The power play

Daily Trust Saturday confirmed from multiple sources that the immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who on Thursday emerged as the new national chairman of the ruling APC, nominated Bunkure, his former commissioner to replace Shetty.

Ganduje’s associates told our correspondent that the real power play that led to the swapping of Shetty with Bunkure is that she does not belong to the political family of the former governor. It was suspected that her name was “smuggled” into the list by a senior member of the presidency.
It was gathered that Ganduje was informed that the slot Shetty used to make the list should have gone to him; hence he was asked to nominate a replacement. This is more so as the other nominee from Kano, Abdullahi Tijjani Gwarzo, is Tinubu’s associate from their days in the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). Thus, after Ganduje emerged as the national chairman of the party on Thursday at the party’s 12th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and got the information that the president had been ‘misled’ in nominating Shetty, he started the process of “righting the wrongs,” his associates said.
The president was surprised that the nomination of Shetty did not come from Ganduje, one of the sources said, adding that “the people that nominated her showed a picture she took with the former Kano governor to the president to make it look like she was in his group”.

On the manner in which the replacement was communicated, one of the associates of Ganduje said it was the president’s way of communicating to those that “smuggled” Shetty’s name into the list to know that he was in charge and was not happy.

“It was also to communicate that the national chairman has the hearing ears of the president, and it is a warning to whoever smuggled her name into the list,” he said.
Kano is one of the strategic states the ruling party hopes to regain, and with the breakdown in talks with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, whose New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) controls Kano, analysts said Tinubu may have concluded on consolidating his push for the state through the Ganduje camp.

However, sources close to Shetty said that aside the insinuation that the young politician was reportedly nominated by the chief of staff to the president, another reason Ganduje sought and secured her replacement was because she had been vocal in the past against some of his policies when he held sway as governor, including the controversial deposition of former Emir Muhammadu Sanusi.
“Perhaps the insinuation that she was nominated by the chief of staff gained momentum because Shetty is Abuja-based although she is from Kano. This might be the reason the Kano APC family was not happy with her nomination.

“Another reason is that she is close with former Emir Muhammadu Sanusi and she was very vocal against his removal. You know she is very popular on social media, where she champions several causes, including women’s rights,” one of her associates in Kano who asked not to be named, told Daily Trust Saturday.

Radarada

Wahala for who no be Kano APC Family members. At this Junction i rest my Case🥱🥱

News source link nko

E no clear

There are more positions, she should calm down.

Government of renewed hope, I dey laugh, this Tinubu's govt would not be different from the ones of the past, the same old cargos finding their ways back to the govt, it's really unfortunate.

Trash! Competency should be the yardstick not favouritism

One thing about tinubu is that, if he tell you to step down for someone and you agree with him. There is always a reward for the person. Even bigger than what you expect.

A dollar bribe stuffing criminal recommending cronies for appointment.

So many things happen in this my country that are unheard of anywhere else in the world.

Most times I try to wrap my head around it to draw a meaning but e go be like say my head ran fall.

Now imagine, someone put himself up for election, campaigned to his constituents/electorates and they rejected him/her at the polls for whatever reasons, but a President who also has a coma in the process that brought him in deems it fit to make these people who were rejected by their constituents Ministers so that they will rule over the people by force.

Who can help me make this make some sense abeg.

I just tire for Nigeria matter.

So much about "hitting the ground running ". I thought Agbadorians said in March 2023, that Tinubu went to UK to perfect his cabinet?

Yeye government

A very high-powered politicking at play here. This is one big reason it is always stated that 'politics is deep'.
If you don't roll with the right clique, you can't ever make it in Nigeria politics.

In other words, Gbaja nominated his babe and Gandollar dropped her, while Bulaba knows nothing going on in his stolen govt.

DIKEnaWAR:
In other words, Gbaja nominated his babe and Gandollar dropped her, while Bulaba knows nothing going on in his stolen govt.

At least, he's better than pan.dora whose phones were stolen on two different occasions without his knowledge. What a daft being?

ronalmagic10:


At least, he's better than pan.dora whose phones were stolen on two different occasions without his knowledge. What a daft being?

I am sure you and your father are some of the people who steal phones. You steal phones because tinumbuu and gbaja have stolen what you'd have used to be a human being.

ronalmagic10:


At least, he's better than pan.dora whose phones were stolen on two different occasions without his knowledge. What a daft being?

O je ko tutu rara...

Lol.

The more they try to rationalise the issue, the more they expose how clueless BAT is about what 'his' government is all about.

So nah picture master strategist dey take nominate minister. Nothing like CV, capability or competence.
Make I hustle go snap pic with ganduje

bhella10:
O je ko tutu rara...

Hahahahaha!

The rule of gbas-gbos is that you must serve it as e dey hot.