President Tinubu Receives APC Governors At State House

President Bola Tinubu received governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday at the State House in Abuja.

Led by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, those present include Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Professor Babagana Zulum (Borno), and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe).

Others are Uba Sani (Kaduna), Dikko Radda (Katsina), Father Hyacinth Alia (Benue), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Umar Bago (Niger), Aliyu Ahmed (Sokoto), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi) and Bassey Otu (Cross River).

Also present at the meeting are Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Tijjani Umar, and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu.

Those notably absent are Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Biodun Oyebanji, and Dr Nasir Idris (Kebbi).

There are speculations that the convergence, which is the first official meeting between the President and the APC governors, is partly to decide on the election of leaders for the National Assembly, ministerial appointments, and the ongoing fuel crisis.