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The Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party (LP) faction has asked the former presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and Labour Party (LP) Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to emulate the President of Liberia, George Weah and congratulate President Bola Tinubu. 

The Liberian President lost his re-election bid to opposition leader Joseph Boakai and conceded defeat.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, on Saturday in Abuja, the party said it expected Obi and Atiku to have buried the hatchet and join hands with the president in delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The statement reads: “The Liberian Presidential Election, though still on as the electoral umpire is yet to declare the winner of the election, the results so far have compelled the incumbent President George Weah to congratulate the opposition candidate, Boakai, who is obviously the winner.

“The Labour Party believed that it’s instructive that elections like any competition would produce the winner and loser. This is why the behaviour and reaction of President George Weah even before the official announcement of the results of the presidential election in Liberia to his loss should be commended and African leaders should emulate.

“So far, Boalai is leading with over 28000 votes leaving a polling unit where voting has not commenced and 20 polling units results are under scrutiny. Whatever comes from the above would not in any way affect the results so far collated.

“Nigerian leaders should emulate this spirit of sportsmanship. Once both the winners and losers have explored all the available processes and opportunities provided by the laws and constitution, the winners should be magnanimous in victory and the losers should be sportsmen and return to the drawing table for the next election.

“Any election should not be taken as do or die affairs. It should not be a war, a battle. We need ourselves.

“President George Weah of Liberia again has shown like Former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari that incumbency is not a tool to be used to rig election and opposition should not be intimidated by incumbency. 

“Electorate is the decider. Political parties compete for power by directing all their slogans, programmes and attention to the electorate. The people have spoken in Republic of Liberia. President George Weah has accepted the decision of the Liberian voters.

“The time is ripe for former Vice-president and PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of LP, Mr. Peter Obi to congratulate the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after the former had explored all the opportunities availed by the Constitution and the Electoral Law.

and the incumbent who in spite of losing his second term as President yesterday did not wait for anyone before he congratulated the winner.

“As a responsible leader, the former President Goodluck Jonathan also did the same like George Weah, and today he is being reckoned with as a great pillar of democracy.

“The Labour Party therefore appealed to Obi’ and Atiku to support the administration and have faith in ongoing reforms.

“We had expected the duo to have buried the hatchet and join hands with the president in delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“The Labour Party believed that the sanctity of the people’s will, as expressed at the polls, had prevailed immediately the Supreme Court delivered it’s verdict, so politics should have ended with that pronouncement.

”With the apex court ruling affirming the legitimacy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, electoral litigation has come to an end; Peter Obi should stop whipping a dead horse and what else does he want anyway.

“Peter Obi and Atiku should exhibit the spirit of sportsmanship and congratulate the president and join hands with him to revamp the economy and deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians.

“Lastly Labour Party wishes to end this statement with the golden words from Dr Martins Luther king Jnr

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”

 Nigerians masses through the Labour Party therefore asked the two former presidential candidates to congratulate the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu(GCFR) in the spirit of one united Nigeria as we can not choose to remain silent in the face of political and economic challenges that is facing our country and which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is working hard to overcome through the Renewed Hope Agenda.”

The Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party(LP) faction has asked the former presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and Labour Party (LP) Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to emulate the President of Liberia, George Weah and congratulate President Bola Tinubu. 

The Liberian President lost his re-election bid to opposition leader Joseph Boakai and conceded defeat.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, on Saturday in Abuja, the party said it expected Obi and Atiku to have buried the hatchet and join hands with the president in delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The statement reads: “The Liberian Presidential Election, though still on as the electoral umpire is yet to declare the winner of the election, the results so far have compelled the incumbent President George Weah to congratulate the opposition candidate, Boakai, who is obviously the winner.

“The Labour Party believed that it’s instructive that elections like any competition would produce the winner and loser. This is why the behaviour and reaction of President George Weah even before the official announcement of the results of the presidential election in Liberia to his loss should be commended and African leaders should emulate.

“So far, Boalai is leading with over 28000 votes leaving a polling unit where voting has not commenced and 20 polling units results are under scrutiny. Whatever comes from the above would not in any way affect the results so far collated.

“Nigerian leaders should emulate this spirit of sportsmanship. Once both the winners and losers have explored all the available processes and opportunities provided by the laws and constitution, the winners should be magnanimous in victory and the losers should be sportsmen and return to the drawing table for the next election.

“Any election should not be taken as do or die affairs. It should not be a war, a battle. We need ourselves.

“President George Weah of Liberia again has shown like Former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari that incumbency is not a tool to be used to rig election and opposition should not be intimidated by incumbency. 

