{"id":84752,"date":"2021-08-14T09:35:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T08:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84752"},"modified":"2021-08-14T09:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T08:35:40","slug":"2023-ive-consulted-pdp-ministers-govs-on-my-presidential-ambition-bala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2023-ive-consulted-pdp-ministers-govs-on-my-presidential-ambition-bala\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: I\u2019ve consulted PDP, ministers, govs on my presidential ambition \u2013 Bala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m1837\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has stated that he had so far consulted some of his colleagues, the governors, ministers and the Bauchi state leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his presidential ambition.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stated this Friday when a coalition of northern youth leaders flanked by the Bauchi state chapters of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), traders and artisans associations staged a rally at the Government House in support of his ambition.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Bauchi state chapter of the party, ministers and some of his colleagues he consulted had given him the go-ahead to run.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governor thanked the coalition for finding him suitable for the exalted position and that it was not the first such call was made by them on him to run.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the national president of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum, Elliot Afiyo, who led the rally, said based on their findings \u201cBala Mohammed remains the best presidential material for 2023.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Afiyo said Forum had played significant roles for the emergence of all the presidential candidates who were later elected since the return of democracy in the country in 1998.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has stated that he had so far consulted some of his colleagues, the governors, ministers and the Bauchi state leadership of the Peoples Democratic&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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