Don�t appoint ex-northern govs as ministers, group urges Tinubu

Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, under the umbrella of the Northern Progressives Union, have urged President Bola Tinubu not to consider appointing former governors from the North as ministers, describing them as �spent forces and failed politicians.�

The NPU made the call in a statement on Monday by its Coordinator, Mohammed Kiyawa.

According to the group, some of the ex-northern governors betrayed the trust of the party and allegedly worked in favour of the opposition during the general elections.

�We are foot soldiers of the APC in this part of the country and are, therefore, making a categorical statement urging Mr President and the APC as a political party not to entertain the idea of nominating any of the former governors from the region in the incoming cabinet. They do not have the required capacities and capabilities to drive the process.

�Our demand is legitimate and is consequent upon the misdeeds that some of them committed during the 2023 general elections; they are mostly moles and fifth columnists used by the opposition parties, and in most cases, funds given to them for elections were personalised, and kept for self-serving purposes,� the group said.