Following the resentment that greeted the composition of Tinubu-Shettima campaign council list, the All Progressive Congress (APC) has finally made some amendment and produced what some party faithfuls have adjudged to be more inclusive campaign team.
In the new campaign council list, a former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, was dropped.
Also dropped from the Bola Tinubu’s campaign team is a former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, and that of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as well as Kassim Afegbua, a former commissioner for information in Edo State.
Their names were missing from the reviewed PCC list released by the National Secretary of the APC, Iyiola Omisore, late Wednesday.
The initial list released in September by the PCC Secretary, James Faleke, had their names as members of the council in different categories.
The council was constituted to coordinate the campaign of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, for the 25 February election.
It was earlier reported how governors under the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) threatened to sabotage the campaign over the old list, which they claimed ignored their nominated persons.
Also, there was a letter that allegedly emanated from the office of the National Chairman of the Party, Abdullahi Adamu, rejecting the composition of the PCC. However, the party disowned the letter.
The Chairman of the PGF, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, and the Director General of the PCC, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, had reportedly worked on the list to factor in the interest of some senior members of the party.
As a result, the inauguration of the PCC and the flag-off of the campaign were suspended.
Two weeks ago, the governors met with the NWC members to resolve the matter.
Meanwhile, in the new list, a former Deputy President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Issa Aremu, is now the director of the unit
The new list of the PCC also include all NWC members, all APC National Assembly members, all federal executive members, all former governors and deputy governors who are members of APC, all former APC NWC members and all APC National Executive Council members.
Others are all serving APC speakers, deputy speakers and principal officers of State Houses of Assembly, all APC former speakers of state assemblies, all APC state chairmen and all APC candidates of national and state assemblies.
However, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, were still not included in the new list.
The APC had explained that Presidential Muhammadu Buhari directed that they should be excused from the campaign team to enable them focus on governance during the campaign season.
