The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has expressed her interest to contest the Taraba state governorship election in 2019.<\/p>\n
In a letter to notify President Muhammadu Buhari of her ambition, the minister said she would be running under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n
The minister is an ally of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who is one of the presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n
Alhassan once described Abubakar as her political godfather and choose him over Buhari for 2019 race.<\/p>\n
In Buhari\u2019s response seen by TheCabl<\/a>e, the president thanked her for her efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cLet me thank you on behalf of the federal executive council and Nigerians for your services as minister under this administration,\u201d Buhari said in the letter dated July 27, 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cI note with passion your past contributions to APC during and after the 2015 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n Buhari said although his administration\u2019s policy is to support all APC candidates, he is \u201ctotally committed to a free and fair elections\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish you well in your ambition to be governor of your state. Rest assured that all the security agencies as well as INEC will have my support to conduct free, fair and transparent elections in 2019,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has expressed her interest to contest the Taraba state governorship election in 2019. In a letter to notify President Muhammadu Buhari of her…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":55970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14221,14222,8263],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Minister-of-Women-Affairs-and-Social-Development-Senator-Aisha-Jummai-Alhassan-Mama-Taraba.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":155914,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/just-in-ex-minister-mama-taraba-aisha-jummai-alhassan-dies-at-61\/","url_meta":{"origin":55964,"position":0},"title":"Just In: Ex-Minister \u2018Mama Taraba\u2019, Aisha-Jummai Alhassan dies at 61","author":"Reporter","date":"May 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A former minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha-Jummai Alhassan, has died at the age of 61. 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