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  • NDIC Board promises stability of financial system through policies

    Members of the newly inaugurated Board of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) have stated their commitment to the formulation of sound policies to enhance the safety and stability of the nation’s financial system.

    The Chairman, Mrs. Ronke Shokefun stated this at the opening ceremony of the maiden retreat for members of the Board in Abuja.

    As a critical member of the Nigeria financial safety net, Mrs. Shokefun said the new Board is committed to providing the NDIC with the desired leadership required to enable the nation achieve its goal of becoming one of the top twenty economies in the world by Year 2020.

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    According to her, “As people of proven integrity, we are to collectively paddle the boat of NDIC in particular and that of the nation’s banking sector in general to safety.

    “We owe this very important organisation and the nation that duty in order to justify the confidence reposed in us by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari”.

    The Chairman described the role of the Board as critical in the achievement of the Corporation’s mandate, adding that the retreat will enable members gain full insight into the Corporation’s mandate, its operations, achievements and challenges.

    “The induction program will provide the Board with the in-depth knowledge required for the formulation of policies to ensure enhanced service delivery by the Corporation,” she added.

    The NDIC Managing Director/Chief Executive, Umaru Ibrahim expressed hope that the retreat will provide the new Board with the critical information and insight on the activities of the Corporation ahead of their assumption of office.

  • 2019: Katsina Women pray against vote buying, insecurity

    Ahead of the 2019 General Elections which begins Saturday February 16, Women in Katsina State on Tuesday trooped out in the numbers to the NYSC Arena by the Arts and Craft village in Katsina to pray against electoral devices including vote buying, insecurity, insurgency, and to usher in peaceful election and co-existence in the state and Nigeria

    The Commissioner For Women Affairs, Dr Badyya Mashi whose Ministry organized the event said It has become necessary for the state and the country to seek the face of God in the march towards the impending elections and ensure that the country march forward as one progressive united entity, after the elections

    She condemned the practicing of vote buying and selling and urged the women to shun such evil electoral practice saying that every true Muslim that remains God fearing knows that vote buying and selling is a sin against God and Humanity

    She said ’’Whenever you are approached or called upon you should shun vote buying and selling, every one that attend this prayer meeting should take the message home for those who are not here’’

    ‘’Those approaching you with money for vote represents evil and do not wish our country well so I charge you in the name of God to reject them with a clean conscience and self denial, lets vote for continuity and wellbeing of this nation under god’s watch.

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    ‘’We know that the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari and Aminu Bello Masari have been fair and just to all and have prioritized our expectations, we must support and re-elect them in the impending elections’’

    Governor Aminu Bello Masari who attended the event as a special guest urged the women to protect their votes, shun vote buying and selling and ensure that they re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday.

    The Women Commissioner also appealed to Mothers to check the movements and activities of their children on Election Day, to ensure they were not used to perpetuate violence and thuggery. The Prayer event was also attended by notable Islamic Clerics including Sheik Labaran Imam Salauwa, Dayyabu Inam; others were Hajia Zanmzam Hadi Balarabe and Malama Lami Jibia

  • Igbo youth group justify support for Buhari’s reelection

    A group, Coalition of Igbo Youth Organizations for Buhari has justified their support for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The coalition defended the stand during a press briefing in Enugu, ahead of their mega rally on Thursday for President Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday election.

    The chairman of the Local Organizing committee of the rally, Mazi Alex Okemiri, who addressed journalists, said Ndigbo had every reason to support Buhari going by assurances that the zone would produce Nigeria’s President in 2023.

    He declared that whereas the people of the southeast supported the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for 16 years, they had nothing to show for it.

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    “This is a time for us to tell ourselves the truth; it is not time for sentiments. The PDP cannot look our people boldly in the face and mention any tangible achievement recorded in Igbo land for the 16 years they held sway.

    “But in less than four years of the APC administration, at least we have quality work going on in most of the once-forgotten roads within this region.

    “The youths have also been so empowered through the N-Power and other social investment programmes.

