12 MAR 2000 Umno-Nominations (Sabah) THREE MORE SABAH UMNO DIVISIONS NOMINATE MAHATHIR, ABDULLAH KOTA KINABALU, March 12 (Bernama) -- All the three Sabah Umno divisions -- Kota Belud, Tuaran and Semporna -- which held their delegates meetings today nominated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad for the presidency and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the deputy presidency. With today's nominations, Dr Mahathir and Abdullah have each secured eight nominations from as many Sabah divisions which have conducted their meetings so far. The three divisions also nominated Chief Minister Datuk Osu Sukam for the post of vice-president while Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Abu Hassan Omar secured two nominations each. Najib was nominated by Semporna and Tuaran and Abu Hassan by Tuaran and Kota Belud. Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman and Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar secured one nomination each from Kota Belud and Semporna respectively for the vice-presidency. As of today, Osu is leading the list of vice-presidential nominations in Sabah with eight, followed by Najib (six), Abdul Ghani (three) and Syed Hamid, Abu Hassan and Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Tan Sri Mohamed Isa Abdul Samad (two each). The nominations for the supreme council seats from KOTA BELUD are: Datuk Salleh Tun Said, Datuk Lajim Ukin, Datuk Shafie Apdal, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali, Datuk Seri Syed Razak Syed Zain, Datuk Wira Ali Rustam, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob Datuk Dr Suleiman Mohamad, Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, Datuk Nazri Aziz, Datuk Azmi Khalid, Datuk Anifah Aman, Datuk Dr Ibrahim Saad, Datuk Hassan Ariffin, Datuk Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin, Datuk Seri Megat Junid Megat Ayob, Datuk Ishak Ismail, Datuk Mohamed Hasan, Adam Hamid, Datuk Shahrir Samad, Datuk Paduka Ibrahim Ali, Datuk Dr Yusof Noor dan Datuk Zainal Dahalan. In TUARAN, the supreme council nominations are: Datuk Salleh Tun Said, Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam, Datuk Shafie Apdal, Datuk Lajim Ukin, Datuk Paduka Dr Abdul Hamid Othman, Datuk Nazri Aziz, Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, Malik Hanafiah, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali, Datuk Zainal Dahalan, Datuk Wira Ali Rustam, Datuk Dr Yusof Yacob, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, Datuk Ruhanie Ahmad Datuk Seri Megat Junid Megat Ayob, Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib, Datuk Azmi Khalid, Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Abdul Azim Mohamed Zabidi, Adam Hamid, Datuk Dr Shafie Salleh, Datuk Dr Suleiman Mohamad, Datuk Anifah Aman, Datuk Seri Mohamed Shariff Omar and Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik. The list of supreme council nominations from SEMPORNA are: Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, Datuk Azmi Khalid, Datuk Paduka Dr Abdul Hamid Othman, Datuk Dr Affiduddin Omar, Datuk Seri Mohamed Shariff Omar, Datuk Dr Ibrahim Saad, Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali, Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Datuk Seri Megat Junid Megat Ayob, Datuk Dr Suleiman Mohamad, Datuk Dr Shafie Salleh, Datuk Zainal Dahalan Datuk Khalid Yunus, Datuk Wira Ali Rustam, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob, Datuk Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam, Datuk Salleh Tun Said, Datuk Lajim Ukin, Datuk Dr Yusof Noor, Datuk Tengku Mahmud Mansor, Datuk Nazri Aziz and Datuk Shafie Apdal. The Kinabatangan Umno delegates meeting, scheduled for today was postponed to March 31. -- BERNAMA JS NT JK.