{"id":8807,"date":"2023-08-31T09:16:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=8807"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:26:13","slug":"sanwo-olu-chairs-kogi-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/sanwo-olu-chairs-kogi-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Babajide Sanwo-olu Chairs Kogi Campaign in New List"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a fresh list of Kogi campaign council members to be chaired by Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwolu.<\/p>\n
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The party, ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, had released a list that turned controversial and called for a correction.<\/p>\n
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The latest list was contained in a statement released in Abuja on Wednesday night by the party\u2019s National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Arugungu.<\/p>\n
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The new document contains a 191-man council to drive the national governorship campaign in Kogi State.<\/p>\n
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According to the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, Lagos State\u2019s Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will chair the Kogi campaign train.<\/p>\n
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Sanwo-Olu will be assisted by Governors Mohammed Bago (Niger) and Sani Uba (Kaduna), who have been selected as co-chairmen of the campaign council.<\/p>\n
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Notable members such as the National chairman of the APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje; the host governor, Yahaya Bello; Minister of Works, David Umahi and Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, also completed the 191-member campaign council for Kogi State.<\/p>\n
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Ahmed Usman Ododo, a former Auditor-General for local government, is the candidate of the party for the Kogi governorship seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a fresh list of…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2120,123,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-8807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-babajide-sanwo-olu","9":"tag-kogi-state","10":"tag-yahaya-bello"},"yoast_head":"\n