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  • Nwosu: we’ll unite to re-elect Buhari

    The Imo State governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Uche Nwosu, has dispelled rumours that the internal problems within the All Progressives Congress (APC), which that led to the defection of aggrieved members, will affect President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory.

    He said despite the grievances nursed by the party members, they are still united in the quest to re-elect President Buhari.

    Nwosu, who spoke in Owerri yesterday, was confident that he will win the March 2 election despite his defection to AA. He promised to do everything humanly possible to ensure that members of AA vote for Buhari.

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    He said: “My greatest challenge in this election is the problems created by Adams Oshiomhole in APC. I have a challenge convincing my supports to vote for APC in the presidential election and AA in the governorship. That is a somewhat awkward situation, but my members have understood that the only way to right the wrongs created by APC’s national leadership is to vote for the president on Saturday and vote for me on March 2.”

     

     

  • Osinbajo to Southwest: Re-elect Buhari to have presidency in 2023

    From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo  to the Southwest yesterday came a piece of advice: vote President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 2019 election to stand a good chance of producing his successor in 2023.

    Osinbajo spoke in Oyo during a visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.

    The vice president said onus is on the Southwest to show that  it wants to produce the president in 2023.

    Buhari, according to him, has performed well to deserve a second term in office.

    “The 2019 election is our own. We are not looking at 2019 but 2023,” he said.

    “If we get it in 2019, Yoruba will get it in 2023. Because if we don’t get it in 2019, we may not get it in 2023 and it may take a very long time to get it.

    “We need to look at tomorrow and not because of today. What we are doing now is for tomorrow and not for today.”

    He said Buhari has shown that he has  zero tolerance for corruption.

    His words: “What I know about Buhari is that he is an honest man. What he says he will do, he will do it.”

    He urged the people of the Southwest to reject the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    “Now, they are regrouping. These are the people that ruled for 16 years and they say they want to come back again. They are corrupt. Though, it is still difficult because no man or woman can build a house without a foundation,” he said.

    Oba Adeyemi earlier in his address described Vice President Osinbajo as a cerebral lawyer who has excelled in his profession.

    He said, “He is a good lawyer. The case he instituted on behalf of Lagos State when the federal government withheld the local government allocations in Lagos State during the Obasanjo regime, he won the case. And it was Yar’Adua that paid the money. The load you are carrying is big, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, you will succeed.”

     

  • ‘Why Nigerians should re-elect Buhari’

    Social commentator Emmanuel Umohinyang is the convener of ‘Re–elect Buhari Movement’ (RBM). He spoke with reporters in Lagos on next year’s presidential poll and other issues.

    What is your reaction to the allegation by a section of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that APC is harboring corrupt elements?

    Naturally, CAN is the umbrella body for all Christians and they are there not only to protect the interest of Christians, but also to provide leadership when the affairs of the country is being threatened. CAN is a noble organisation, but I am afraid, one may not be able to say the same judging by it’s activities in the recent past. The way the organisation has been run and managed, the characters that have taken over the organisation has left some of us, Christians with so much to desire. It’s not a bad thing if a noble organisation like CAN raises concern on any issue that affects the common man on the street, but my worry is: where was this CAN was during the days of the locust, where was the CAN during the last administration? Where was this CAN when billions of Dollars was looted from the country? Where was CAN when humongous amount of money was shared by the elite, money meant for the prosecution of the war against Boko Haram in the North – East? If not for the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari, we would not have known how humongous amounts of money developed wings and flew out of our coffers. Where was this CAN?

    CAN was not making any reference to the government. It looks to me that CAN will always come out to speak only when it is convenient for them to, not when it is necessary. I was taken aback when CAN made that wild allegation that the political party of the President was a safe haven for the corrupt politicians. I don’t think CAN, with recent developments still enjoys good support of the people they represent. A lot of Christians including myself have completely lost faith in CAN as an organisation because as clergy men, they are duty bound to say the truth to any government no matter who is there. I think Christians should watch and not be misled. We should know when people are representing our interest and when people are representing their personal interest.

