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The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has said for the six geopolitical zones in the country to surmount developmental and infrastructural challenges, the Federal Government must follow thorough with National Planning to address issues of deficits

This was the submission of discussants at the Third Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers held on Friday at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

The All Progressives Congress has described the judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Tribunal dismissing the petition against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari, as victory to the progressive growth and development of the country’s economy.

The All Progressives Congress National Stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has congratulated all Muslim faithful across the country and the world on the occasion of the celebration of Eid ul-Adha, urging Nigerians to be ready to make sacrifice for the development of the country in the spirit of the festival.

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on their inauguration for a second term.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated Nigerians on the country’s attainment of 20 years of uninterrupted democracy and urged the people to use democracy to institutionalize peace and genuine development.

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday appealed to members of the electorate to vote for all All Progressives Congress candidates in the February 16 and March 2, general elections.

Senator Ali Ndume on Tuesday identified insurgency, and not the lack of political will, as the factor hindering development in Northeast Nigeria.

These critical issues formed discussions at the just-concluded 67th General Assembly and 2018 International Press Institute World Congress held in Abuja for the very first time in the history of Nigeria and attended by some 330 participants and 65 speakers from 37 countries.

Fashola made the assertion at an event organised by a youth group tagged: “The Youth in Nigeria: Mapping the Future” to mark the minister’s 55th birthday in Lagos.

Ajimobi, represented by the Commissioner for Health, Azeez Adeduntan, said this on Tuesday in Ibadan at a stakeholders’ conference to mark the 2018 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Recently, Bill Gates looked at Nigeria’s development plan and passed a vote of no confidence in its ability to lift the country out of poverty and ensure economic prosperity for the vast majority of Nigerians. In his address to the expanded National Economic Council, the former world’s richest man pointed out critical areas in need of improvement in Nigeria’s development plan. He said: “The Nigerian government’s economic recovery and growth plan identify investing in our people as one of three strategic objectives. But the execution priorities don’t fully reflect people’s needs, prioritising physical capital over human capital. People without roads, ports, and factories can’t flourish. And roads, ports and factories without skilled workers to build and manage them can’t sustain an economy.”

Ambode said his administration would do everything possible to support Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State at ensuring the success of his government.

This was even as the governor of the state suggested that engaging the alienated youths as is being done in Osun State will end the scourge of insecurity in the country

Addressing traders at Slaughter Market, Refinery Road, Ekpan, the governor observed that developmental projects, especially the ongoing removal of illegal structures, will certainly cause some pains to people but noted that such pains were temporal

In this hall and beyond, I am delighted to welcome many of our past, current and future leaders, as well as our friends and partners, from near and far, persons and nations that have stood with us in times past, and whose friendship we will continue to cherish in the years to come