    “In addition, we are quite optimistic that a support for Buhari is the easiest route to Igbo presidency because Atiku will no doubt seek a 2nd term ticket should he win the election,” he noted.

    He called on Igbo youths to be part of what he called “historic one-million-man march for Buhari,” which according to him “will hold in Enugu on Thursday, where all the youths will further stamp their belief in this project.

    “The theme of the rally, which will be under the chairmanship of the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, is ‘Ndigbo for Buhari 2019; Buhari for Ndigbo 2023.

    Those expected include foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, Prince Richard Ozubu, among others.

  • Stop the desperation for power, APC campaign council tells Atiku

    The APC Presidential Campaign Council has told the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar to stop being desperate about winning Saturday’s Presidential election.

    In a statement signed by spokesman of the Council, Festus Keyamo, the APC campaign council told the former Vice President to always bear in mind that God is the one who gives power.

    Keyamo who was reacting to a statement credited to Atiku in Port Harcourt alleging that President Buhari called for violence while campaigning in Zamfara accused the PDP candidate of planting seeds of misinformation in the mind of Nigerians.

    He said: “Typical of the PDP and Atiku’s Campaign team, they have continued in their favourite pastime of peddling falsehood, scaremongering and misinformation.

    “This time, the candidate of the main opposition himself, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, sensing a comprehensive defeat this Saturday and out of frustration, threw caution to the wind in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, February 11, 2019, when he alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari called for violence when he campaigned in Zamfara State.

    “Nothing can be farther from the truth. The Hausa word the President used in Zamfara, which has been taken out of context, is “fitna”. Incidentally all our Hausa language scholars have said the word means different things: it means distress, trial, affliction or temptation. It can also be used to describe rebellion or uprising.

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    “In this case, President Buhari was actually weighing in on the joke told very often of recent in the North that due to the rice boom, farmers have embarked on pilgrimage and the marrying of more wives.

    “So, what the President meant was actually a joke deliberately taken out of context: he simply told the crowd to ensure they eat very well because of the rice boom before they can contemplate giving in to those temptations.

    “Even in some private meetings with our campaign team, the President has always commented on this joke. Sadly, out of desperation, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has decided to peddle falsehood.

    “We urge Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to realize that it is God Almighty that gives power and takes power. He should not use his palpable desperation to return to power (in order to sell Nigeria to his “friends” and to make them rich) to set this nation ablaze by outright falsehood.”

  • Four days to presidential election

    With the 2019 Presidential elections just four days away, more support appears to be going the way of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    This definitely was boosted by the campaign rallies embarked upon by President Buhari and his team.

    Earlier, some members of his camp, who felt that he would not be strong enough for the tough rigours of campaign rallies, had proposed only zonal rallies for the President, while the much younger Vice President Yemi Osinbajo should do more of the door-to-door campaigns across the country.

    But Buhari, to the surprise of many Nigerians, had insisted that he would physical embark on aggressive campaigns to every state of the Federation.

    Four days to the election, Buhari had physical campaigned in over 30 states of the Federation for his reelection into the number one political office in the land.

    While he was doing that, Osinbajo had intensified his door-to-door campaigns for second term to every nooks and crannies of the country.

    Not even the chopper crash in Kabba, Kogi State, last upper Saturday could deter Osinbajo.

    Like the normal difficulty experience when trying to place a cat on its back, Osinbajo cheated death and rose from the rubbles of the crash to continue his campaign in Kogi State the same day and hour.

    The campaigns were definitely intensified in the past few weeks to leave no stone unturned and get the support of the majority of Nigerians.

    One of the latest endorsements for the Buhari/Osinbajo reelection bid came from retired military officers in the country.

    With the former Head of State and President, Olusegun Obasanjo, opposing Buhari’s reelection, one would have thought that all the retired military soldiers would have bought the idea and stay away from Buhari.

    But that was not the case, as 71 retired military officers stormed the Presidential Villa last week Monday to endorse Buhari.

    The retired military officers included 1 Vice Admiral, 2 Lt-Generals, 15 Major Generals, 2 Rear Admirals, 8 Air Vice-Marshals, 12 Brigadier-Generals, 3 Commodores, 9 Air Commodores, and 17 former military governors/administrators, among others.

