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  • Yobe APC mobilises grassroots support for Buhari

    Yobe APC mobilises grassroots support for Buhari

    The Buhari Support Organization (BSO) in Yobe State has called on the people to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari during the March 28 polls.

    As part of its mobilisation drive, the group headed by Mohammed Ali Tanimu has put together a sensitisation forum in Damaturu, the state capital.

    The event, which was held at the BSO office complex along Maiduguri Road, brought together  the 17 local government coordinators. At the campaign, seasoned politicians spoke on votes protection, politics without violence, discouraging money politics among the electorate and the role of women in mobilisation of voters.

    One of the guest speakers and one-time presidential aspirant, Khalifa Hassan Yusuf, said there is the need for voters to “jealously guide their votes from the point of casting it to the collation and counting.”

    Yusuf, who is also the former Chairman of Damaturu Local Government and a member of the 1999 Constitutional Conference, charged coordinators to take their assignment seriously, particularly the idea of mobilising  grassroot support for Gen. Buhari.

    He said: “From what I have seen, most of you are young with a lot of energy. Your age reminds me of the time we were young politician in 1959. I want to use this opportunity to call on all of you not to use your energy for violence, but to deploy it towards mobilising support at your various local governments for Gen. Buhari.”

    The Special Adviser to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam on Political Affairs, Aji Yerima Bularafa, lamented the decision to postpone the election, saying it is a rape on democracy. He however reminded the coordinators of the message of Gen. Mohammadu Buhari who has called on all his supporters to remain calm.

    The Political Adviser, however, noted that the decision of INEC to postphone the election is purely the script of the PDP-led government as according to him, the PDP is jittery of Buhari’s victory at the polls hence their fear to conduct the election.

  • More support for Jonathan

    More support for Jonathan

    Leaders of the Old Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Southern Senatorial District of Ondo State have urged aggrieved members to work for the success of President Goodluck Jonathan and other candidates in the elections.

    The leaders, including the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku, John-Olu Mafo, Ayo Fayefunmi and others, spoke after a stakeholders’ meeting convened by Chief Olusola Oke at Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area.

    Oke said they have pledged to remain in the party, despite the challenges since the defection of Governor Olusegun Mimiko to the party.

    He said: “We have heard and accepted the plea from our leaders for us to forget the past and forge ahead by working and supporting our party in all the elections.

    “That we are going to massively mobilise and vote for our presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.”

  • Yuguda to support INEC

    Yuguda to support INEC

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his government will provide the needed support to  perform its constitutional duties.

    He said Bauchi is enjoying relative peace because it has invested in security matters. The governor  urged other states to emulate his state.

    Yuguda, who was speaking while receiving the new Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Hamman Tukur Sa’ad, at the Government House, hailed the commission for distributing 84 per cent Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in the state, describing the achievement as unprecedented.

    He, however, complained that some communities in Toro Local Government were yet to access their PVCs due to some challenges.

    The governor appealed to the REC to créate a level  playing ground for political parties and their candidates, in compelíance with the electoral process.

    Earlier, the REC assured the people of the commission’s readiness  to conduct free, fair and credible elections.

    Sa’ad, a Professor of Archetecture, former  Resident Commissioner in  Borno State, also allayed fears over the polls. “I conducted elections in Borno in 2011 and when I was leaving the state, all political parties and stakeholders were happy that  I gave everyone a level-playing field,” he said.

    Sa’ad said he appreciates his new posting to Bauchi State and that he will abide by the oath of  office he Took and make sure that no one is shortchanged in the forthcoming general elections.

    He solicited for the support and cooperation  of the people and government of Bauchi State, to  “ensure that the elections are  not only credible but violence free.”

  • APC France drums support for Buhari

    APC France drums support for Buhari

    The French chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is drumming support for the party’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking at a rally, its coordinator, Mrs. Ibifuro Thompson Tatua, charged Nigerians resident in France to mobilise support from their base for Buhari’s candidature at the general elections.

    Tatua noted that the anger and bitterness of Nigerians in recent years have grown so deep that the nation cannot endure another four years of hardship any longer.

