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  • Vote Buhari for good governance, Razak urges electorate

    THE Grand Patron of Buhari/Osinbajo Mandate Group in Lagos State, Chief Lanre Razak, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, deserves re-election on February 16 to enable the party consolidate its developmental strides.

    He said the current war on corruption, massive development of the railways, especially the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge which is nearly completion, the counter-insurgency campaign, growth in the economy and the revolution in the agricultural sector, are among the major programmes of the APC-led Federal Government that would receive more attention with President Buhari’s re-election.

    In a statement, yesterday in Ikeja, the state capital, Razak, a former Commissioner for Public Transportation and Balogun General of Epe, also hailed APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for the mature manner he resolved the recent face-off between Governor Akinwunmi Ambode the House of Assembly on this year’s budget.

    The face-off paved the way for the presentation of the document by the governor.

    Razak said: “We members of the APC are enthused and want to commend the political sagacity of our great leader and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Tinubu, for intervening promptly to resolve the misunderstanding between the two arms of government over the 2019 state budget. His swift resolution of the impasse facilitated the presentation of the budget by Governor Ambode to the Assembly.

    “The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some civil society organisations (CSOs), which wanted to make a political capital out of the impasse, were disappointed at the positive turn of event as the issue was amicably addressed and all Lagosians are grateful to the APC National Leader.”

     

     

  • “Why Nigerian women’ll vote Buhari”

    Ahead of the forthcoming presidential election, prominent female politician and former governorship candidate in Lagos State, Chief (Mrs.) Remi Adiukwu, has said President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the majority of female votes across the country. The APC chieftain, who is a member of the Presidential Campaign Council, said former Vice President Abubakar Atiku is no match for the President politically.

    She explained that aside the fact that the current APC administration led by Buhari has given room for numerous women to showcase their abilities in governance both at federal and state levels, the President’s wife, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has warmed herself into the hearts of Nigerians with her motherly disposition and supportive approach to handling issues that has to do with women and youths.

    The former Commissioner who spoke yesterday at APC’s presidential rally in Lagos, also explained that the personalities of both President Buhari and his wife cannot in any way be compared with the personalities of the people the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) want Nigerians to elect into Aso Rock. “Buhari and his wife has shown us how exemplary the first family should be and we, as women and mothers, are determined to raise the bar rather than drop it.

    “President Buhari has shown that he is a lover of women and he believes in giving them opportunities to show what they can do in public offices. His many female appointments across the country has moved the country closer to the affirmative action. His wife is an exemplary woman who is always ready to help women and youths. So, don’t be surprised that Nigerians are eager to return this wonderful couple to Aso Rock for another term.

     

    PDP has not given us anything as good as what we already have,” she said.

  • Aisha to womenfolk: Vote Buhari as you did in 2015

    Wife of the president, Hajiya Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday launched the women and youth campaign for her husband in Kano.

    Speaking at the official launchof the 2019 general election campaign for women and youth at Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium, Kano, Aisha was optimistic that her husband would win re-election.

    She said she joined her husband in campaign in 2015 because of the laudable empowerment programmes the All Progressive, Congress planned for Nigerians.

    According to her, “These programmes are now being implemented by the FG through the office of the vice president. In 2015, my husband won election without giving a penny to Nigerians, therefore, I am optimistic that come February 16, he will again win re-election.”

    She urged women and youth across the country to vote for Buhari and other APC candidates at all levels.

    On his part, Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, assured the president that Kano would deliver more votes for him come February 16.

    Ganduje said the APC-led government had executed laudable projects in the state and the electorate would no doubt re-elect the party in the subsequent elections.

     

  • Aisha Buhari to women: vote Buhari again

    THE President’s wife, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, yesterday called on Nigerian women to ensure the return of All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in 2019.

    She spoke at a National Women Leadership Summit organised by a political group, Project 4+4 for Buhari & Osinbajo 2019, at the National Women Development Centre, Abuja.

    Mrs. Buhari, in a statement by her Director of Information, Suleiman Haruna, observed that during the last election, women participated fully in the voting process and ensured that APC was elected.

    According to her, that was why President Muhammadu Buhari administration came up with social investment programmes targeted at them and their children to engage them and reduce the level of poverty among them.

    She called on them to spread the good news of the accomplishments of the Buhari administration.

    Mrs. Buhari said women have been at the receiving end of the struggles of men, especially soldiers who have been fighting insurgency and called on government to ensure speedy release of their entitlements so that their families do not suffer.

    She called for a one-minute silence in honour of soldiers that lost their lives in the process.

    She hailed the political group for organising the summit and setting the tone for other Buhari support groups as 2019 election campaign period opens.

    Vice President’s wife Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo hailed women for providing a permanent support base for the APC and said they remain ambassadors of the party wherever they find themselves.

    She called on them to continue to support the party, saying continuation of the party in 2019 means a better Nigeria for them and their children.

    National Coordinator of Project 4+4 Comrade Garba Musa Bello said the purpose of the summit was to bring together women from 774 local government areas and chart for them a strategy for the campaign period.

    He said it was not in doubt that women control the voting power and as such, they must be reckoned with.

    Bello noted that the successes of government are too glaring to ignore, and women, who are witnesses and beneficiaries to these achievements, must pronounce them to the world.

    He hailed Mrs. Buhari and the role she plays in Nigeria’s political space, saying women have confidence in her protection and support.

    National Woman Leader Salamatu Baiwa said APC women have secured the concurrence of the party on the issue of a more gender-balanced administration come 2019.