    The most senior of the retired officers, former Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Jubril Ayinla, at the occasion, said future generations would acquit President Buhari “most creditably.”

    “On behalf of the generals here today, I congratulate you on the tremendous work done by this administration, and wish to state unequivocally that we are proud of you and fully behind you in the presidential elections next week. We pledge our full support and continued loyalty.” he stated.

    Also in the Council Chamber venue of the meeting, the leader of the delegation, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (Rtd), said the retired top officers thought it right to visit the President, “to say that you have represented your constituency very well. You announced a simple three-point agenda upon assumption of office namely security; fighting corruption, and the economy. You have kept your words as an officer and a gentleman.

    “We the retired armed forces officers, representing 99.9% of our colleagues say that we are proud of you; proud to be associated with your administration; and proud to witness this era of Nigeria rising again under your able leadership.

    “We support you fully and totally in the presidential elections next week and will do whatever we can within the law to contribute to your emergence as the victor in the election in order to take Nigeria to the next level,” he added.

    Marwa, after the meeting told State House correspondents that the endorsement for Buhari was based on the fulfillment of all his promises.

    He said: “As an officer and a gentleman, his word is his bond. After winning the elections, he brought out simple three-point programme – security, economy and fighting corruption. He led the fight and is leading the fight by personal example that is the height of leadership. Do as as I do not as a say, he has demonstrated that.

    “On security, I have touched on the advances made the period before and when he took over from 2015 till date. I put the question, the bombings that use to go on in this FCT, Kaduna and so on, where is it today?

    “The herdsmen crisis up and about, the hues and cries, where is it today? Where is IPOB today? The Boko Haram are not flying their flags like they did before. They were in my local government for eight months, actually they even lived in my house believe it or not but they have been chased off and now they are just in the fringes of Lake Chad. Things are better.

    “You look at the infrastructure is it the same thing, things are happening everywhere, highways are coming up, there is no state of the federation that there is no work going on, the railways the same thing.

    “So the long and short of it is that when you demonstrate what you say you will do and you are from our own constituency, we must stand up and be counted.

    “And therefore, the retired military officers today with former military governors, retired military officers from the ranks of brigadier general and their equivalents from other officers are here today, to tell him and to tell Nigerians that we are fully behind him in the elections next week and we will do whatever we can within the law to see that he is victorious in the elections.” he said.

    Maintaining that the endorsement was not out of fear, Marwa said, “Absolutely not. Every human being is political, we maybe non-partisan, we all want a good country for ourselves, our children and grandchildren and even for those yet unborn.

    “Look at the drug abuse thing for instance, he was the first president that launched a war against drug abuse in Nigeria through the committees, one of which I chair.

    “Unless you have compassion, you will overlook the matter of drugs and think that these are the dregs of the society. But he did.

    “Look at the Biafran Policemen who left the Nigerian police before the war, he remembered them. Airways workers, he remembered them.

    “His first concern when he took over was not the huge projects but for the civil and public servants to be paid. He even said it on one occasion and I heard it clearly, that he wonders how governors sleep with workers not paid and suffering. And now, the national minimum wage, he has approved it.

    “And you can go down to what he is doing for the masses. Have you seen the Vice President in Nigeria enter the markets to give succour of N5,000, N10,000, we have never seen until this time.

    “So, it is because he has performed. If he did not perform you will not see us here,” he said.

    He went on “Some of us our politicians already and belong to political parties. I am already in the APC and I’m fact chairman of the central working committee of the Women and Youth Presidential Campaign Team.

    “But people like Admiral Ayinla who said they are not partisan but they know what is good and so they will work for his success.”

    Advising Nigerians ahead of the elections, Marwa said, “Peaceful elections is what we call for. Allow process to run, allow the people to elect their own leader. There should be no ‘mago mago’ and all those fake things that use to happen. Happily, we have the machine that will make sure that nobody who does not vote matters than somebody that voted.