    She therefore, called on Nigerians home and abroad to rise to the challenge by voting for the APC presidential candidates and other candidates of the party during the polls.

    She said: “Back home, the people’s anger has become deep and bitter. They are not comfortable with the prevailing deficit in the nation’s body polity. They are against the ruling party because of its ineptitude.

    “To majority of Nigerians, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a failure and any vote for the party in the general election is a mandate for poverty, bad policies, insecurity, infrastructural decay and destruction of the nation’s economy.” She pointed out.

    Tatua noted that the most effective way Nigerians can show their resentment against the government in power is to vote in General Buhari. She added that the APC presidential candidate represents all that is needed to entrench good governance in the country

    Tafua added: “The only approved way of Nigerians expressing their resentment against the atrocious activities of the PDP is to vote for the APC presidential candidate and all other APC candidates.

    “Why should Nigerians vote for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari? Gen. Buhari represents change, commitment, transparency and focused leadership. He is an honest and sincere leader of genuine integrity. He is a man of great ideas, dreams and abilities.”

    The coordinator said victory for Buhari at next month’s general elections will not only aid the country in regaining her place on global stage, but will also help in bringing an end to the myriad of challenges confronting the nation. “Buhari will make Nigeria gain her place on global stage. He will provide security for lives and property for our citizenry.He will provide electricity and health facilities,” she said.

  • Group rallies support for Buhari in Ekiti

    Group rallies support for Buhari in Ekiti

    A group, the Buhari Support Organization (BSO), has intensified the house-to-house campaign and grassroots mobilization to woo voters for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

    The group has also been going round markets, motor parks, bus stops, newsstands, palaces, public squares, shops and other public places selling the candidacy of Buhari to the people of the Land of Honour.

    Reviewing the activities of the group in a chat with reporters, State Coordinator of BSO, Hon. Femi Adeleye, said the group is encouraged by the support so far given to Buhari’s candidacy by electorate in the state.

    He explained that the sudden postponement of the general elections won’t save President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from defeat at the polls.

    Adeleye, a former member of the state House of Assembly disclosed that more volunteers have offered to join the group to help project Buhari’s message of change and the need to rescue Nigeria from the brink of collapse.

    The former state legislator disclosed that many PDP members have expressed their readiness to vote for Buhari on March 28 “in line with the current mood of Ekiti people.”

    He welcomed the decision of the Council of State to ignore calls for the postponement of the general election, stressing that Nigerians are ready to cast their ballots at the polls and would resist any attempt to “change the goalpost in the middle of the game.”

    Adeleye said the people of Ekiti State have resolved to vote for Buhari, having identified him as the right candidate that has the experience, pedigree, character and integrity to turn the fortunes of Nigeria around for good.

    He said: “Buhari is the right man for the top job and that is why we are working hard to sell his candidacy to the people both in the rural and urban areas. We are encouraged and overwhelmed by the way people are accepting him.

    “He is a former Head of State who has integrity and honesty; he is not corrupt and he did not use all the positions he had occupied in life to amass wealth and his desire is how Nigeria can move forward from the present sorry state.

    “Buhari is the face of the emerging new Nigeria The unprecedented reception he had received from all over the country is an indication that he is the man Nigerians want as their next President.”

    Adeleye urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be above board and conduct a credible, free and fair election that will meet with international standards.

    He also appealed to security agencies to be non-partisan, adding that they are maintained by taxpayers money.

    Another chieftain of BSO, Mr. Kehinde Ajayi, described the situation in the country as terrible. He added that Nigeria needs a personality like Buhari to remedy the situation.

    He said major opinion polls favour Buhari as the likely winner of the presidential election and that Nigerians are earnestly yearning for change.

    Ajayi, a former Secretary General of Ekiti Focus Group in the United States, said the world is watching Nigeria. He warned against any attempt to sabotage the election.

    He revealed that other pan-Ekiti unions in the United States are solidly behind the candidature of Buhari and that Nigerians at home should rally round the APC flag bearer to become the next President.

    Ajayi said: “We are expecting this poll to be free and fair; it will be a make-or-mar election. With solid preparations from INEC and security agencies, we hope that nobody will allow himself to be used to truncate the people’s wish.

