A former Minister of Transportation and All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Rotimi Ameachi, has said that he is the most qualified among all the presidential aspirants.

Ameachi made the remark when he paid a courtesy call on Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, at the Government House, Kano, on Wednesday.

The presidential hopeful, who was in Kano to meet with APC stakeholders, said he remained the most qualified and experienced among all the presidential aspirants with the various political positions he had held in the country.

“Even though I am not the youngest, I am the most experienced of all of them because I served as a member of the Assembly for eight years.

“I also served as governor for eight years and served as a minister for seven years. I led the campaign at the peak of the political crisis that unseated a sitting government at that time.

“So don’t vote for me just because I am Amaechi but by what I have done,” Amaechi told Ganduje.

Ameachi, who called on Ganduje to give him the necessary support to enable him to clinch the presidential ticket, said if elected President, he would improve the power supply for economic growth and development of the country.

In his remarks, Ganduje assured Ameachi of his support, saying we know how much you have committed yourself to the coming of this government and how you have invested.

Ganduje used the occasion to commend Ameachi for concretising the position of Kano as the biggest railway station in Africa and ensuring that the Dala inland Dry Port project, which was abandoned many years ago, was reawarded and soon be completed.

Among those who accompanied the presidential aspirant to Kano was. former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), and former Inspector General of Police (retd.) Sulaiman Abba.

A presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that if he emerges as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming primaries there will be no contest between him and whoever emerges as a presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Senator Tinubu who is also the national leader of the APC insisted that he would not retire from politics until he becomes the president of Nigeria.

Tinubu who said this during his visit to Benue State to formally inform the delegates and stakeholders on his ambition to contest for the president of the country said he had all it would take to change the fortunes of Benue State and Nigeria at large if elected president.

“I see no reason why Benue as the food basket of the country will still be engaging in crude way of farming without processing plants, research institutes for improved and mechanized agriculture and my becoming the president in 2023 will rekindle the hope of Nigerians and bring back the lost glory of Benue farmers,” Tinubu added.

“When elected I will bring the experience of my leadership as the governor of Lagos State to bear. And I want to guarantee you that I will run a transparent, open and inclusive government that will impact on all citizens.

“I want to tell you that Nigeria is rich. What we need is to redirect our resources and channel them in the right direction” Tinubu said.

Earlier, former governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shatima, and Hon. Kashim Imam, in their address described Tinubu as a unifying force that had held the APC together.

The duo described Tinubu as a leader who sacrificed so much in ensuring the success of the APC and democracy at large urging all delegates in Benue State to choose him as the candidate of the party in the coming congress.

FRESH facts have emerged on the reason behind the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party to shift its scheduled governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and houses of assembly primaries according to Vanguard.

On Tuesday in Abuja, disputes over the final list of delegates and reconciliation efforts were central to the decision.

It was also learnt that the party is weighing its options with regards to its desire to build consensus among aspirants.“A top-ranking member of the party leadership who spoke in confidence said, “This is politics, we need to reduce friction as much as possible, we intend to build consensus so that the primaries and the national convention will be as rancour-free as possible.“He equally said, “We are mindful of happenings in the other party and we intend to put our house in order before going into the convention.”

“Under the former timetable, the primaries for the State Houses of Assembly were to hold on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Senatorial, May 18, 2022, Governorship primaries were scheduled to hold on Monday, May 23, 2022.

The Presidential primary is to hold on May, 28-29, 2022.“However, the National Working Committee of the party in a letter dated May 16, 2023, which was addressed to the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced an extension.“In the letter titled: “Further Extension of dates for Party Congresses/primaries.

“The National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, said, “The National Working Committee (NWC), of the Official Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria has extended the dates for party congresses/primaries as follows:“ 1. State House of Assembly – Saturday, May 21, 2022, House of Representatives – Sunday, May 22, 2022, Senate – Monday, May 23, 2022, Governorship – Wednesday, May 25, 2022.” The party chairman enjoined all party members, leaders and critical stakeholders to take note.

“It was also learnt that a member of the convention planning committee and Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, reached out to his former boss, Ex-President GoodLuck Jonathan to get him to attend the convention.“Jonathan has not attended any PDP event since he lost the 2015 Presidential election. Should he attend this convention, it would be his first in over seven years.

“The former President has been dogged by controversies over his alleged romance with the ruling All Progressives Congress.“In a related development, Senator David Mark- led National Convention Planning Committee, on Tuesday, inspected facilities at the Velodrome of the Mashood Abiola Stadium, the proposed venue for the Convention.”

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday declared himself as the best among those aspiring to be president in 2023.

Saraki spoke in Osogbo during a meeting with the leadership and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun state

The presidential aspirant also said he had been close to the PDP family in the state, adding that he had also worked with the party to ensure that PDP returned to government in the state.

He then called for support of the delegates from the state to ensure victory for him during the party’s presidential primary.

He said, “I am the only aspirant that has eight years of experience in an executive arm of government, who has been in the private sector, and who has been the chairman of the National Assembly.

“There is no other person with that kind of experience. Whether you are talking about executive experience, whether you are talking about restructuring which includes constitutional review and amendment, for somebody who has headed the parliament, or whether you are talking about uniting Nigerians, you know a national assembly is a place where you are first among equals. You must have the capacity to bring people together.

“You will understand how business works so that people in business can invest. There is no other aspirant that has that experience and that is why I believe that I am the best among them,” Saraki said.