{"id":129678,"date":"2024-09-02T11:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa"},"modified":"2024-09-02T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:55:59","slug":"pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa","title":{"rendered":"PDP ready to engage APC in Kogi \u2014 Publicity Secretary Tijani Aruwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Sunday it has returned, rebranded and rejuvenated, with a commitment to constructively engage the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Tijani Aruwa, the newly inaugurated State Publicity Secretary, emphasised that PDP is ready to provide a viable opposition to APC, to ensure that the state is not dominated by a single party.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists in Lokoja, Aruwa appealed to members who defected to APC, Social Democratic Party, SDP, Labour Party, LP, and African Democratic Congress, ADC, to return to PDP, stressing that the party\u2019s umbrella is large enough to accommodate everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The party also urged those who didn\u2019t secure their desired positions in the recent party elections to demonstrate sportsmanship, emphasising that every position is temporary and should be secondary to the interests of the suffering people of Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>Aruwa criticised APC\u2019s mismanagement of state resources, noting that despite increased allocations, the state has little to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>He reminisced about PDP\u2019s inclusive government, which achieved more with meagre allocations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Sunday it has returned, rebranded and rejuvenated, with a commitment to constructively engage the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Alhaji Tijani Aruwa, the newly inaugurated State Publicity Secretary, emphasised that PDP is ready to provide a viable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":129677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,396,254,65,14632],"class_list":["post-129678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-kogi","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-tijani-aruwa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PDP ready to engage APC in Kogi \u2014 Publicity Secretary Tijani Aruwa - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Sunday it has returned, rebranded and rejuvenated, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDP ready to engage APC in Kogi \u2014 Publicity Secretary Tijani Aruwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Sunday it has returned, rebranded and rejuvenated, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-02T10:51:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-02T11:55:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1725265518.377343.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"PDP ready to engage APC in Kogi \u2014 Publicity Secretary Tijani Aruwa\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-02T10:51:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-02T11:55:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1725265518.377343.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Kogi\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"Tijani Aruwa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-ready-to-engage-apc-in-kogi-publicity-secretary-tijani-aruwa\",\"name\":\"PDP ready to engage APC in Kogi \u2014 Publicity Secretary Tijani Aruwa - 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