    Don’t you think the damning allegation may affect the President’s electoral fortunes in 2019?

    I have said before that our democracy is growing and the country is dynamic and I have equally said we not running a democracy where people are called to the village square to share kola nut, and begin to apportion who takes what. The country is governed by rules and the people are discerning, especially during election periods. You will recall that around this time in 2014, it was reported that about 9 billion naira was released by that administration to some clergy under CAN umbrella, and that the money was shared somewhere in Lagos. I remember a renowned clergy warning those who collected the money to return same. I stand to be corrected. CAN never came out with any position on that issue, so the people know where to cast their votes, whether Christians, Muslims or Traditional worshippers. If CAN were mute under the last administration  where corruption had developed legs and worn clothes, walking  around the country, how come they are now talking under a president that has showed zero tolerance for corruption?

    Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed major economic policies of this administration as unworkable. What are your thoughts?

    I have listened to Atiku Abubakar recently. I have also heard him propose what I will call voodoo economics. He said he is going to take the risk of allowing inflation in our economy to woo foreign investors. As funny as Atiku’s economic magic may look, I think Atiku is trying to take Nigeria back to Zimbabwe of the recent past, where a loaf of bread was sold for Ten Thousand Zimbabwean Dollars. Atiku should know that such an economy seriously affects the poor. From what he is proposing, it shows Atiku is only concerned about the elite. Atiku is trying to take us back to where the miracle of survival was only in the hands of a few. Buhari’s government has come in to break the walls between the rich and the poor, but what Atiku is proposing is to take Nigeria back to the era where we eat the crumbs from the master’s table, and the people will not allow that in 2019. I also heard him say he is going to allow the Niger – Delta take control of their resources. Atiku cannot deceive Nigerians with his ridiculous promises because it was under the watchful eyes of Atiku that the people of the South – South took the issue up to the level of the Supreme Court to fight for 13 percent derivation. He also talked about disobedience of court orders. Under the administration he was VP, the allocation of Lagos state was withheld for months even after the Supreme Court judgment ordering them to pay the money to Lagos State under Former Governor Tinubu. So, Atiku is not qualified morally to talk about disobedience to court orders because he was an active player in a government that relied more on the rule of the thumb. I think he is only showing desperation as a man desperate to come into power not for the benefit of the people but for themselves.

    Don’t you see his recent endorsement in the Southeast as a plus for his aspiration?

    If endorsement wins election, former President Goodluck Jonathan would have won re – election in 2015 because during that era, we saw how humongous amounts of money was used to acquire endorsements. Endorsement does not win votes; it’s the people, with their PVC’s who will determine the President of Nigeria in 2019. What happened in the South – East, the Enugu declaration is not unexpected. We are going to see more of it in the coming days, especially with the kick-off the campaigns. That endorsement will count for nothing because under this administration, the government has done so much for the people of the South – east. The people will not allow themselves to be used again by the so – called leaders. Development wise, this government has done more for the people of the South – East compared to the sixteen years of the PDP.

  • ‘Why Nigerians should re-elect Buhari’

    Social commentator Emmanuel Umohinyang is the convener of ‘Re–elect Buhari Movement’ (RBM). He spoke with reporters in Lagos on next year’s presidential poll and other issues.

    What is your reaction to the allegation by a section of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that APC is harboring corrupt elements?

    Naturally, CAN is the umbrella body for all Christians and they are there not only to protect the interest of Christians, but also to provide leadership when the affairs of the country is being threatened. CAN is a noble organisation, but I am afraid, one may not be able to say the same judging by it’s activities in the recent past. The way the organisation has been run and managed, the characters that have taken over the organisation has left some of us, Christians with so much to desire. It’s not a bad thing if a noble organisation like CAN raises concern on any issue that affects the common man on the street, but my worry is: where was this CAN was during the days of the locust, where was the CAN during the last administration? Where was this CAN when billions of Dollars was looted from the country? Where was CAN when humongous amount of money was shared by the elite, money meant for the prosecution of the war against Boko Haram in the North – East? If not for the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari, we would not have known how humongous amounts of money developed wings and flew out of our coffers. Where was this CAN?

