President Buhari spoke on the development in a statement by his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Saturday.
Browsing: Prof. Ango Abdullahi
Dr. Baba-Ahmed had after a meeting with Obi, tweeted that “I spent valuable time with Mr Peter Obi this morning. I wish those who see him as an ethnic candidate can get to know him better. I also wish those who try to sell him will tone down his ethnic identity. I hope the nation will see the candidate up close, we could see a revolution.”
Addressing newsmen after their meeting on Monday in Abuja, the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, said the meeting was necessary to douse tension and allay fears.
The PRP programme of action covers the period August 2020 until August 2021, which will culminate with the holding of the Party’s National Convention.
The decision to set up the Technical Team followed a mind-rubbing session Obasanjo convened on June 29, 2019 to discuss the way forward for the country
The Chairman of the forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday
The Forum, made up of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Northern Elders Forum, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Middle Belt Forum, made its position known in a statement signed by their leaders, including Chief E. K. Clark, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Chief John Nwodo and Dr. Pogu Bitrus
All of us are behind Buhari; we have seen that they want to destroy the Fulani because of Buhari.
The forum made the promise in a statement signed by Alhaji Mahammed Kirfi, its implementation committee chairman, on Thursday in Abuja.
The move was to find ways of ending the recurring violent clashes involving cattle rearers and other Nigerians
We have all been living in the dark for 57 years but a small spark of light is all we need to usher in the illumination of revolution. Our political longitude, forever steered to favour the rich, needs to be re-navigated and the error corrected
Gana said this while delivering a sermon at the St. Matthew’s Church, Maitama, Diocese of Abuja (Anglican Communion), in Abuja on Sunday
The forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups
The “pervasive poverty and economic hardship, and economic policies of the country” would also be discussed.
Abdullahi said: “We shall discuss the issues of corruption created and promoted by the existing political system, loud voices and calls for re-structuring of the country and in some cases demand for cessation of some parts
Abdullahi said the measure became necessary due to the “unfair and unjust manner” the Peoples Democratic Party had treated the region
He said the approach by the group was selective, patently biased and highly provocative to the sensibilities of those who desire the unity and stability of the country
In a nation of grosser and grosser inequalities dictated by a complex amalgam of tiny elite domination, resource cleansing, colonial authoritarianism, unending corruption, impunity, tribal jealousies and distrust, a time must come when there would be a pre-emptive mobilisations of millions of forgotten Nigerians who had been made to understand that their paradise is perpetually postponed
Former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, who briefed State House correspondents after the meeting, said President Jonathan told them that he was already holding consultations on the modalities for granting amnesty