The Waziri Adamawa, in a press statement signed by his media office on Wednesday, noted that the appointment of Adams as the new Kakanfo is a call to national duty.
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However, it is also often envied by many, especially rivals, because generosity endears a person to the people, and it is not something that anybody else without such inclination can wake up one day and start practicing. A sociologist researcher, Kyle Irwin, from Baylor University in Texas revealed that “givers” can be quite unpopular at times, because they make certain people look bad. Or make them feel jealous or like they are not doing enough. Hence, they ensure that “givers” are punished at all cost!
The book, a compendium of contemporary information on pension matters, discusses exhaustively the characteristics, intricacies and implications of the various pension reforms and payment schemes in Nigeria.
The confusion and power struggle between the then President Olusegun Obasanjo and erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar, though political, were fuelled by allegations of non-compliance with due process over activities of agencies under the purview of Abubakar, including the Petroleum Trust Development Fund. Court cases afterwards merely favoured the former Vice President.
The politics of identity, i.e. choosing a leader because of his identity rather than his ability, has failed us and will keep failing us for the simple reason that when you have a problem, you don’t look to where the person who can solve it comes from or how he worships his Creator. You just look to whether or not he can solve your problem.
The occasion, held on Saturday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, brought together the elites of Adamawa State to honour Abubakar, who many described as the pillar of democracy.
The news of the attendance of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, spread through the city and several supporters besieged the venue.
As 2019 gets closer and the issues are debated, it is only normal for persons and groups to take positions on their preferred candidates. The issues that determine the choices of groups and persons are many and differ from strata to strata. I spoke to a career politician and a local government council chairmanship aspirant in one of the south-south states a few weeks ago and he made it clear at the meeting that why my preferred candidate for president in the 2019 election was same choice as his,
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director of Publicity of the ACF, Jacob Onjewu Dickson, on Wednesday.
The minister, who had been in the eye-of-the-storm over her comment on her choice of presidential aspirant for the 2019 election, had a closed-door meeting with the party’s leadership at the secretariat.
Femi Fani-Kayode stated this on Sunday in a message he sent to the press stating also that the sun of the ruling All progressive congress is about to set and that the minister also known as mama Taraba also have a duty to let Nigerians know more about the Chibok girls.
“The minister is entitled to her opinion; but I would have saluted her if she had resigned her appointment because she cannot blow hot and cold at the same time,” Amosun said at a book launch in Abeokuta.
The report became public less than 48 hours after the Minister was caught on tape declaring support for former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to emerge in 2019 as the country’s president
She had on Wednesday disclosed in a BBC Hausa Service interview that she would rather resign as minister than abandon former vice the president “if he decides to run for presidential elections in 2019’’.
Alhassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba, had in an earlier video recording during a Sallah homage to Abubakar referred to him as President-in-waiting in 2019
Atiku Abubakar said in a press statement released by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday that the news is surely a boost for Nigeria – it tells investors, local and foreign, that our economy is worth investing in.
Atiku stated this in a statement he issued on Sunday and he enjoined everyone to imbibe the spirit of unity, emphasized that the defeat of the indomitable Lions of Cameroon by the Super Eagles was a demonstration of the fact that the country will strive and succeed if everyone is united and stop the act of enthroning ethnicity.
Much as I believe in giving, I also believe that the decision to give is always personal. However, when we see people give voluntarily, we should be able to commend them for their efforts. In so doing, they can be motivated to do much more. The Yorubas have a popular saying that anyone who doesn’t appreciate a good gesture is like though a crooked robber.
The Waziri Adamawa, in a condolence message released by his media office in Abuja, said he received the news of Bello’s demise with shock.
As a response to some of the reactions to Atiku’s stance, I wrote an article published in some national dailies including the Tribune of 11th August, 2017 under the headline “Pondering Over what Atiku Abubakar is Saying” and there was a barrage of responses. They all could be broadly divided into three categories: those who do not agree with him, those who agreed with him and those who agreed with him but thought he is not good enough to say it or act what he is saying. In the last group, one of the responses that caught my attention the most and has inspired this follow up article, is one from a female responder with the comparison of the “container and the content”. She specifically mentioned that the content (ideas) was wonderful but doubted the container (person).