“Electorate is the decider. Political parties compete for power by directing all their slogans, programmes and attention to the electorate. The people have spoken in Republic of Liberia. President George Weah has accepted the decision of the Liberian voters.

“The time is ripe for former Vice-president and PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of LP, Mr. Peter Obi to congratulate the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after the former had explored all the opportunities availed by the Constitution and the Electoral Law.

and the incumbent who in spite of losing his second term as President yesterday did not wait for anyone before he congratulated the winner.

“As a responsible leader, the former President Goodluck Jonathan also did the same like George Weah, and today he is being reckoned with as a great pillar of democracy.

“The Labour Party therefore appealed to Obi’ and Atiku to support the administration and have faith in ongoing reforms.

“We had expected the duo to have buried the hatchet and join hands with the president in delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda.

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“The Labour Party believed that the sanctity of the people’s will, as expressed at the polls, had prevailed immediately the Supreme Court delivered it’s verdict, so politics should have ended with that pronouncement.

”With the apex court ruling affirming the legitimacy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, electoral litigation has come to an end; Peter Obi should stop whipping a dead horse and what else does he want anyway.

“Peter Obi and Atiku should exhibit the spirit of sportsmanship and congratulate the president and join hands with him to revamp the economy and deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians.

“Lastly Labour Party wishes to end this statement with the golden words from Dr Martins Luther king Jnr

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”

 Nigerians masses through the Labour Party therefore asked the two former presidential candidates to congratulate the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu(GCFR) in the spirit of one united Nigeria as we can not choose to remain silent in the face of political and economic challenges that is facing our country and which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is working hard to overcome through the Renewed Hope Agenda.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that his administration would take all necessary actions to ensure universities do not embark on strike actions again.

Tinubu said the Federal Government was willing to establish synergy with all the academic unions within universities in the country as well as exhaust all avenues for dialogue before any strike actions.

Speaking at the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Tinubu expressed hope that the cooperation of the unions with the Federal Government would ensure the needed educational development in the country.

Tinubu, who was represented by a former President of West Africa College of Surgeon, Prof. King-David Terna Yawe, said the synergy would help to create an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity in all campuses.

The President said his administration was commitment to tackling all challenges confronting the education sector in the country and to reposition the sector.

” I would like to enjoin all the unions in our universities to cooperate with the Government in order to deliver the needed development by ensuring an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity on our campuses.

“On our part, we will ensure that motivational activities are put in place to ensure improved productivity. Reciprocative actions would be expected from our universities as Government works hard to raise the bar of conducive teaching and learning environment.

“To whom much is given, much is expected. Dialogue, patience, and positive engagements are better means of achieving results over strike actions. Industrial disharmony does nothing but to disrupt life, waste time and elongate academic calendar.

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“Therefore, all avenues for dialogue must be explored and exhausted before strike actions are considered, and as the last resort”

On the students loan, he said: “This Act will enable indigent students in all our tertiary institutions have access to interest-free loans which they would pay back at their convenience in future when they are gainfully employed.

“Under my watch and as I have said in my manifesto, no student will drop out of school as a result of inability to pay school charges.

“My Government would not shirk its responsibilities in this regard. We will ensure that educational institutions get their dues in order to perform their statutory duties optimally.”

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has said President Bola Tinubu was working towards propelling the nation towards a sustained progressive economy and job creation.

Onyejeocha stated this at a meeting with state coordinators and officials of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) with the theme: “Developing a Roadmap for the NDE within the framework of the Renewed Hope Agenda” in Abuja.

The Minister said that the current administration has weaved its employment policy around skills acquisition and entrepreneurship development for blue collar jobs and that the NDE was a catalyst in the attainment of the President’s desire to lift 50 million Nigerians out of poverty.

She called on the NDE to strengthen strategic initiatives to create more decent jobs and to be ready to translate the articulated policies of government into tangible realities. 

The Minister also charged the NDE to focus on the youth, women, and vulnerable groups to build the core skills needed for national revival, growth, and prosperity.

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Onyejeocha stressed the need to increase the tempo of sensitisation and awareness for the skills acquisition programmes and entrepreneurship development initiatives of the Directorate. 

The Minister said the call to the NDE was timely and necessary, especially at a time when Nigeria was faced with unemployment challenges, especially among the youth and women. 

She noted that the NDE, with its mandate to create jobs and promote employment, has a critical role to play in addressing this challenge. 

