{"id":73693,"date":"2025-08-20T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73693"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:28:13","slug":"fct-female-traders-urge-olawepo-hashim-to-join-2027-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/20\/fct-female-traders-urge-olawepo-hashim-to-join-2027-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Female Traders Urge Olawepo-Hashim to Join 2027 Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of young female traders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has appealed to businessman and politician Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim to contest the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s call comes shortly after Olawepo-Hashim\u2019s return to the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the association, Murjanatu Idris, an FCT native, said Nigerian youth are disillusioned with \u201crecycled names\u201d in politics and are eager for fresh, visionary leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are tired of the same old names and faces that have offered little progress. We see fresh energy, vision, and sincerity of purpose in Gbenga,\u201d Idris said.<\/p>\n<p>She commended Olawepo-Hashim\u2019s democratic credentials, recalling his contributions alongside Jerry Gana and Sunday Awoniyi in the struggle for Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Idris also praised his recent interview with The Punch, describing it as a reflection of his depth and patriotism.<\/p>\n<p>The group announced plans to formally endorse Olawepo-Hashim in September 2025, stressing their confidence in his capacity to unite Nigerians and empower ordinary citizens, particularly women and youth.<\/p>\n<p>Their appeal adds to mounting calls for Olawepo-Hashim to present himself as a credible alternative in the race for Nigeria\u2019s highest office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo &nbsp; A coalition of young female traders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has appealed to businessman and politician Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim to contest the 2027 presidential election. The group\u2019s call comes shortly after Olawepo-Hashim\u2019s return to the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking on behalf of the association, Murjanatu Idris, an FCT native, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73695,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73693\/revisions\/73695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}