.

Lol....... very useless set of miscreants.

Ok

NaijaRoyalty:
They will fail like they failed in Osun and Edo states

They'll succeed like in Ondo and Ekiti.

Listening to Osho baba finish off opposition is a thrill anyday, anytime.