    “We ask Nigerians to come out in their numbers and vote for your candidate peacefully and after that protect your vote by remaining present until it is counted and announced before you go home,” he stated.

    While Nigeria survived the break-up doomsday prophecy for the country in the period leading to the 2015 general elections, the nation in the next few days should use the 2019 general elections as a springboard to rise to greater heights in all ramifications.

    As the elections start with the Presidential one in the next four days, it is expected that all the political parties, candidates and their supporters would respect the rules and regulations guiding the elections in the country.

    More than ever before, the candidates should now show respect for the peace accord they signed few weeks back by holding peace and security of the nation paramount.

    As power belongs to God, they should not cause or encourage  mayhem in the country by their actions or in actions.

  • Buhari’s victory sure, says Ashafa

    Senator Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East) on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity will deliver Saturday’s election in his favour.

    Ashafa, who spoke during the All Progressives Congress (APC) door to door campaign in Magodo, Lagos, said APC was sure of victory.

    He said the President has delivered on his campaign promises, noting the fight against corruption, infrastructure development and bringing insecurity under control are landmarks of the administration.

    Ashafa added that Magodo residents would troop out to vote the President, noting the people were comfortable with Buhari’s achievements in the past three and half years.

    He said: “What we are doing right now is the drumming of support for President Buhari, who is sure of victory on Saturday. We are telling the residents of Magodo to disregard the campaign of calumny by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

    “We are here to also let them know that in the area of infrastructure development, agriculture, social welfare and passage of laws, the President has broken all records.

    “Only five days back, I was at Iju, we took train from there to Abeokuta. A standard rail gauge has been put in place in the Southwest and this is the first time we are witnessing that. We have one in Warri/Itakpe, we have one across the length and breadth of Abuja and Kaduna.

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    “The rail gauge that has just been completed is one segment of Lagos/Kano. Nigerians should vote the President in order to enjoy the progress recorded under this administration. We are beneficiaries of roads construction and expansion.

    “Magodo is central in Lagos, if you are coming from anywhere to Lagos, Magodo is like a melting pot.

    ‘’It cuts across all cultures and ethnic group. We have always had one voice, this time around; we will all come out to vote candidates of the APC from top to bottom.”

    Chairman of Magodo Residents Association Mr. Jade Niboro said the community never had it so good than what it is presently experiencing.

    He added that the residents would support the President in order to continue the good work enjoyed since the administration came on board.

    “We are prepared to vote Buhari because we are impressed with what we enjoy here.

    “Notwithstanding, we still expect additional values to the lives of the residents. We thank him so far, we will thank him the more after Saturday election,” he stated.

  • ‘With 10m PVCs, persons with disabilities will determine Nigeria’s President’

    Barely five days to the country’s presidential election, the Chairman, Board of Trustees and founder, Joint National Association of Persons with Disability (JONAPWD), Prince Paul Adelabu has vowed that all the 10 million registered votes of the members of the association will be used to actualise the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The vow is coming on the heels of the endorsement for the presidential candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) by 54 different support groups from the Southwest states.

    Adelabu, a former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on people with disability said the President Buhari singular act of signing into law the disability bill that would add value to the life of people with disability is enough reason to work for his re-election.

    The support groups, represented by their various zonal leaders and coordinators from the Southwest region made the endorsement of President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at an event well attended by delegates at Mapo Hall, Ibadan on Monday.

    According to Adelabu, every effort to make sure that the PDP led government signed the disability bill into law in the last 16 years of the nation’s political history was futile as a result of what he described as “show of unconcern and lack of care” for people living with disability in different parts of the country.

    While noting that  27 million people with disabilities regarded Buhari as a father who is concerned about their plight, the Association said the 10million people with disabilities will determine the next president of the country.

    He said, “Our votes will determine the presidency of the country. There are 27 million people with disabilities. Ten million of us have PVCs. We are going to vote for Buhari. Ten million votes from us is for President Buhari.

    “On the 23rd of last month he signed our bill. We’ll be celebrating Buhari on this day. Olusegun Obadanjo, Musa Yar’adua and Goodluck Jonathan did not sign the bill. Any government that is concerned with the plight of disabled people is better to vote. For the sake of the poor and disabled, vote massively for Buhari.”

