DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous The Adamawa All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has been engulfed in a bitter crisis since the emergence of Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Binani emerge as the party's governorship candidate, a situation that has seen it's campaign yet to kick-off. Rendezvous gathered that some of stakeholders within the party have cried out over the crack within the party and over the confernment of the award of excellence to Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri by the President Buhari led government. This is contained in a press statement issued by Muhammed B. the Convener of the Network of Community Development Association. Muhammed said, "The race to who governs Adamawa state from May 29, 2023 is generating interesting political stories in the media space more than ever before. Of course it’s a battle between the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressive Congress, APC.  "The incumbent Governor, Ahmadu  Umaru Fintiri of the PDP,  haven flagged off ...

Daily Rendezvous  The director general of media to Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has fired back at Adamawa’s former commissioner for information, Ahmad Sajoh, describing him as a ‘tenant’ in the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a statement he signed on Sunday, Mr Sajoh said that the PDP-led state government in Adamawa is worried about how many people will show up to see the APC candidate for governor, which is why they are not letting the party use Ribadu Square in Yola. But Mr Kumangar, in reaction to Mr Sajoh’s remarks, said the ex-Adamawa information commissioner was ungrateful to those that had  helped him in the past, and as such, no amount of vituperation against the Fintiri-led government will help garner votes for the candidate of the APC in Adamawa. “It clearly amounts to grandiosity, and if one man named Sajoh believes Binani will smell the Dougiriei government house, he should know that no one can pander to him because recklessness is not sol...

Daily Rendezvous    Solomon Kumangar, the Director General media to Governor Fintiri of Adamawa state urged the APC in Adamawa state to ensure the rented crowds which they budgeted over 100 million naira for to welcome its gubernatorial candidate, were not scams. The Director General argued that the hired crowd at the APC rally penultimate Saturday does not translate to votes, as evident in the 2019 general election where the crowd at campaign venues did not reflect the voting pattern. Kumangar reasoned, “we know for sure that when APC is preparing for the campaign, they have budgeted for mobilising a crowd and what you have seen is a rented crowd. It was reported that a chieftain of the APC in Adamawa said they had to hire about 20,000 people to welcome Aishatu Dahiru. “But it is quite disturbing because first, let’s look at what is the objective of yesterday’s rally. It is just simply to campaign and have people – voters and party members engaged with leaders. It...