Names of Nominees Submitted to Tinubu for Running Mate Revealed

The names of the nominees for initially submitted to Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pick his presidential running mate from have been revealed.

All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday announced the former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate for the 2023 general elections.

Daily Trust reports that the Planning and Strategy Committee of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) recommended eleven names for Tinubu to choose from as his running mate.

It said that the committee was headed by the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal

The newspaper stated further that the committee recommended seven persons from the North East and four persons from the North West geopolitical zones.

It was learned that the panel did not recommend any person from the North Central geopolitical zone because the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, is from the region.

Below are the names of the nominees recommended as Tinubu’s running mate.

A. North East region

1. Former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima

2. Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum

3. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara

4. Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed

5. Ambassador Fatima Balla

6. Senator Anthony Manzo

7. Kashim Imam

B. North West region

1. Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai

2. Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu

3. Former Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko

4. Hajiya Najatu Mohammed.