    “Opinion polls show that Buhari is on ground, people are yearning for change, people are looking for change because the present system is not working.”

  • ‘PDP buying time to get support’

    ‘PDP buying time to get support’

    The Campaign Organisation of Simon Lalong, the governorship flag bearer of the All Progresives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, has said the postponement of the elections will work against the People Democratic Party (PDP).

    Reacting to the change of date of the election, Hon. Festus Fuanter,  media coordinator of APC in Plateau said, “The antics of the ruling party cannot prevent the political revolution of the opposition”

    Fuanter said, “The people of Plateau state had vowed to make a change in this very election, and the delay in the election will not in any way affect the resolve of the people to make a change.

    He therefore called on the teaming supporters of the APC governorship flag bearer not to be discouraged with the postponement but they should remain firm with their resolve to make a change.

    “PDP is only making itself a laughing stock and they are also playing with the intelligentsia of voters. This is election they must hold, it would have been easier for the ruling party to cancel the election, but they can’t do that. They must hold this election, they can’t delay it beyond May 2015, APC is only waiting for victory which will come soon.

    According to Barr. Fuanter, even the Plateau voters have been calling the APC governorship flag bearer to assure him that they remain with him as long as PDP continued to postpone the election?

  • Alumni pledges support

    The alumni association of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, has assured the university management of its commitment to adding value to the university through lofty projects.

    National President of the association, Mr. Patrick Oluyide, gave the assurance when he visited the new Vice Chancellor, Prof. Igbekele Ajaibefun. Oluyide, who was accompanied by members of the executive, said the association has planned many programmes.

    “We have outlined programmes, including Annual Alumni Week, all of which are targeted at adding value to the university community,” he said.

    Congratulating Ajibefun on his appointment, Oluyide said he was optimistic of a brighter future for the university. Oluyide urged the Vice Chancellor to prioritize the students’ welfare and carry the alumni along.

    Responding, Ajibefun thanked the alumni body for the visit and acknowledged the importance of the association to the development of the university.

    “I am happy that you are here today. I am sure that you are aware that you are very critical to the development of your alma mater,” he said.

  • Market leader urges support for APC

    Market leader urges support for APC

    The Babaloja of Aswani Market in Lagos, Alhaji Taoridi Faronbi-Alado, yesterday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has all it takes to dislodge the   Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the centre in the general election this month.

    He urged Nigerians to support the candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, saying he is the solution to challenges facing Nigeria at the moment.

    Alado, on Saturday, said president Jonathan is the worse president Nigeria has ever produced.

    According to him, the shortcomings of his administration include his inability to provide adequate security for citizens, dwindling economy threatening the future of the nation and the high level of corruption in the system.

    Alado, who doubles as the APC’s political godfather in Mushin constituency, added that the party made an apt choice by presenting Buhari as its presidential candidate.

  • Group pledges support for Buhari

    Group pledges support for Buhari

    A group, the Voters Initiative Network, has thrown its weight behind Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and Professor Yemi Osinbajo’s presidential ticket.

    Justifying the need to support their candidacy, the group said, the two men will promite the interest of Nigerians.

    The convener, David Henry, said the group’s mission is to assist the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates. “We will embark on door to door campaign for these preferred candidates – Buhari/Oshinbajo, distribute fliers and sensitise people why there must be change in Nigeria.”

    The group also hinted of plans to organise a five million youth match to bolster its campaign-drive initiative. “Nigeria is blessed with abundant resources, and youths have been neglected over the years in every facet of governance and support. We need change.”

  • Support for Jonathan

    Support for Jonathan

    A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Oyo State, Adebisi Olopoenia, has reiterated his commitment to the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan.

    Olopoenia, who spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, yesterday, assured President Jonathan of massive support in Oyo State and Southwest.

    “President Jonathan is a leader, who has the people’s interest at heart. I believe and I am sure that the President will win next month,” he said.

    He hailed the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, for leading the campaign for the president’s re-election in Oyo State.

    “Oloye Akinjide should be praised for standing firmly for the campaign for President Jonathan’s re-election against all odds. She has brought good tidings to this state within the short period she was appointed minister.”