{"id":6338,"date":"2019-03-12T18:24:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=6338"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:24:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:24:48","slug":"buhari-meets-with-seven-apc-governors-days-after-march-9-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-meets-with-seven-apc-governors-days-after-march-9-elections","title":{"rendered":"Buhari meets with seven APC Governors days after March 9 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, met with seven Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, shortly after his arrival from his hometown, Daura in Katsina state.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Abdul\u2019Aziz Yari of Zamfara State, led his other colleagues to the meeting, Channels Television reports.<\/p>\n<p>The other Governors included Kashim Shettima (Borno), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-london.-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-london.-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-london.-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-london.-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-london..jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nOthers are Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), and Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the governors were re-elected for a second term in the March 9 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Although the purpose of the meeting was not made known, the visit came three days after the Governorship and House of Assembly elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, met with seven Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, shortly after his arrival from his hometown, Daura in Katsina state. 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