President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday hosted the founding fathers of APC to dinner at his official residence at State House, Abuja, ahead of the party’s national convention scheduled for Saturday in Abuja.
The dinner was the fourth of such meetings to be held with party stalwarts by Buhari in the last two days.
The president had earlier met with the 22 APC governors, the nine national chairmanship aspirants of the party, and National Assembly APC Caucus leaders between Wednesday and Thursday during which he canvassed the support of party leaders for the adoption of consensus method in electing new leaders for the party.
The get-together was organised by the president to show his appreciation to the critical stakeholders for their continued support, understanding and cooperation with his administration, and for keeping faith with the goals and ideals of the governing party for national salvation.
The engagement was also in furtherance of efforts by the Nigerian leader to ensure a rancour free and successful national convention on Saturday.
Those in attendance at the dinner included the first interim chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande; former governor of Lagos State and presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; Senator Rochas Okorocha; and former governors of Kano and Sokoto states, Ibrahim Shekarau and Aliyu Wamako, respectively.
Others were Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State and his Katsina State counterpart, Hon Aminu Bello Masari; Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi; Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the party, Mai Mala Buni; and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.
Details of the interactive dinner held behind closed doors were not disclosed.
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