{"id":240491,"date":"2026-01-28T07:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/a-step-towards-stability-2023-apc-guber-candidate-hails-yusufs-defection\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:41:36","slug":"a-step-towards-stability-2023-apc-guber-candidate-hails-yusufs-defection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/a-step-towards-stability-2023-apc-guber-candidate-hails-yusufs-defection\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA step towards stability\u201d \u2013  2023 APC guber candidate hails Yusuf\u2019s defection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 2023 governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Murtala Garo has commended Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State over his recent defection from the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party (NNPP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Garo, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state said the governor\u2019s defection can be described as a step towards political stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a statement issued on Tuesday, Garo noted that Yusuf\u2019s decision to dump the NNPP for APC will deliver sustainable development in Kano State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He also appreciated the governor for showcasing a high level of political maturity and foresight which he said Kano State and Nigeria needed the most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to Garo, the governor\u2019s action is capable of fostering the unity needed to deliver the dividends of inclusive governance to the people of Kano State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI formally welcome His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, into the All Progressives Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis is a significant and commendable step in our collective quest for political stability, inclusive governance and sustainable development in Kano State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBy this decisive action, His Excellency has demonstrated the capacity to rise above partisan divides in the interest of peace, progress and unity,\u201d Garo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The former gubernatorial candidate said Yusuf\u2019s alignment with the power at the centre proves that he clearly understands the political and economic realities confronting Kano State and the country at large.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition, Garo expressed confidence that the governor\u2019s defection will helonin strengthening APC\u2019s reform agenda and build a strong bond between the state and the Federal Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Murtala Garo has commended Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State over his recent defection from the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party (NNPP). Garo, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state said the governor\u2019s defection can be described as a step towards political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":240480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"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":[5],"tags":[309,287,766,835,2750],"class_list":["post-240491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-abba-yusuf","tag-apc","tag-kano-state","tag-nnpp","tag-politics-in-nigeria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Abba-Yusuf-560x590-3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}