{"id":22244,"date":"2026-05-24T17:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=22244"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T17:41:41","slug":"sma-gold-congratulates-tinubu-hamzat-on-apc-primary-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/sma-gold-congratulates-tinubu-hamzat-on-apc-primary-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"SMA Gold Congratulates Tinubu, Hamzat on APC Primary Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Dr. Samuel Mawuyon Ajose, popularly known as SMA Gold, has congratulated President <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Bola Ahmed Tinubu<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on his emergence as the presidential candidate of the <\/span><span class=\"s3\">All Progressives Congress<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> ahead of the 2027 general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ajose also congratulated Lagos State Deputy Governor, <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Kadri Obafemi Hamzat<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, on emerging as the APC governorship candidate for Lagos State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In a statement issued on behalf of the SMA Movement, Ajose described the victories recorded by Tinubu and Hamzat at the party primaries as a reflection of the trust and confidence party members and leaders have in their leadership capacity, experience, and commitment to the growth of the party and the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He stated that the SMA Movement remained committed to the unity, progress, and success of the APC, adding that members of the group would continue to mobilise support and work for the party\u2019s victory at all levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ajose urged party faithful and progressives across the country to remain united and focused on sustaining the development and progress of Lagos State and Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He also prayed for divine wisdom, strength, and guidance for both leaders as they prepare for the tasks ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Samuel Mawuyon Ajose, popularly known as SMA Gold, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence as the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22245,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22244\/revisions\/22245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}