The North West state Chairmen of All Progressives Congress (APC) from the seven States have endorsed former governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to be the next National chairman of the party.

This was contained in a statement issued by the APC Northwest party chairmen and made available to newsmen in Kaduna after their meeting on Wednesday.

The statement, whichh was signed by Hon. Isa Sadiq Acida (Sokoto ), Air Cdre. Emmanuel Jekada, rtd( Kaduna), Hon. Abubakar Muhammad Kana (Kebbi ) Prince Abdullahi Abbas (Kano) Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel (Jigawa) Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani (Zamfara ), and Hon. Muhammad Sani Ali, (Katsina), endorsed the former governor of Kano.

According to the party chieftains, the decision to endorse Ganduje was based on his tremendous contributions to the emergence of the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“This decision followed the immense contributions made to the party by the two terms governor of the second most populous state in the nation, Kano, especially at the 2023 general election which saw the emergence of our most enviable President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR as President.

“It is on record that Dr Ganduje sojourned the whole country making contacts and convincing Nigerians on what Nigeria and Nigerians stand to benefit should Tinubu emerge as president.

“We as leaders of the ruling party in our respective states have also gone through every step of good reasons and came to the conclusion and conviction that based on qualification, wealth of experience, maturity, steadfastness, commitment and resilience, Ganduje is the best person for the exalted office of chairman of the party, not only from the zone but in the country.

“Our continued appreciation will be undaunted to the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the special recognition he has always accorded the zone, the people and the party at all times.

“The North West zone will on its always be with the president as he marches towards making Nigeria greater,” the statement read. (Nigerian Tribune)