    In a remark, the Southwest Director General, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Olusola Oke urged the Yoruba’s to vote massively for the APC.

    Calling on Yoruba sons and daughters to vote for Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Oke said the party gave the region the vice presidential slot, stressing that for the region to retain that slot, it must vote for APC massively.

    Oke added that aside from pursuing Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s philosophy, the Buhari-led government had made giant strides in the areas of infrastructural development such as railway, roads, power supply and job creation.

    He charged the 54 support groups present at the event to go back to their units to mobilize for Buhari and Osinbajo, saying the region had got a diligent, dedicated and honest man in the administration in person of Osinbajo.

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    “We want him to be there for the next four years. Buhari relies on the support groups. Don’t disappoint him. We have every reason to support Buhari. The Yorubas are taking the front seat in this administration and we want to retain them.

    “We don’t want the prime position of Vice President go to another region. We must use our votes to retain it. The Yorubas are ready to move to the next level.”

    In their separate remarks, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state and the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole urged the Southwest not to allow the VP slot go to other region, assuring that with more votes to ensure Buhari’s re-election, the region will get more.

     

  • NHRC endorses Buhari for second term

    The Nigerian Human Right Community (NHRC) on Monday advised Nigerians not to be swayed in by mere promises but should have critical evaluation of the current and past administrations on the affairs of the country as a determinant on who to cast their vote for on February 16.

    NHRC, a coalition of 135 civil society and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) made this known at a briefing in Maryland to declare its support for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice President, Prof Yemi Osibanjo.

    Its Secretary, Taiwo Adeleye  noted that  with the two contending parties; the All Progressives Congress(APC) and the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), and other parities in the race, it is a difficult and delicate choice as Nigerians are expected to pick the candidates that best aggregates their interest.

    He said the sensitivity of the election was necessary to remind the electorates to vote according to their conscience that would advance their course as citizens of the country.

    “This is coming about 11 days to the presidential election in Africa’s most populous country of 170million people. There is no way you will go and vote without having made up your mind on who you want to vote for especially concerning a presidential election. We are now telling the electorates that before you go out there to vote, apart from seeking to know your conscience, what exactly is your conscience telling you? You need to look back, compare the two administrations; the past and the present, which is better off, which one would advance your course, your children and probably your generation.

    “We consider one major factor: the personal credibility of the two leading contenders.  It will be worst to have a man that has no iota of credibility at home and abroad to sit as the number one citizen of the country. It will be disastrous to have a proven corrupt man as the most important figure in Nigeria. We believe with the credibility of Buhari and Osibanjo, their errors of recent past can be corrected in the most honest manner” he said.

    He noted that the 2015 election marked the first attempt to create a paradigm shift from corruption which has been synonymously known with the country.

    He explained that though there have been many  societal issues retained and new ones sprouting up since 2015, the country has experienced onward movement in the last three and half years of the Buhari’s administration.

    Affirming that the two contending parties APC and PDP stand the potential of winning the 2019 presidential election, he said NHRC nurse the fear that returning the country to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP and his supporters like General Ibrahim Babaginda, Olusegun Obasanjo and others would be a costly mistake.

    “In our view, a return to the locust years will be disastrous for the future of Africa’s most famous country. As civil right movements that have fought a string of battles since three years of the military, we have historic responsibility to ensure this does not happen. We cannot fold our hands in midst of a deluge of options. We need to galvanize our members along a better path in the search for a greater country.

    Adeleye also lend his voice on the removal of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen, cautioned that the crisis in the judiciary has the potential of damaging the democratic credentials of the country.  He added that the accusations levied against Onnoghen are clear cases of corruption involving the highest judicial personnel in the country.

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    Hon Wale Arogundade, Director General of Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu Ambassadors (BOSA) remarked that there have been great achievements since President Buhari took charge of the country in areas such as, Agriculture, rail development, attitudinal changes of the youths and the fight against corruption. “Buhari is putting the country in the right direction, so we believe that giving him a second chance is very important. We want people to go out and vote for Buhari”.

