{"id":97102,"date":"2023-10-07T10:42:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T09:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ganduje-lacks-pedigree-to-win-kogi-bayelsa-poll-for-apc-nnpp"},"modified":"2023-10-07T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T11:57:31","slug":"ganduje-lacks-pedigree-to-win-kogi-bayelsa-poll-for-apc-nnpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ganduje-lacks-pedigree-to-win-kogi-bayelsa-poll-for-apc-nnpp","title":{"rendered":"Ganduje lacks pedigree to win Kogi, Bayelsa poll for APC \u2013 NNPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Saturday said the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, lacks the capacity to win the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states for his party.<\/p>\n<p>The state Chairman of the ruling party in Kano state, Hashimu Dungurawa, told newsmen in Kano that his former boss \u201cis a renowned serial loser whose emergence as National Chairman was a mis-application of choice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dungurawa, a former aide to Ganduje, said, \u201cAntecedents played a key role in political calculus, and we are talking of a man whose poor outing in participatory election home and away is abysmal and in effect diminished his streak of wining a competitive exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe failed to deliver Edo State in the last election and went to put up a dismal outing in the 2023 general elections in Kano State where he presided as outgoing chief executive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that, \u201cThe biggest mistakes made by President Tinubu and the APC leaders was the choice of Ganduje as national party Chairman, because the former Kano Governor, has no track records of political acumen to change tide when it mattered most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kogi, Bayelsa and one other elections that are coming up in November will certainly exposed President Tinubu\u2019s huge mistakes over mis- application of choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that Ganduje\u2019s political trajectory was tied to Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso\u2019s magic wand, adding that it is incumbent to retrace his steps to gain relevance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Saturday said the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, lacks the capacity to win the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states for his party. 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