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Yobe APC constitutes fund-raising committee for elections

Secretary of the state’s campaign council, Barma Shettima, stated that the committee would raise funds from stakeholders, supporters and party members.

• January 28, 2023
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The Yobe Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) inaugurated a five-man fund-raising committee in Damaturu on Saturday, preparatory to the 2023 general elections.

Secretary of the state’s campaign council, Barma Shettima, stated that the committee would raise funds from stakeholders, supporters and party members.

The committee has Tijjani Tumsa as chairman and Waziri Alamai, Mairo Amshi and Ali Abbas as members, while Hassan Saleh serves as its secretary.

It would work on APC’s deep and strong-rooted structures in Yobe to ensure victory for the party at the elections.

The Yobe Campaign Council was inaugurated on January 7. It has the former governor of the state, Ibrahim Gaidam as its chairman, Mohammed Hassan as director-general and Barma Shettima as secretary.

(NAN)

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