She further noted that by focusing on skills acquisition and entrepreneurship development, the NDE can help to equip Nigerians with the skills they need to be self-employed or to find jobs in the growing sectors of the economy. 

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the presidential election. 

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu also congratulated President-elect Joseph Boakai, who won the mandate of the people.

Tinubu, however, enjoined the Liberian President-elect to unite the country and build on the popular support expressed through the ballot box to deliver good governance to the people of Liberia.

President Tinubu commended President George Weah for demonstrating uncommon leadership by conceding the election and averting any form of socio-political crisis.

He said President Weah’s great act of democratic sportsmanship is exemplary, particularly at this time in West Africa, when democracy is under attack by malign actors who are bent on subverting the will of the people.

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“I commend President George Weah for his sterling example, undiluted patriotism, and statesmanship. He has defied the stereotype that peaceful transitions of power are untenable in West Africa. 

“He has demonstrated that the outcome of elections in the sub-region need not become the propellant of violence and unrest and that the will of the people must always be respected,” the President stated. 

Tinubu thanked the people of Liberia for peacefully exercising their rights and implores them to remain steadfast in the furtherance of peace and democracy.

President Bola Tinubu will today leave Abuja for Berlin, Germany, where he will take part in the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on Monday, November 20, 2023.

A statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the CwA Conference is being hosted by German Chancellor, Mr Olaf Scholz.

According to the statement, President Tinubu will during the conference,  join other Heads of State and Government of CwA member countries, bilateral partners, as well as heads of international organisations to deliberate on the immediate enhancement of economic and business cooperation with a view to outlining concrete measures to boost investments in critical areas such as energy, trade, infrastructure, new technologies, among others.

“The G20 CwA Conference will be taking place alongside the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, co-hosted by the German government and German business associations.

“In view of President Bola Tinubu’s globally recognized drive for foreign direct investment in Nigeria, the President will sustain the momentum and advance the mission further as he leads Nigeria’s delegation to participate in the investment summit.

“This visit also affirms President Tinubu’s commitment to diplomatic reciprocity as the invitation to Germany from the German Chancellor is being honoured following the visit of the German Chancellor to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria, from October 29 to October 30, 2023.

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“Leveraging the opportunity presented by the Fourth G20 Investment Summit, the Nigerian delegation will follow up on productive meetings previously conducted with high-ranking representatives from German business organizations who were part of the official delegation of the German Chancellor to Nigeria.

“In his discussions with Chancellor Scholz in October, President Tinubu highlighted the imminent need for more German companies to invest in the Nigerian market across multiple sectors of the Nigerian economy, such as transportation, mining, and energy, while noting that Nigeria remains Germany’s second largest trading partner in Africa.

“Nigeria and Germany, being the largest economies in Africa and Europe, respectively, recorded an increase in bilateral trade volume from two to three billion Euros between 2021 and 2022,”the statement said.

The President will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar; the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Mr. Wale Edun; the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite; and the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu.

The statement further revealed that “President Tinubu will return to the country following the conclusion of the conference”.

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has emphasised the need for women and girls to speak up when s3xually exploited, abused or violated.

According to a statement by her spokesperson, Busola Kukoyi, the First Lady said speaking up will not only help them access help and heal, but give others the confidence to speak up.

She was speaking at the special prayers organized by the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr Fatima Madda Bio, in honour of survivors of sexual exploitation, abuse and violence.

This was part of activities marking the United Nations Day of Prevention of, and Healing from Child Exploitation, Abuse and Violence.
“Women, speak up because your voice can help othere.

“When women stand together in freedom and speak their minds, they would remember that Fatima Madda Bio walked this path”, she said.

Mrs Tinubu pointed out that the commemoration of the UN Day is not just a day of freedom for only Sierra Leone but Africa as a whole.

She commended the First Lady of Sierra Leone for the commitment, dedication and hard work she put into seeing that the day is a reality.

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Earlier in her remarks, the host, Dr Fatima Madda Bio, pointed out that abusing women and girls is cowardly and should be eliminated using all possible legal and legislative means.

“As First Lady, I do not work for politics, but humanity, to give our best and we want to be remembered as those who changed the narrative in Sierra Leone”, she said.

The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Madda Bio assured that his country remains committed to eliminating all barriers being faced by girls and women so they can actualize their potentials.

There was a recitation by school girls to drive home the point that they will no longer be instruments of sexual exploitation, abuse or violence.

Prayers were also offered for survivors.
This is the second day of the visit by Nigeria’s First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu to Sierra Leone, where she will join her Angolan counterpart and their host on Saturday 18th of November to commemorate the first anniversary of the day.