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North-Central APC Forum Urges Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang To Join APC Now
The North-Central APC Forum has urged Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang to heed calls to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Chairman of the North-Central APC Forum, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, who reiterated the call on Thursday in Jos, stated that “further developments are in favour of Mutfwang’s defection right now.”
Zazzaga, a member of the APC campaign council in the 2023 election, made the remarks during the forum’s third-quarter meeting in the Plateau State capital.
He observed that the North-Central APC Forum was the first political entity to call on the governor to decamp from PDP to APC, following its calculations and political predictions before and after the 2023 elections, which he said are now generally becoming a reality across the board.
According to him, the forum’s efforts have yielded concrete results, including the establishment of the North-Central Development Commission and the return of the APC national chairmanship position to the North-Central from the North-West. He added that the forum has consistently championed support for President Bola Tinubu’s policies while also persuading governors and party chieftains from other parties to join APC.
“Our push and calls for Governor Caleb Mutfwang to join the APC have been ongoing since 2023. Many other political entities that are now seeing that possibility are also joining in making the call.
“But the fact remains that we were the first ever to make the call. And this is due to our political sagacity, investigatory wisdom, political mobilisation and participation, grassroots engagements, and funding of party members and structures, among others.
“Talking about the call for Mutfwang to join the APC, he should follow his administration’s mantra of ‘The Time is Now’ and join the APC now. All is now set for him to do so, and his good works and value can be appreciated more should he join the APC.
“Another of our outstanding reasons for calling on him all this while is that Governor Mutfwang has so far shown that he is a progressive governor through his works, words and deeds since assuming office. But for him to advance further, he should consider joining the APC.
“This is because joining the APC will put him on the same page with President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who has the interest of Plateau at heart and has been doing his best to advance it.
“Besides, Governor Mutfwang will be on the same page with his counterparts in the North-Central who are in the APC, and together they will have common ground and work for the interests and development of the region in general and their specific states in particular.
“Also, most of the legislators from the state are in the APC, and they can work hand-in-hand to move the state forward, because the relationship between the executive and the legislature cannot be overemphasised in the pursuit of progress and development and in addressing security challenges,” Zazzaga said.
Speaking further, Zazzaga explained that APC members opposed to Mutfwang’s defection do not understand political strategy. He stressed that such individuals are acting independently, as their selfish interests cannot override the collective good of the party.
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Breaking: Nigerian Workers Demand N300,000 Minimum Wage, FG Faces Fresh Salary Pressure
The Federal Workers Forum, FWF, has demanded an immediate increase in the federal minimum wage from N70,000 to N300,000, noting that the current salary structure can no longer sustain civil servants amid Nigeria’s rising cost of living.
The Forum made the demand in a letter dated September 2, 2026, addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Assembly, with the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Justice of Nigeria and Head of the Civil Service of the Federation listed among the recipients.
The workers also proposed a new salary structure that would place the highest-paid Level 17 officer on a monthly salary of N1.5 million, while Level 1 Step 1 workers would earn N300,000.
“We call for justice and immediate wage review now, adjust the federal minimum wage to N300,000 and a maximum wage of N1.5m for the Level 17 officers,” the Forum said.
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The FWF argued that the Federal Government had not fully implemented the 2024 minimum wage agreement, claiming that federal workers had yet to receive the full consequential adjustment and associated allowances.
“It will surprise you to hear that the Federal Government has not fully implemented the new national minimum wage since July 2024. We have been in the battle for full consequential adjustment of the new minimum wage,” it said.
Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in August 2026, demanded an upward review of the minimum wage to N500,000.
In July 2024, President Bola Tinubu’s government increased the minimum wage to N70,000 per month from N30,000.
However, the cost of living for many Nigerians has tripled between 2024 and 2026.
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The Federal Government has said Nigeria will never support a military coup or any unconstitutional change of government, following claims that the country backed a failed coup attempt in the Niger Republic.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Sola Enikanolaiye, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday.
According to the statement, the claims circulating on social media are baseless and misleading.
Enikanolaiye said Nigeria remained committed to democracy, constitutional rule and political stability in West Africa and would not support any attempt to remove a government through unconstitutional means.
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“Nigeria will never support illegality or unconstitutional change of government anywhere, no matter who is involved or which country is concerned,” he said.
The minister also rejected claims that Nigeria, through its membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), supported or endorsed the military takeover in Niger.
He said the Federal Government had already stated its position on the situation in Niger in an earlier statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 30, 2026.
According to him, Nigeria remains deeply concerned about developments in Niger and wants the country to return peacefully to stability and constitutional order.
Enikanolaiye said Nigeria’s close historical, cultural and fraternal ties with Niger made peace and stability in the neighbouring country particularly important.
“Nigerians at home and abroad should disregard the videos and narratives circulating online, they are intended to create confusion and tarnish Nigeria’s image,” the statement said.
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