    CAN was not making any reference to the government. It looks to me that CAN will always come out to speak only when it is convenient for them to, not when it is necessary. I was taken aback when CAN made that wild allegation that the political party of the President was a safe haven for the corrupt politicians. I don’t think CAN, with recent developments still enjoys good support of the people they represent. A lot of Christians including myself have completely lost faith in CAN as an organisation because as clergy men, they are duty bound to say the truth to any government no matter who is there. I think Christians should watch and not be misled. We should know when people are representing our interest and when people are representing their personal interest.

    Don’t you think the damning allegation may affect the President’s electoral fortunes in 2019?

    I have said before that our democracy is growing and the country is dynamic and I have equally said we not running a democracy where people are called to the village square to share kola nut, and begin to apportion who takes what. The country is governed by rules and the people are discerning, especially during election periods. You will recall that around this time in 2014, it was reported that about 9 billion naira was released by that administration to some clergy under CAN umbrella, and that the money was shared somewhere in Lagos. I remember a renowned clergy warning those who collected the money to return same. I stand to be corrected. CAN never came out with any position on that issue, so the people know where to cast their votes, whether Christians, Muslims or Traditional worshippers. If CAN were mute under the last administration  where corruption had developed legs and worn clothes, walking  around the country, how come they are now talking under a president that has showed zero tolerance for corruption?

    Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed major economic policies of this administration as unworkable. What are your thoughts?

    I have listened to Atiku Abubakar recently. I have also heard him propose what I will call voodoo economics. He said he is going to take the risk of allowing inflation in our economy to woo foreign investors. As funny as Atiku’s economic magic may look, I think Atiku is trying to take Nigeria back to Zimbabwe of the recent past, where a loaf of bread was sold for Ten Thousand Zimbabwean Dollars. Atiku should know that such an economy seriously affects the poor. From what he is proposing, it shows Atiku is only concerned about the elite. Atiku is trying to take us back to where the miracle of survival was only in the hands of a few. Buhari’s government has come in to break the walls between the rich and the poor, but what Atiku is proposing is to take Nigeria back to the era where we eat the crumbs from the master’s table, and the people will not allow that in 2019. I also heard him say he is going to allow the Niger – Delta take control of their resources. Atiku cannot deceive Nigerians with his ridiculous promises because it was under the watchful eyes of Atiku that the people of the South – South took the issue up to the level of the Supreme Court to fight for 13 percent derivation. He also talked about disobedience of court orders. Under the administration he was VP, the allocation of Lagos state was withheld for months even after the Supreme Court judgment ordering them to pay the money to Lagos State under Former Governor Tinubu. So, Atiku is not qualified morally to talk about disobedience to court orders because he was an active player in a government that relied more on the rule of the thumb. I think he is only showing desperation as a man desperate to come into power not for the benefit of the people but for themselves.

    Don’t you see his recent endorsement in the Southeast as a plus for his aspiration?

    If endorsement wins election, former President Goodluck Jonathan would have won re – election in 2015 because during that era, we saw how humongous amounts of money was used to acquire endorsements. Endorsement does not win votes; it’s the people, with their PVC’s who will determine the President of Nigeria in 2019. What happened in the South – East, the Enugu declaration is not unexpected. We are going to see more of it in the coming days, especially with the kick-off the campaigns. That endorsement will count for nothing because under this administration, the government has done so much for the people of the South – east. The people will not allow themselves to be used again by the so – called leaders. Development wise, this government has done more for the people of the South – East compared to the sixteen years of the PDP.    

     

  • Fashola: why Southwest will re-elect Buhari

    The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) says the South West has more to gain by re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.

