2023: Ganduje refuses to endorse Amaechi
Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje refused to endorse former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, ahead of the 2023 presidential primary election of the party.
Amaechi, who resigned his appointment as a member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to pursue his presidential ambition, paid a visit to Kano on Wednesday.
While meeting with the state governor and stakeholders of the party, the governor said Kano as a “swing state, will continue to swing”.
He however noted that Amaechi would know where the state eventually swings to in due time.
The presidential aspirant informed the governor that the people in the APC already know who the governor was supporting.
He said he has come to Kano state to inform the governor that he (Amaechi) is the most qualified among the aspirants.
Recall that Governor Ganduje was rumored to be a strong ally of the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who’s also a presidential aspirant in the party.
Amaechi however said he’s better than Tinubu because the former governor of Lagos state has never been Minister and was only able to serve as a lawmaker for few months.
He also said he’s better than Vice President Yemi Osinbajo because while Osinbajo was a commissioner in Lagos, he (Amaechi) was already a Speaker of Rivers state assembly and ended up as two-term governor while the VP’s only other appointment after the commissioner was that of the Vice President.
