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Political parties in Nigeria has between August 18 to October 7, 2018, to conduct their primaries for the choice of their candidates to fly the flags various parties in the 2019 general elections.
This was as contained in the electoral guidelines released recently by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
But eight months to that period, political gladiators in the country have commenced maneuverings for their preferred candidates, though their actions are not described as political campaigns.
As the countdown to the 2019 general election continues, Segun Adio of Sun Newspaper appraise each of the members of the ‘G7’ in their push for President Buhari’s second term in office.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje is acclaimed leader of the ‘G7’ governors. Governor Ganduje is no neophyte in Nigerian political sphere. He was two term Deputy Governor of the state, serving from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015 under the administration of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. He is currently a first term governor having been first elected in 2015 on the platform of the APC.
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna State
Kaduna State strongman, Governor Nasir el-Rufai has been in the news of late perhaps for the wrong reasons. His visit with six other governors to Aso Rock on Friday, many believed, was ill-timed. The visit came when the entire Kaduna metropolis was aflame as labour unions shut down the state while protesting the sack of about 31, 000 teachers from the state civil service.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State is also a first term governor who, perhaps, will be relying on presidential support for his own reelection.
Yahaya Bello of Kogi State
Many people would say Nigeria’s youngest governor, Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has seen enough controversies since his controversial assumption of office after, the All Progressives Congress (APC) submitted his name of Yahaya Bello as the party’s new candidate for Kogi governorship supplementary poll following the death of Abubakar Audu and the controversy that trailed the Faleke aspiration to claim Audu’s madate after the latter’s death.
Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa State
The Adamawa State governor was formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prior to the 2015 general election from where he sought for the party’s ticket to become the governor of the state. After his defection and he got the ticket of the APC, Governor Bindow defeated the likes of Nuhu Ribadu and Markus Gundiri in the state 2015 governorship polls.
Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State
Like his earlier co-members of the ‘G7’, Governor Lalong of Plateau State’s members of the group could not be unconnected with similar support from Aso Rock after the Plateau chief executive seeks re-election if he decided to run again.
Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State
Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State is the only among the ‘G7’ not seeking reelection having been sworn in as Executive Governor of Yobe State following the death of his principal at the time.
This was as contained in the electoral guidelines released recently by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
But eight months to that period, political gladiators in the country have commenced maneuverings for their preferred candidates, though their actions are not described as political campaigns.
As the countdown to the 2019 general election continues, Segun Adio of Sun Newspaper appraise each of the members of the ‘G7’ in their push for President Buhari’s second term in office.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje is acclaimed leader of the ‘G7’ governors. Governor Ganduje is no neophyte in Nigerian political sphere. He was two term Deputy Governor of the state, serving from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015 under the administration of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. He is currently a first term governor having been first elected in 2015 on the platform of the APC.
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna State
Kaduna State strongman, Governor Nasir el-Rufai has been in the news of late perhaps for the wrong reasons. His visit with six other governors to Aso Rock on Friday, many believed, was ill-timed. The visit came when the entire Kaduna metropolis was aflame as labour unions shut down the state while protesting the sack of about 31, 000 teachers from the state civil service.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State is also a first term governor who, perhaps, will be relying on presidential support for his own reelection.
Yahaya Bello of Kogi State
Many people would say Nigeria’s youngest governor, Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has seen enough controversies since his controversial assumption of office after, the All Progressives Congress (APC) submitted his name of Yahaya Bello as the party’s new candidate for Kogi governorship supplementary poll following the death of Abubakar Audu and the controversy that trailed the Faleke aspiration to claim Audu’s madate after the latter’s death.
Bindow Jibrilla of Adamawa State
The Adamawa State governor was formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prior to the 2015 general election from where he sought for the party’s ticket to become the governor of the state. After his defection and he got the ticket of the APC, Governor Bindow defeated the likes of Nuhu Ribadu and Markus Gundiri in the state 2015 governorship polls.
Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State
Like his earlier co-members of the ‘G7’, Governor Lalong of Plateau State’s members of the group could not be unconnected with similar support from Aso Rock after the Plateau chief executive seeks re-election if he decided to run again.
Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State
Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State is the only among the ‘G7’ not seeking reelection having been sworn in as Executive Governor of Yobe State following the death of his principal at the time.