    The President of the Liberty Movement of Nigeria, Edward Olusola Ajayi   said given the score card of the president as against the 16 unproductive years of the PDP, it was a modest contribution of the 135 civil society and community based organizations to take a position to work in line with the candidate that has proven worthy to be re-elected.

     

  • Fuel tanker goes in flames in Anambra

    A patrol tanker, on Monday went up in flames at a filling station along Nnewi-Okigwe expressway, Nnewi, Anambra state.

    This is coming less than two days 7 persons were reported dead in another patrol tanker fire incident in Awka, the state capital.

    Although no life was lost in the incident, workers and customers at the filling station were said to have escaped by whiskers when the fire started.

    The fuel station manager, Mr Okeke Patrick, said the incident occurred when the tanker was discharging its product while customers were being attended to.

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    He said, “We were discharging fuel when suddenly we saw fire. We called the fire fighters immediately and they came after 20 minutes interval from Nnewi fire station and put out the fire.

    ‘It burnt the patrol tank and touched the office block but nobody died or injured.”

    Commander of the Nnewi fire station, Mr Ijezie S.E. said his men succeeded in controling the inferno from escalating following a distress call.

    “My men came almost immediately they got a distress call over the fire outbreak and were able to bring the fire under control,” he said.

    He said they had severally warned filling station owners to desist from simultenous selling and discharging of products.

     

  • ‘I will not betray your trust if voted governor’

    The immediate past National Secretary of APC and  gubernatorial candidate for Yobe State for the 2019 governorship election Alhaji Mai Mala Buni has pledged to consolidate on the legacies of Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam if voted into power.

    Alhaji Mai Mala Buni has also promised not to betray their trust  by misusing the resources of the state if voted as governor come March 2nd 2019.

    Hon Mai Mala Buni has taken over the leadership of the campaign organisation to the seventeen Local Governments in the state after Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam sold his candidature to the three senatorial zones of the state including the Mega APC rally in Damaturu which was graced by President Muhammadu Buhari and other APC top notches across the country a fortnight ago.

    Addressing hoards of supporters at Nguru, Damagum, Jakusko, Potiskum, Bursari and Tarmuwa Local Governments Areas in the state, the APC governorship hopeful re-emphasized his commitment to  consolidate on the solid developmental foundation of his successor Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam.

    Hon. Mai Mala Buni said he will embark on massive investments in agriculture as a mitigating force against unemployment and poverty reduction in the state.

    Agriculture he explained will unlock the abundant economic potentials of the state through youth empowerment and deliberate policies that will lift the poor population out of poverty and make them self-reliant and economically and financially independent.

    He noted that his administration will not deviate from the educational policy trust of Gov. Ibrahim  Gaidam and ensure that all Yobeans of school age gets quality education in the State.

    “Our basic foundation of school.  the primary schools will be giving a quantum lift as a deliberate paradigm shift to change the narratives in our basic education system in the State,” Hon. Mai Mala said.

    The immediate past APC National Secretary said President Mohammadu Buhari has fulfil promises he made especially  in the area of infrastructural projects and security of lives in the country.

    He called on the people of the state to re-elect President Mohammadu Buhari and vote all the APC candidates from top to bottom so that we get all benefits at the central government.

    “This is an opportunity for us to connect with the centre and enjoy all the benefits that connect us with the centre.

    “Yobe People and the entire northeast will remain grateful to President Muhammad Buhari for securing our land. Before now, you cannot stand here but today, we are traversing through the nooks and crannies of the state because of the improvement of security,” Mai Mala said.

    Our correspondent who monitored the campaigns in Zone B reports that the APC campaign received a thunderous welcome in Damagun, the home town of the PDP governorship candidate in the State, Amb. Umar Iliya Danagum.

    The APC campaign train also harvested thousands of defectors at Nguru, Damagum, Jakusko and Potiskum ahead of the forthcoming election.

    A party source reveal that the campaign organization is winding up her statewide  activities to a House -2 – House campaign strategy until the elections.