{"id":140494,"date":"2024-11-28T08:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bianca-ojukwu-still-our-member-apga-chair-ezeokenwa"},"modified":"2024-11-28T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:01:20","slug":"bianca-ojukwu-still-our-member-apga-chair-ezeokenwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bianca-ojukwu-still-our-member-apga-chair-ezeokenwa","title":{"rendered":"Bianca Ojukwu still our member \u2013 APGA Chair, Ezeokenwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa, says the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu remains a member of the party despite her appointment by President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Bianca Ojukwu is one of the new ministers appointed by President Bola Tinubu when he reshuffled his cabinet in October.<\/p>\n<p>Though she was not a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu\u2019s widow was appointed as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeokenwa, while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Wednesday, confirmed that Bianca Ojukwu has not left APGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called on the president and I commended him on that appointment. She (Bianca) is a member of APGA, she is a BoT member of the party till date, she has not resigned her membership of the party. She had that appointment as a member of the party,\u201d Ezeokenwa said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the party granted Ojukwu permission to take up the ministerial assignment.<\/p>\n<p>He added that what the president did was what he has always advocated, which is for members of opposition parties to be given the opportunity to serve in Tinubu\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe earliest call I did to the president is to ensure now that you have won the election and the Supreme Court has affirmed your election as the president of Nigeria, it is now time to close ranks because the people that can help you achieve your manifesto are not domiciled within your party, you have technocrats that are in other political parties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ezeokenwa further stated that even though he is a leader of an opposition party, he still wishes that President Tinubu succeeds for the interest of Nigerians which is paramount.<\/p>\n<p>The APGA National Chairman maintained that Ojukwu\u2019s appointment as a minister is a plus for the opposition party, which according to him, is ready to be part of an inclusive government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa, says the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu remains a member of the party despite her appointment by President Bola Tinubu. 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