{"id":170207,"date":"2025-07-19T20:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election"},"modified":"2025-07-19T22:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T21:00:32","slug":"mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election","title":{"rendered":"Mukhtar emerges APC flagbearer for Jigawa by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared Rabiu Mukhtar as its candidate for the Garki\/Babura Federal Constituency in Jigawa State.<\/p>\n<p>Ismaila Ahmad Gadada, Chairman of the APC Primary Election Committee for the by-election, announced this following the party\u2019s primary election held at Duplex, Babura, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the candidate emerged through consensus and was endorsed by all 110 delegates from the 22 wards of the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The election was conducted in the presence of the seven-member committee, party supporters, and security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the election, the party\u2019s candidate, Mukhtar Rabiu, commended Governor Umar Namadi, party leaders, and members for placing their trust in him. He also expressed his appreciation for the peaceful conduct of the party\u2019s primary election.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged to prioritise youth employment and job creation to improve the livelihoods of his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed August 16, 2025, as the date for the Garki\/Babura Federal Constituency election, following the death of Isa Dogon Yaro, who passed away on May 10, 2024, at the age of 46.<\/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 All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared Rabiu Mukhtar as its candidate for the Garki\/Babura Federal Constituency in Jigawa State. Ismaila Ahmad Gadada, Chairman of the APC Primary Election Committee for the by-election, announced this following the party\u2019s primary election held at Duplex, Babura, on Saturday. He stated that the candidate emerged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,708,18075,254],"class_list":["post-170207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-jigawa","tag-mukhtar","tag-nigeria"],"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>Mukhtar emerges APC flagbearer for Jigawa by-election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared Rabiu Mukhtar as its candidate for the Garki\/Babura Federal Constituenc ...\" \/>\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\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mukhtar emerges APC flagbearer for Jigawa by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared Rabiu Mukhtar as its candidate for the Garki\/Babura Federal Constituenc ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-19T19:48:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-19T21:00:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752946318.859845.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"796\" \/>\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\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mukhtar emerges APC flagbearer for Jigawa by-election\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-19T19:48:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-19T21:00:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752946318.859845.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Jigawa\",\"mukhtar\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mukhtar-emerges-apc-flagbearer-for-jigawa-by-election\",\"name\":\"Mukhtar emerges APC flagbearer for Jigawa by-election - 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