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  • Oyo 2019: Re-alignment against ruling party will end in futility – APC

    Oyo 2019: Re-alignment against ruling party will end in futility – APC

    The All Progressives Congress ( APC ) Oyo State chapter, says the on-going re-alignment of forces by the opposition political players in the state ahead of the 2019 gubernatorial election would fail.

    This was contained in a statement by Mr Olawale Sadare, the party’s Public Relations Officer in Ibadan on Saturday.

    The leaderships of opposition political parties in the state, including the Accord Party, Social Democratic Party, Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party have initiated a move to regroup against the ruling APC.

    The re-alignment is aimed at dislodging the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC ) in the state in the 2019 elections.

    Prominent among the state political leaders in the move were former Gov. Rasheed Ladoja, former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala, Mr Seyi Makinde and Alhaji Sharafadeen Alli.

    “We are a governing party that has distinguished itself as the only vehicle of good governance, peace and wholesome development desired by the majority of the people of Nigeria, including the good citizens of the state.

    “What they are planning is a civilian coup against the electorate but it would not see the light of day for many reasons.

    “Most characters involved in the gang-up have had opportunities in the past to impact positively on the lives of the people but they failed as a result of incurable traits of incompetence, selfishness and cluelessness,’’ it said.

    The party stated that many of the arrow heads of the alignment are ignorant of how government works from the way they criticize government policies and condemn its projects.

    The party stated that Nigerians would not support any alignment, re-alignment or gang-up from the same set of people that plunged the nation into economic mess.

    It counselled the sponsors of alignment and those who intend to benefit from it to realize that the effort would end up in futility.

  • ‘No alternative to Accord Party in Kogi’

    ‘No alternative to Accord Party in Kogi’

    The Kogi State chapter of the Accord Party (AP) has held its state executive meeting on at its state secretariat in Lokoja.

    The outgoing chairman of the party, Deacon Ambo odiah on Wednesday at the event charged members to work for the success of the party in coming election in the state.

    The Legal Adviser, Abubakar Aliyu admonished party members to close ranks and ensure that the message of oneness “which the party stands for gets to every home in Kogi State.”

    A chieftain of the party, Prince Mohammed Abdullahi reiterate the need for kogites to see the party as a platform that will right all the wrongs and ills being experienced currently.

    He also debunked the allegations linking the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello with the Accord Party.

    He said the reason behind such rumour was because the party shared premises used by the former during his quest for Lugard house in 2015.

    According to him: “Accord Party has a political philosophy and a vibrant manifesto that is capable of reducing the challenges and difficulty being experienced under the APC-led government in the state”.

  • LG Polls: We are set – female aspirants 

    LG Polls: We are set – female aspirants 

    Ahead of the local government election which will be held this coming Saturday in Lagos State, some of the female aspirants for Chairmanship position have said that they are ready for the election as they have all it takes to win.

    In an interview with some of the aspirants, they bare their minds on how ready they are to effect positive changes in their local government areas if voted for. For Morenike Adeshina Williams, an All Progressive Congress (APC) aspirant representing Igando-Ikotun, she is one of the favoured candidates who got automatic ticket to contest in the local government election, she is said to be seeking a second term in office as Chairman. According to Hon.Williams she got the ticket as a result of her passion for imparting her immediate environment.”If voted again, I intend making more positive impact in Igando-Ikotun area”, she said.

    The Chairmanship candidate for Ikeja local government Accord Party, Busola Olorundipe believes that she has all it takes to be the number one citizen of the area, having been actively involved in politics for over a decade.

    According to Olorundipe, there are lots of factors working against women in politics some of which are; imposition of candidates by party leaders, violence is still synonymous with our politics, financial constraint is another factor scaring women away from participating in politics. If elected into office, she promised to operate an open-door policy irrespective of political affiliation as she will be reachable.

    She goes by the appellation “The Amazon” due to her strides in women development, Hon. Titi  Alli-Lawanson is the chairmanship candidate of APC, Bariga LCDA. Lawanson who believes in actualizing her goal through hardwork and dedication resigned from her job to become an active politician. She is said to have earned respect of fellow party stalwart due to her financial commitment and women development. The desire to represent women overwhelmed her hence she resigned from Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria to fulfill her political ambition.

      She is not just beautiful; she is a grass root politician and a very strong mobiliser in her community, Doris Adebajo another APC Chairmanship aspirant, Mosan-Okunola LCDA, is an ardent believer in the fact that in any modern society, women should be allowed to be equal partner in the process of democratic development. Adebajo opined that women should be engaged in innovative programs that strengthen women’s political skills thereby improve the perception of women in political and social life.

    She is a firm believer in women empowerment and she lives to her passion by actively engaging women in her constituency.  An economics graduate from University of Lagos, she is a former special adviser to the governor in Lagos State.

