{"id":89778,"date":"2021-12-12T10:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T09:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89778"},"modified":"2021-12-12T10:36:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T09:36:56","slug":"apc-convention-sani-mustapha-9-other-chairmanship-aspirants-to-discuss-way-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/apc-convention-sani-mustapha-9-other-chairmanship-aspirants-to-discuss-way-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"APC Convention: Sani, Mustapha, 9 Other Chairmanship Aspirants To Discuss Way Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m24527\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for February 2022, all the national chairmanship aspirants will on Thursday this week gather in Abuja to speak on their ideas of moving the party forward in preparation for the 2023 general elections.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The eleven prominent chairmanship aspirants include; former Deputy National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Saliu Mustapha, former governor of Nasarawa state Senator Tanko Almakura, former governor of Borno state Senator Alimodu Sheriff, current Senator representing Niger East Mohammed Sani Musa, former governor of Zamfara state Abdulaziz Yari and former governor of Bauchi state Isa Yuguda.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Others include; Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Senator George Akume, Mr. Sunny Moniedafe, former Borno governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, former Gombe State governor, Senator Danjuma Goje and Mohammed Saidu Etsu<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A statement released Sunday in Abuja by the APC Press Corps, signed by the chairman of the Annual Public Lecture Summit, Babatunde Ayeni, said a prominent chieftain of the party and\u00a0 Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON)\u00a0 Osita Okechukwu, will deliver a keynote paper titled: &#8220;APC Beyond 2023: The tasks ahead &#8211; The Role of Stakeholders.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The event slated for 16th of December, 2021, will be chaired by the Chairman, Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), and Governor of Yobe State, Hon. 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