The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was excluded from the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) to enable him concentrate on governance, All Progressives Congress, APC Campaign Council Spokesman, Festus Keyamo has said.
Keyamo stated this amid concerns that Osinbajo’s name was missing from the ruling party’s 422-man Presidential Campaign Council which President Muhammadu Buhari is the Chairman, while the presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the Vice.
In a statement to address the concerns, Keyamo said, Osinbajo’s name was deliberately removed on the order of President Muhammadu Buhari so that he can concentrate on governance.
The statement also revealed that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF) Boss Mustapha’s name did not reflect to allow him concentrate on governance.
According to him, all the key government functionaries need to be in their offices during the electioneering campaign,. adding that the APC has the mandate of citizens to administer the country till 29th May, 2023.
“Our attention has been drawn to some stories making the rounds that there may be something amiss within the family of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the name of our own revered and respected Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, is not included in the list of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.
“Nothing can be farther from the facts. For the avoidance of doubt, President Muhammadu Buhari , GCFR, is the Chairman of the Campaign Council. As a result, Mr. President has SPECIFICALLY directed that the Vice-President and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha should be left out of the Campaign Council to concentrate on the governance of the country and administration of Government.
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“As a responsible Party and Government, all the key functionaries of government cannot abandon their positions for electioneering campaigns. The APC has the mandate of the Nigerian people to administer the country on their behalf at least till May, 29, 2023, and this we intend to do with all sense of responsibility.
“We will not toe the path of those who governed the country in an irresponsible manner before us and our Party is not in total disarray like those who wish to ‘rescue’ the country, but cannot simply manage their own internal affairs.”
