{"id":167737,"date":"2025-06-30T18:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/its-not-insulting-to-offer-kwankwaso-vp-slot-nnpp"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:02:27","slug":"its-not-insulting-to-offer-kwankwaso-vp-slot-nnpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/its-not-insulting-to-offer-kwankwaso-vp-slot-nnpp","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not insulting to offer Kwankwaso VP slot \u2013 NNPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The spokesman for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ladipo Johnson, has said that it would not be insulting if President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) offered Rabiu Kwankwaso the vice-presidential slot in the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief on Monday, Johnson said members of the APC reached out to him regarding a possible Tinubu-Kwankwaso pairing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not insulting to offer him the vice president slot; whether he accepts or not is a different matter,\u201d Johnson stated.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that since the elections in 2023, the NNPP has kept its door open to speaking with any party expressing interest in working for the country\u2019s betterment.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is also one of the people who has been working with Kwankwaso since 2013. Ultimately, he said, the decision will be by consensus of the NNPP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople from the APC have called me to say: \u2018If he is offered, please encourage him to accept,\u2019 but it is a team game,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kwankwoson a former Kano State governor and the NNPP\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, remains a significant political figure in Kano and the Northern Nigeria.<\/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 spokesman for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ladipo Johnson, has said that it would not be insulting if President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) offered Rabiu Kwankwaso the vice-presidential slot in the 2027 elections. 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