Fayose however urged the President to go a step further by declaring Abiola winner of the poll and President-elect, adding that only then would the title so conferred have constitutional backing.
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Strategy: Long before now, the Buhari government had needed to review its strategy of engagement with the public, move from blame-passing, propaganda, in-fighting, enemy-seeking approach to a more legacy-driven, result-oriented mode.
The Chairman of CNPP in Edo, Roy Oribhabor, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Benin.
They had a way of making even the most contentious disagreements look like friendly contests, the end of which left little or no bitterness. They had the uncanny ability to tell someone to go to hell, and the person would proceed gladly
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adams was installed 19 years after the demise of the 14th Aare Ona Kakanfo, the businessman and politician Chief MKO Abiola.
Fagbenle has paid his dues and his candour and humanity shine brighter and brighter. If 70 is the new 60, why should he keep his pledge to go backstage and stay backstage. He should make yet another cameo appearance as “Pundit Emeritus”
The selected contestants, who will perform at the semifinal scheduled for July 14, 2017 at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta, Ogun State, comprise 12 Fuji and eight Juju artistes.
Ambode, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Idiat Adebule, made the call at an event organised to mark the 24th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 annulled presidential election
They gathered for a National Breakfast Prayer and Tribute Session for Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the annulled presidential election, with some also laying wreaths at his graveside
Adams said this on Monday during the 24th anniversary celebration of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by the late Bashorun MKO Abiola
The position of the AYCF was stated on Monday by the Deputy President of the group, Muhammadu Abubakar Kudu, at the 24th anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Lagos
“Without the uncompromising resistance to military rule engendered by the annulment of the June 12 election, there would most probably be no 4th Republic today and we would still be groaning under the jackboots of military dictatorship,” he said
It was the day the presidential election, adjudged to be the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria, took place
NAN also reports that MKO who was detained by another military head of state, General Sani Abacha for attempting to reclaim his mandate, however, died on July 7, 1998 during the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Second, he didn’t play small. The older I get, the more I realize that this is a major feat. It is much easier to play small, to focus on your narrow concerns and interests, ignoring the larger concerns and needs. It is easy to be overwhelmed with what is already in front of us. Yet I learned from watching my father that the more we take on, the greater our capacity becomes. Small will only ever remain small, and large heartedness opens the way to greatness
‘As a matter of fact, nobody should be scared of restructuring. It is just an imaginary fear of disintegration. Good governance, transparency, honesty, respect for human rights and equity facilitate unity’
‘Our patience has come to an end. As of now, from this moment, a new Government of National Unity is in power throughout the length and breadth of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, led by me, Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola, as President and Commander-in-Chief. The National Assembly is hereby reconvened. All dismissed governors are reinstated. The State Assemblies are reconstituted, as are all local government councils’
This is sadder still because MKO Abiola was not an ethnic champion: he was a man of pan-Nigerian vision and ambition, who went into politics to give the people hope, to unite them and lead them out of poverty
Aregbesola, in his address marking the 23rd anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by MKO Abiola, said it was the date Nigerians freely expressed their choice on whom to be their leader and a day of unequivocal affirmation of the unity of the country by Nigerians across all divides
Rt. Hon. Obasa gave this assessment in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Musbau Rasak, on the 23rd celebration of the historic election