{"id":13745,"date":"2026-05-18T22:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=13745"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:40:06","slug":"2027-senator-ahmad-lawan-secures-apc-ticket-for-yobe-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/2027-senator-ahmad-lawan-secures-apc-ticket-for-yobe-north\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Senator Ahmad Lawan Secures APC Ticket for Yobe North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent <\/p>\n<p>President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has been named the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Sequel to his nomination on Monday, Senator Lawan expressed gratitude to the APC\u2019s national and state leadership, Yobe State Governor, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Mai Mala Buni,  and the Minister of Police Affairs, His Excellency Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, CON. <\/p>\n<p>He noted that the district\u2019s stakeholders affirmed his candidacy after clearance by the party\u2019s national leadership.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by his Media Adviser,Israel Tabiow,<br \/>\n Lawan underscored that Nigeria is undergoing courageous transformation under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,citing a resurgence of economic reform and infrastructure revitalization. <\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the administration\u2019s resolve in taking difficult but essential steps to reposition the economy for sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the Renewed Hope Agenda, we are seeing consequential investments in student loans, consumer credit, and agricultural revitalization that directly address the needs of our people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is therefore imperative that I return to the Senate as an active partner in progress, working closely with President Tinubu\u2019s administration to ensure Yobe North, Yobe State, and the North East are fully carried along in this national rebirth,\u201d Senator Lawan stated.<\/p>\n<p>Outlining his 2027 vision, the lawmaker pledged a Yobe North integrated into the digital economy, with youth equipped with market-ready skills and global opportunities, and farmers supported to transition from subsistence to commercial agribusiness.<\/p>\n<p>He called for a peaceful, issue-based political season and assured constituents of sustained democratic dividends under the APC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has been named the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections. Sequel to his nomination on Monday, Senator Lawan expressed gratitude to the APC\u2019s national and state leadership, Yobe State Governor, His Excellency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13746,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13745\/revisions\/13746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}