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  • Alimikhena urges support for Buhari

    Senate Deputy Chief Whip Francis Alimikhena, yesterday urged Nigerians to expect more dividends of democracy from President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The Edo North Senator said that President Buhari has shown steadfastness with his promise that he was “indeed for nobody, but for everybody by giving voice to the collective aspirations and yearnings of Nigerians.”

    Alimikhena added that the President has demonstrated “statesmanship, trust and dedication to the service of humanity.”

    “We may not have gotten to where we want to be, but we are also not in the same place where we used to be as a nation.”

    Alimikhena, who is also a contender for the Deputy Senate President in the ninth Senate, in his congratulatory message, commended President Buhari for his humility in victory.

    He said: “President Buhari has served his pact with Nigerians and it behooves on Nigerians to stand together in adversity and overcome the threat to our national development.”

    He appealed to those fanning embers of crisis at various quarters to embrace peace for the purpose of our common destiny.

    Alimikhena said: “Destiny has placed a burden on us as Nigerians to work together for peace and unity of our country. Irrespective of our religion and political divide, we must rise to the occasion and salvage our country from retrogression collectively and individually”

    “Nigeria belong to Nigerians and not any individual. It is wrong to subject the nation to an unusual unrest to satisfy individual ambition. We must together forge a common front for the peace, progress and stability of our nation.

    “Meaningful democracy cannot be achieved without opposition but we must also be challenged with the fact that there is no government better than that in which everybody is involved irrespective of party platforms. Good governance is the elimination of premodial interest by upholding public interest above party affiliations.

     

     

  • Video: Osinbajo, Ambode, Sanwo-Olu canvass support for Buhari

    Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has urged the people of Alimosho Local Government to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari, for continuity of good governance.

    Osinbajo, along with Governor Akinwumi Ambode and the governorship candidate of  All Progressives Congress( APC) in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu appealed to the people to vote the party’s candidates in the forthcoming elections.

    Speaking to the crowd at Greenland Stadium in Abesan Estate, Ipaja,  Osinbajo urged party members to work tirelessly for President Buhari and other candidates’ victory during the polls.

    He said: ‘’Alimosho is very crucial to APC as the largest local government with votes in Lagos State. There are votes in Alimosho. We should all go out and vote on February 16 for Buhari. We are expecting large votes from Alimosho, which has the largest voting population,” he said.

    In his address, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said: “Alimosho votes are very crucial to APC’s victory. We should all go out and vote enmasse for President Buhari and other APC candidates in February 16 elections. We should also vote for Sanwo-Olu and other APC candidates on March 2.

    “You can see all of us coming together to campaign. It is a complete house and we are all united to work for APC’s victory in Lagos State.”

    Also speaking, Lagos APC governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu urged the residents of Alimosho to vote for all APC candidates.

    “The Vice President is here to visit us in our neighborhood. We are here to campaign for President Buhari. We should come out enmasse and vote for Buhari in February 16 and vote for all APC candidates in the February 16 and March 2 elections,” he said.

    The senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola said Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration had performed creditably and should be reelected.

    His words: “We are all here to solicit your votes for President Buhari and other APC candidates in February 16 and March 2 elections.

    “We are all aware of APC programmes and laudable achievements since 2015 till date. We have performed better than what previous administration did in 16 years.”

  • Southwest group pledges support for Buhari

    THE Southwest National Committee of Buhari Support Groups (NCBSG) has pledged to keep supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

    Its Coordinator, Senator Ajayi Boroffice, expressed gratitude to Nigerians for the fervent prayers and solidarity showered on President Buhari during his medical vacation.

    He issued a statement in Abuja yesterday welcoming the President back to the country after his medical vacation in London.

    Boroffice expressed optimism that the President would continue to lead the country along the path of “purposeful leadership and economic revival”.

    “The euphoria, enthusiasm and widespread jubilation that heralded the arrival of Mr. President from the nooks and crannies of Nigeria represent a spontaneous testimony that the support base of Mr. President has expanded across zones.

    “Also, his popularity has risen higher and his acceptability rating has soared higher.

    “The NCBSG is particularly delighted that at every opportunity, Mr. President has shown Nigerians that he is as much a trusted democrat as he is a firm believer in the rule of law.

    “With the transfer of presidential powers to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in accordance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Mr. President has further enriched his democratic credentials.

    “In the light of the above, we likewise, salute the leadership acumen of the vice president and commend his outstanding efforts, which addressed secessionist agitations in the absence of Mr. President,” he said.

  • Kwara monarch canvasses support for Buhari

    The Oloro of Oro Kingdom in Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State, Oba AbdulRafiu Ajiboye Oyelaran, has urged Nigerians to be patient with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in the face of the recession.

    Oba Oyelaran said the recession would soon become history, even as he predicted a greater and better future for the country.

    The monarch spoke yesterday in Oro during the launch of the  renovated Oke-Ola Primary Health care Centre, by the Taiwo Mustapha Foundation.

    His words: “The damage done to the country is phenomenal to be rectified overnight. I urge sons and daughters of the kingdom to borrow a leaf from the Taiwo Mustapha Foundation for the development of the community.”

    Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said he was prepared to support primary health care centres by giving them logistics and vaccines.

    He urged mothers to patronise the centre by bringing their children for immunisation.

    Represented by the Commissioner for Health, Suleiman Alege, the governor added: “Primary health care has its components, which are important, and one major area is immunisation, maternal and child birth.

    “Immunisation is important because it protects our children against deadly diseases. That is why we introduced the pneumonia vaccine for children last month.

    “This centre will be giving immunisation to our children, and I appeal to our mothers to get their children immunised here.”

    Chairman of the Foundation, Taiwo Mustapha, an indigene of the community, said the gesture was borne out his milk of human kindness.