President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Tuesday, have a closed door meeting with the governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The governors were led by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State.
The meeting was attended by the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, Governors Babagana Zulum, Borno, Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Jigawa, Abdullahi Sule, Nasarawa, Simon Lalong, Plateau, Yahaya Bello, Kogi, and Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.
JOURNALIST101 reports that Shettima, who played a critical role in the campaign of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu is being considered as his running mate.
The names of the Borno State governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum; the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed and a liaison officer to the National Assembly during Olusegun Obasanjo’s first tenure, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, were said to have been sent for consideration by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babagana Kingibe to the Kebbi Governor.