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  • Sambo, Obasanjo, Mark, Tambuwal lead PDP campaign train

    Vice-President Namadi Sambo; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Senate President David Mark; and House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, will lead the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign train ahead of the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State.

    At the inauguration of the campaign committee yesterday in Abuja, Sambo said the PDP would fight and win the Ondo election on the basis of ‘one man, one vote’.

    Sambo, who chairs the campaign committee, explained that the Federal Government would ensure that the election is free and fair.

    The PDP national chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, bemoaned the loss of Ondo State to the opposition Labour Party (LP) through a judicial process.

    Hesaid the PDP would reclaim the state through the ballot this time around.

    Tukur said: “Ondo State is a PDP state and a very important one to our party for that matter. It was, therefore, a matter of distress to us when we lost it, not through the polls but through a judicial process.

    “Our resolve to win Ondo State back is the underlying factor for setting up this high powered committee.”

    Tukur, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja, expressed optimism that the popularity and acceptability of the PDP candidate, Chief Olusola Oke, would ensure victory for the party.

    Other members of the campaign committee are: Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amechi; former Ondo State Governor Olusegun Agagu; former Ekiti Governor Segun Oni, and members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP.

     

  • Sambo calls for religious tolerance

    Sambo calls for religious tolerance

    Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday stressed the need for religious tolerance among Nigerians irrespective of their religious affiliations.

    Speaking at the opening of the two-day Unity Conference for the South-South and South-East Muslim Ummah at Le’ Meridien Hotel and Golf Resort, Nwaniba, Akwa Ibom State, he stressed the need for unity among the different ethnic groups in the country.

    The Vice President urged Nigerians to support President Jonathan in the implementation of his transformation programmes in the power sector and security of life and property.

    Also speaking, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar asked citizens to embrace peace and unity irrespective of their religious beliefs.

    The Sultan emphasised that unity and peace are panacea for the development of the country. He said: “Whether we are Christians or Muslims, we must live in peace with one another in whatever part of the country we find ourselves. If we are united, we would contribute better to the development of the country. So, we must put aside our differences and embrace peace and unity’’.

    Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom called for unity and peace not just across the inter-faith but among the ethnic groups in the country.

    He said unity and peace could be possible when Nigerians learn to work with people outside their faith and ethnic groups, saying, ‘’Intolerance breeds extremism, while the latter breeds conflict’’.