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<\/p>\nThe state\u2019s Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr James Orgunga stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Makurdi, NAN reports.<\/p>\n
The statement reads: \u201cBenue state warmly rejoice with our leader, Sen. George Akume on his well deserved nomination as ministerial nominee by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have been an esteemed asset to our state and the nation from time immemorial, having offered effective and selfless service as Permanent Secretary in the state Civil Service.
\n\u201cYou were also Executive Governor for 8 years, and Senator for 12 years, with clean records.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour name is proudly engraved in the APC hall of fame due to your laudable contributions to the growth of the party, right from its formative years to now that it has taken over as the ruling party in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe state chapter of APC is confident that your presence in the \u201cNext Level\u201d cabinet of Buhari will make great impact and facilitate the realization of the President\u2019s agenda for the nation, as you will bring your enormous wealth of experience to bear on the programmes and policies of the administration.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe party thanks the President for bringing on board, the best hands that will serve both the government and the party as exemplified in your outstanding performance as the Vice Chairman North, of the President\u2019s Campaign Council, 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight from creation, good things have always run after good people and you perfectly fit the mettle of a good man who is reaping the rewards of his good works\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ornguga said Akume\u2019s nomination is being celebrated across party lines; a clear indication that the entire state is pleased.<\/p>\n
\u201cit is the party\u2019s prayer that you be deployed to a vital ministry where your input will be felt by the entire nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations, our leader for attaining this new feat; we are proud of you and wish you more medals,\u201d Orgunga said.<\/p>\n
The Senate had yesterday refused to quiz George Akume because he was a former lawmaker, hence he was asked to \u201ctake a bow.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has congratulated Sen. George Akume, on his choice as one of the ministerial nominees by President Muhammadu Buhari. The state\u2019s Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr James Orgunga stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Makurdi, NAN reports. The statement reads: \u201cBenue state warmly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,3,4],"tags":[41,7879,12828,62],"class_list":["post-138168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-more","category-news","category-politics","tag-buhari","tag-new-appointment","tag-nomination","tag-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/138169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}