    Fashola, who was in Lagos yesterday for the inauguration of 5000 foot soldiers for the campaign of Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said the Southwest already had high stakes/appointments in the current administration.

    He said the promise of the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF) slot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not enough for the South West to lose the positions it is currently occupying.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Chief Gbenga Daniel, the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, said the position of the SGF would be given to the Southwest, if Atiku emerged as president in 2019.

    “As a Southwest indigene, I will vote for the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket Westerner, because my people stand to gain more from it,” Fashola said.

    He said that the re-election of Buhari would guarantee that power would come to the South West in 2023.

    “ The Southwest is presently occupying the position of the vice president. We have three sitting ministers and many different federal appointments from the present administration which we cannot afford to lose.,” he said.

    The Minister explained that although the APC promised change In 2014, the party did not promise to do it in four years.

    “The APC has done more in three years than 16 years of PDP administration, yet they say president Buhari is too slow.

    “President Buhari is taking Nigeria to the next level. We are going to the Next Level.

    “The 2019 presidential election is a choice between going back and moving forward to the next level and also a choice of whom Nigerians can trust with their money,” he said.

    He noted that the APC-Buhari led administration has done more in three years with less money than the PDP with all the monies that accrued to the nation in 16 years.

    “Buhari has inaugurated a structural infrastructure fund for road construction. N15 billion has been released for the continued construction of Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    “There is need for the progress to continue. Dubai was built with oil-money, Nigeria can be built with it too. The past administration squandered oil revenue.

    “Federal Government is constructing at least one road in every state in Nigeria. We are also constructing houses in 34 States in Nigeria.

    “We have collected 690 containers for the construction of 90 transmission stations and through our policy of mini grids, our markets now have uninterrupted power supply.

    “In the last 3 years we have constructed 40 kilometres of roads per year. In 2015, the total number of roads completed nationwide was 80 kilometres. In 2016 after we took over, we completed , 274 kilometres of road, 478 kilometres in 2017 and 474 kilometers in 2018.

    “Electric generation has moved from 4000 Megawatts that we met to 7000MW. That’s an increase of 3000MW, an average of 1000MW a year. We have started an IPP in 9 universities in Nigeria. We have accelerated the distribution of meters by outsourcing it to distributors,” he added.

    At the event are Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, (Lagos East), former Deputy Governor of Lagos State Mrs Adejoke Adefulire and Mr Obafemi Hamzat, running mate to Lagos APC governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu among others.

  • ‘Why Nigerians must re-elect Buhari’

    The Chief Executive Officer of AK Media, a film making outfit, Asiwaju Benson Akindeju, has canvassed the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The entertainment boss believes that Buhari will defeat his opponents by a wide margin more than the 2015 result based on his achievements.

    He insisted there is nothing new the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wants to offer the country, except to draw the hands of the clock backwards.

    “There is nothing new PDP can offer Nigerians again than loot and milk the country dry because they don’t have focus. What did we gain from their 16-year misrule? Now that we have someone with the desire to reposition the country, a few cabals don’t like it.

    “Buhari is incorruptible; he is the only one for now who can change things for better. People are ganging up against him because he has denied them some rights they feel belongs to them alone and their families.

    “We are lucky that he won the election in 2015, if not, all of us would have returned to our villages because of economic hardship orchestrated by the PDP.

    “Look at the oil wells they have cornered for themselves, if states are given oil wells, they will use it to better the lives of their residents. Again, look at what is happening in Lagos, look at the way Governor Akinwumi Ambode is turning Lagos into a mega city with development everywhere.

    “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu started it, and it is continuing. If Lagos is to be given an oil well, the government will do more. Let us rally round Buhari for better achievements.

    “I am not a politician and will never be one, but my friends are both in APC and PDP. I will never join them but the truth must be told that Buhari is the person we need for now. Aside killings here and there, there is nothing incriminating that can be attributed to him and am sure he will win the fight against insecurity. I still have the hope that things will be okay and Nigeria will be great again.”