Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State has been appointed as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign committee for forthcoming governorship election in Osun State.
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, who inaugurated the committee on Monday, affirmed that the party will emerge victorious at the election.
Members of the committee included 14 governors, eight ministers and federal lawmakers.
The governors are those of Kogi, Kano, Oyo, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Jigawa, Bauchi, Plateau, Zamfara, Adamawa, Edo and Osun.
The Ministers of Defence, Interior, Health, Agriculture and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources are also members of the committee.
In his response, Ganduje thanked the APC leadership for the opportunity given to the committee members to serve and the confidence it reposed on them and acknowledged that the committee’s task was important.
“Our chairman, what you have done is to match the quality of the committee with the importance of the assignment. There is no doubt that winning Osun is very vital to the party,” he said.
Ganduje added that winning Osun would give the APC total control of South-West states.