The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday formally presented the Kogi Governor-elect, Yahaya Bello to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, disclosed this at the end of a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and members of the APC National Working Committee, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday.
In his speech at the meeting which was made available to State House correspondents, the Chairman of the Council and Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’ Edo, Ewuare II, sought the intervention of the President in the ongoing crisis between the state governor, Godwin Obaseki and Adams Oshiohmole.
Former Governor of old Sokoto State, Malam Yahaya Abdulkarim, has joined Deputy National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Senator Lawal Shu’ibu in calling on the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiohmole to step down.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Tinubu had on October 31 paid similar visit to the State House and dismissed the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, saying party supremacy must be respected.
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the President and members of the South West APC Caucus used the opportunity of the dinner to deliberate and strategise on the forthcoming Osun State governorship election slated for September 22.
Oshiohmole stated this when he addressed State House correspondents at the end of a meeting between APC Senators and President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday night.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some ministers including Ministers of State Aviation and that of Labour and Employment, Hadi Sirika and Chris Ngige respectively, had refused to inaugurate members of boards recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Oshiomhole added that the state had climbed from 30th position to 2nd position in the School Certificate examination, showing that the state was no longer regarded as “miracle” centre for students
“We believe that the late Oba has prepared him as he has what it takes to step into his shoes and face the challenges that may arise
Ize-Iyamu, who was Secretary to State Government during the administration of Lucky Igbinedion as Governor of Edo State, had in a press statement published in some newspapers said: “With the touted relationship with Dangote, it is just a few months to the end of his tenure that he could attract him to lay foundation stone for cement factory in Edo State.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of six million metric tons Dangote Cement’s new plant in Okpella, Edo State, Oshiomole said Nigerians will be forever grateful to the industrialist for helping to reduce the unemployment rate in the country
He said: “Edo State Government will prosecute any rapist, any kidnapper, any rustler who takes people’s cows. I think listening to all the stakeholders, whether royal fathers, farmers, Fulani herdsmen, everybody agreed that neither rape, robbery, destruction of farms, rustling of cattle is acceptable. And I think we are all committed to ensuring that we put an end to any of these practices so that all of us can continue to live together in peace, harmony and in security
Governor Oshiomhole said based on the strength of the recent revelations on the $2.1 billion funds for arms purchase, which was mismanaged by the last administration, the President should, in the spirit of the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, spare them the jail term, but could dismiss them from the Army for their acts of indiscipline
“The former President, Goodluck Jonathan, told our National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to inform me that after the election, he will put me, Adams, the son of Oshiomhole, in a hole and I told Chief Oyegun to inform him to dig that hole very deep because although I am short, in the course of pushing me into the hole, nobody knows who will get there first
He said: “For me, I don’t think anybody should be surprised because the most favourable commentator on the Nigerian condition, the economy, the polity and society, everybody agrees that our economy was badly mismanaged over the past several years
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He said: “Here, as you can see, everything is peaceful, orderly and the people came on time and much more importantly the voters conducted themselves like you will find in any civilised environment and I think from the report I’m hearing in many cases that this is the case