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2023 presidency: Ex-TETFund boss mobilises support for Kwankwaso

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April 24, 2022

Mathew Ojo

2023 presidency Ex TETFund boss mobilises support for Kwankwaso

The former Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Abdullahi Baffa, has called for support for the presidential ambition of ex-Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Baffa, who is the founder One2tell10, a political group that campaigned for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019, on Sunday shared on his Facebook page a picture of Kwankwaso and former President Olusegun Obasanjo with the inscription #RMK2023 #ThankyouBabaObj.

PlatinumPost reports that RMK is the acronym for Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

It was not however clear if the Kano-born Baffa, who was sacked as TETFund’s Executive Secretary following a disagreement with Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in January 2019, is now switching his political allegiance to New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, which is the new party of Kwankwaso.

Recall that Kwankwaso had on Tuesday paid N30 million to obtain the presidential form of NNPP ahead of the 2023 election after joining the party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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