     For Former chief whip of Lagos State House of Assembly where she represented Amuwo-Odofin constituency 2 in the House, Hon. Ramota Akinola Hassan, an APC Chairmanship Aspirant, Oriade LCDA feel lots of women are intimidated to join politics because it is perceived to be reserved for men. She was a classroom teacher before she contested for a political seat, she didn’t disappoint her people as a lawmaker and she is also ready to effects more positive impact in her area if elected as Chairman.

  • LASIEC clears 12 parties for July 22 council polls

    LASIEC clears 12 parties for July 22 council polls

    Ahead of the July 22 council polls, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) says it has cleared 12 political parties out of the 23 registered for the elections.

    Mr Dapo Olatunde, LASIEC’s Director of Publicity, said in a statement that the cleared parties had met the commission’s requirements for the polls and also presented candidates for validation.

    Olatunde listed the parties as the All Progressives Congress (APC), Action Alliance (AA), Alliance for Democracy (AD), Labour Party (LP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Accord Party.

    Others are Kowa Party, National Action Council (NAC) , People’s Democratic Movements (PDM) ,United Democratic Party (UDP)
    and United Progressive Party (UPP).

    He said the names of the validated candidates had been displayed at the commission’s headquarters for observation by party members and members of the public.

    Meanwhile, the commission has begun a three-day “Train -the-Trainer”course for its electoral officers across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas.

    According to Olatunde, the training, facilitated by the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES), was to equip ad-hoc staff engaged for the July 22 elections.

    IFES is a United States-based organisation committed to the deepening of democracy and international best standards in election management.

    The organization operates in more than 100 countries and is supported by USAID.

  • ‘Osun Accord Party will re-define politics’

    ‘Osun Accord Party will re-define politics’

    The Accord Party in Osun State has promised to re-define politics and demonstrate integrity and a sense of mission in politics.

    Speaking at the inauguration of the party’s executive council, led by its chairman, Ayodele Fanbe, the party’s National Chairman, Hon. Mohammadu Lawal Malado, said all rough edges have been smoothened for the party to remain united more than ever.?

    He assured all members that the party will work towards achieving its goals from ward, local and state by strengthening its mobilisation in readiness for the 2018 gubernatorial and 2019 general elections.

    Represented by his deputy, Engr. Odo Ijere, he enjoined the party’s new executive council to mobilise good people into the party, saying the ruling All Progressives Congress and the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, have failed the nation.

     

     

     

    Earlier, the immediate past chairman of the party in the state, Alhaji Dokun Babarinde, said: “Our party will now start ward to ward and local government to local government mobilisation in readiness for the 2018 gubernatorial and 2019 general elections.”

     

  • APC sweeps Benue LGC seats

    APC sweeps Benue LGC seats

    The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) announced on Sunday that the All Progressive Congress (APC), had won all the 23 local government chairmanship seats in the elections held on Saturday.

    It also announced that the party won all the councillorship positions, with some of the candidates returned unopposed.

    BSIEC chairman John Tsuwa who declared the results in Makurdi, however, declined to release details of votes scored by the candidates.

    “The figures are not ready. I will not entertain questions because this is not a press conference,,” he told curious newsmen.

    Tsuwa said that eight political parties participated in the exercise and listed them to include Accord Party, APC, PDP, SDP, ACB, PPP, LP and NNPP.

    He thanked security agencies for ensuring a smooth conduct of the elections, and expressed happiness that no case of violence or snatching of ballot box was reported throughout the exercise.

  • No chance for APC, others in Mushin LG polls  

    No chance for APC, others in Mushin LG polls  

    The Accord Party has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as well as other political parties to forget about winning any seat in the forthcoming council poll in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

    The Lagos State Chairman of the party, Mr Gbenga Kool told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Mushin people would not vote for any other party except Accord Party.

    NAN reports that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has fixed July 22 for local government elections and July 29 for run-off if the need arises.

    Kool said Accord was the only party that meant well for the people in the grassroots, and the support it had enjoyed in the state, especially in Mushin, had been impressive.

    He said the performance of Mr Dauda Kako-Are, the representative of Mushin I Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, in the delivery of democracy dividends was another natural reason why Accord would win in the area.

    The Chairman said that the people in Mushin would vote for performance rather than people who would serve the interests of their godfathers.

    “You see, Mushin is for Accord Party; there is no question about that. The party is the only party that loves the people and is delivering things that meet the expectations of the people.

    “See what happened in the last House of Representatives election in Mushin. People voted for Kako-Are who challenged imposition and defected to Accord party.

    “The people did that because the man is an enigma who has touched their lives in many ways. The love for the party is growing by the day both in Mushin and other parts of Lagos state.

    “People are trooping into the party by the day and no one should be surprised if the party wins other local government areas in the election.

    “Accord is on the forward march; APC or any other party cannot stop it,” he said.

    The party chairman said Accord would contest all the councillorship and chairmanship seats in most of the local government areas of the state.

    He said that the primary elections of the party would hold on Saturday and candidates would emerge through acceptable democratic standards.

    Kool described the nomination fees levied by the LAISEC as unacceptable, saying it would shut out some parties.

    “The N100, 000 nomination fees for Chairmanship aspirants, N75, 000 for Vice-Chairmanship, and N50, 000 for councillorship by LASIEC is wrong.

