Reading the communiqué after a meeting on the merger, Shettima said the 10 governors, having reviewed the situation of the country, expressed concern at the worrisome state and resolved that the rescue of Nigeria is a task that must be done
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It said the likes of Okupe, rather than the opposition, have contributed in no small measure to the Administration’s low esteem in the eyes of Nigerians
It said the Kwara State Government either acted in indecent haste in dissolving the councils or decided to cash in on the crisis to neutralize what it awesome popularity and acceptability of the ACN, considering that judgment is still being awaited on the ACN’s appeal against the election tribunal’s award of the council to the PDP, and being acutely aware that any fresh election ordered in the local government will be swept by the ACN
‘The questions that we wish to ask the ACN is; assuming but not conceding that only PDP members and supporters are benefiting from the SURE-P programme, are the supposed PDP members and supporters not Nigerians?’
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the PDP-controlled Federal Government is now using part of the funds accruing to the programme to empower the party’s cronies ahead of the 2015 general election, instead of using it for the benefit of all Nigerians
Delivering the one hour five minute long ruling, Mr. Candide-Johnson said the decision of the PDP’s lawyers to withdraw a motion seeking enlargement of time is “an unpardonable blunder”
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Ahaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN also criticised what it termed the choreographed visit to Chime in London, United Kingdom by a delegation of the Nigerian Governors Forum, which was apparently designed to reinforce the line being peddled by Chime’s supporters rather than keep the people of the state better informed of the true situation of things
It said the Channels TV’s plan, to catalyze a public-private partnership on the issue, remains the way to go, since even a government with the very best of intentions lacks the resources to embark on all the necessary development projects before it
Shortly after the ruling, Oshiomhole held a victory march round Benin City
The ACN said the appointment of the committee is an indication of its total commitment to making the merger a reality, adding that there is no going back in the party’s determination to work with the CPC and the ANPP to rescue and salvage Nigeria
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said any attempt to label Akande an ex-convict in a pejorative sense will be an exercise in futility, because he was neither convicted for abuse of office nor for any corruption-related offence by a duly constituted court
The Zonal Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Kayode Babade, said in a statement on Tuesday that rather than turning George’s conviction into an anthem that they sing everyday, the ACN should tell Nigerians the propriety of having Akande, who was jailed for fraud in 1984, as its National Chairman and Femi Gbajamiala, who was convicted for professional misconduct by the Supreme Court of Georgia, United States of America, as the House of Representatives Minority Leader
Kashamu said in a statement on Monday that those Obasanjo derogatorily has now labeled as money bag politicians bankrolled his political activities in the past
The party said rather than blame the people of the state for what he may regard as rumour about his administration, Fayemi should blame his party, which thrives on falsehood and propaganda, himself for running a cult-like government and his information managers, who are obviously not doing their job
What I am saying in essence is that there is a very wide hiatus between an actualizer and a dreamer. Leaders throughout the world do not claim success for their dreams and designs but what they actually achieved while in office. How does anyone go into the basement of Ladoja’s mind to gouge out or gauge his dreams? How does one establish the veracity or otherwise of this claim?
Awe said that Fayemi has vigorously run the Government of Ekiti State in line with the people-oriented programmes of the ACN and has redefined governance, with all the key sectors of the state’s economy transformed
Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who read the Supreme Court judgement, said the Court of Appeal erred in its ruling as the Edo Elections Petitions Tribunal, which earlier struck out the paragraphs relating to non-qualification, was correct in doing so
The appeal filed by a former Governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni, against the emergence of Dr. Kayode Fayemi as governor of the state was stalled on Tuesday following to the absence of the Independent National Electoral Commission when the matter came up for hearing at the Supreme Court
In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN said the paranoia over the merger plans has driven the PDP-led Federal Government to resort to imprudent and crude tactics aimed at tarnishing the image of key opposition leaders, especially its National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his Congress for Progressive Change counterpart, General Muhammadu Buhari
According to the ACN, Folarin has several explanations to offer over his alleged unholy alliance with discredited kingpins of the National Union of road Transport workers in the state, who are said to be boasting that they would help him become the Oyo State governor in 2015 through violence on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party