    “What is the money for? Billions have already been voted for the elections and you are still charging these fees, saying it is for administrative purposes.

    “This is wrong. I think the case is already in court,” he said

     

  • Accord Party candidate wins Warri South 1 by-election

    Accord Party candidate wins Warri South 1 by-election

    Mrs Shola Daibo of the Accord Party has been declared the winner of  Wednesday by-election in Warri South Constituency 1 of Delta state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Mr Olatunbosun Odusanya, the Local Government Collation and Returning Officer of INEC, declared the result on Wednesday night.

    Odusanya said that Daibo polled 5,546 to defeat her closest rival, Mr Stanley Emiko of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 2,010.

    He also said that Mr Ojere Edeyinbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 182 votes.

    The returning officer said that total vote cast was 8,100 across the six Wards in the constituency.

    “Total registered voters in the constituency is 69, 537, accredited voters, 8,186, valid votes 7,837, rejected votes 263 while the total votes cast is 8,100.

    “I, hereby, declared Daibo winner of the election, having scored the highest number of votes,” he said.

    Responding, Daibo assured the people of quality representation at the parliament.

    “I thank you all for believing in me and I promise that I will not disappoint you,” she said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the by-election was conducted amid tight security.

    The exercise followed the death of Mrs Omawumi Udoh,(56) on Dec. 13, 2016.

  • ‘1.4m PVCs yet to be collected in Lagos’

    ‘1.4m PVCs yet to be collected in Lagos’

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says there are 1, 425, 282 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) yet to be collected in the state.

    The new Administrative Secretary of INEC in the state, Dr Mudashiru Mustapha disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

    He spoke on the sideline of the commission’s Stakeholders’ Meeting with political parties on Tuesday.

    NAN reports that the event, which had no fewer than 20 state chairmen of different political parties in attendance, was organized by INEC to seek support for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR).

    The CVR exercise, scheduled to be flagged-off by the commission on April 27 nationwide, will also provide avenue for people who were yet to collect their PVCs to do so.

    Mustapha said: “There are so many PVCs yet to be claimed by their owners in Lagos State. We want residents to go to INEC offices in each of the 20 Local Governments in the state.

    “We want to canvass for the support of leaders of political parties for mobilization of eligible residents for the forthcoming nationwide Continuous Voters Registration exercise.

    “The commission needs your understanding, support and cooperation to mobilize residents for this continuous voter’s registration, even though we have done the needful in awareness campaign.

    “There is no way we can achieve success without leaders of political parties, we want to solicit your support because you are closer to the people and live among them.

    “Voter card is the power people have to elect their representatives, they must be encouraged to come out en masse and get registered. Help us sensitize and mobilize the people.”

    Earlier, Mustapha assured the party representatives that the commission had put necessary measures to ensure a hitch free exercise.

    Mrs Seye Soriyan, the Head of Department, ICT/Voters’ Registry, also highlighted the eligibility and procedures for the fresh registration, transfer and distribution of PVCs.

    Soriyan said that the exercise would be from Monday to Friday every week between 9 a.m. and 3.p.m. at the INEC office in each of the 20 local government areas of the state.

    According to her, each of the local governments will have five Registration Area Officers who will register eligible residents and distribute PVCs ready for collection.

    Soriyan said eligible persons for registration include those who turned 18 years after the last exercise in 2015 and those who did not register before.

    She added that those who want to transfer their voting centers were also free to register during the exercise.

    Soriyan explained that those registered would be given temporary Voter Cards, before their PVCs became ready after six months.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that party leaders at the meeting had urged the commission to make the exercise less stressful by decentralizing it to the ward level.

    Political parties represented at the meeting include All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Accord Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, KOWA Party, Labor Party, and Young Democratic Party (YDP) among others.

     

  • Oyo Accord chieftain, PDP supporters join APC

    The former chieftain of Accord Party in Oyo State, Engr. Aderemi Olaniyan, has led thousands of his supporters to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State. Olaniyan, a major financier of Accord Party, hailed from Oke-Ogun area of the state. He led his supporters into the ruling party with fanfare in his Igboho, Oorelope Local Government Area, hometown, at the weekend.

    Olaniyan was received  into the APC by the Deputy Governor of the state, Chief Moses Alake-Adeyemo and the Deputy State Chairman of the party, Alh.  Alimi Isiaka. Welcoming him to APC, Alake-Adeyemo hailed Olaniyan’s political sagacity and strength, stressing that he has never been defeated in his ward and by extension, the local government in any election.

    Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area also join the APC at the declaration ceremony which held at the Central Motor Park in Igboho. His followers in the five zones of the state joined him at the ceremony. Addressing the crowd, Olaniyan said he came to the APC with his family members, supporters, friends and associates across the state.

    The former Accord Party chieftain promised that his new party would start winning elections in Oorelope Local Government. He disclosed that more members would soon dump Accord for APC to join existing party members in offering purposeful leadership to the people of Oyo State.