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  • Wadada, Fadahunsi, Umeh, seven other senators set to change parties

    Wadada, Fadahunsi, Umeh, seven other senators set to change parties

    As alignment and realignment ahead of 2027 elections continued to take place, no fewer than 10 Senators are set to change parties.

    The indications of these moves are clear given the way events are shaping up at the Red Chamber.

    Both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the adopted party by the coalition of opposition, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) will benefit from these movements.

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    The APC has a commanding membership status in the Senate, followed by the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to lose more members.

    Also expected to lose members is the Labour Party.

    Senator Ireti Kingibe (LP FCT as already are readiness to defect to the ADC on the floorf of the senate.

    Her colleagues Victor Umeh (LP – Anambra Central)  and Tony Nwoye (LP – Anambra North) are very likely ADC.

    The trio of Umeh, Nwoye and Kingibe attended the takeover of the ADC leadership by defecting coalition politicians last month in Abuja.

    Another Senator expected to jump ship soon from Social Democratic Party (SDP) to APC is Senator Aliyu Ahmed Wadada (SDP – Nasarawa West).

    Wadada’s bid for APC ticket to successes Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi sule is common place in the state.

    As a member of APC in 2020 he defected to the SDP after he was denied the party’s ticket. He won the election.

    Now he was to return to the ruling party to contest for governor.

    His ambition is already creation rillples in the APC leadership in the state.

    Wadada, Chairman of the Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) may cross the aisle on the floor of the Senate anytime soon is awaiting to complete some critical assignment of the committee, before cross aisle in the Read Chamber.

    After moving to the ruling party, he will lose the Chairmanship of SPAC which is traditionally reserved for a members of the opposition party.

    Already, two senators from Akwa Ibom State, Ekong Sampson (PDP – Akwa Ibom South) and Aniekan Etim Bassey (PDP – Akwa Ibom North East) have announced their defection to the APC during the movement of Akwa Bimo State governor Umo Eno to the APC last month.

    They are waiting to for the right time to formalize their decision on the floor of the Senate.

    In addition, the three senators representing Osun State on the platform of the PDP, are expected to defect soon to the APC.

    This is premised on information in the public domain that the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, is believed to be deep in consultation over his defection plan.

    The three senators are – Oluwole Olubiyi Fadeyi (Osun – Central), Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi (Osun – Osun East) and Kamorudeen Olalere Oyewumi ( Osun West).

    While Senators Olubiyi and Fadahunsi may likely cross the aisle from PDP to APC soon, the defection of Senator Olalere may be delayed, who will loose the position the moment he crosses over to the ruling party.

    The defection of these senators will alter the configuration of the Senate with the APC gaining more members in addition to its 68 out of the 1096.

    Senate Minority leaders Abba Moro (Benue) may also be on his way out of the PDP given his relation with the man he succeeded and his political benefactor, former Senate President David Mark.

    Mark is national interim chair of the ADC

  • God willing, I will be next governor of Nasarawa – Wadada

    God willing, I will be next governor of Nasarawa – Wadada

    The senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District, Aliyu Ahmed Wadada, has stated that he will be the next governor of Nasarawa State by the special grace of God in 2027.

    Senator Wadada who represents the senatorial district on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, SDP and chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, says the All Progressive Congress, APC, is in his bone marrow, having played a key role in its formation.

    He stated this recently during an interview with some select journalists in his Keffi residence, adding that he has all that it takes to be the Governor of the state.

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    “I have had the intention to govern the state from birth, and I first declared the intention in 2019. I participated and played the role that I played, today God in his infinite mercy has put it in much clearer terms that I’m the most qualified for it, and others too are equally qualified for it.

    “I’m by the grace of God gunning for the Governorship of Nasarawa state come 2027, because based on my records of public service and God mercies upon me, I have all its takes to be Governor of Nasarawa state ” He said

    According to him “I’m sitting on a mandate today in the Senate under a different platform; there is nothing wrong in people calling me to join the APC. APC is in my bone marrow, what culminated to the emergence of APC, one of the greatest critical ingredients was the PDP2, the New-PDP; I was the national financial secretary of N-PDP which later merged to form the APC.

  • God willing, I will be next Nasarawa Governor – Wadada

    God willing, I will be next Nasarawa Governor – Wadada

    Senator Aliyu Ahmed Wadada (Nasarawa West) has boasted he will be the next Governor of the State by the special grace of God in 2027.

    The Social Democratic Party (SDP) lawmaker, who is chairman Senate Committee on Public Accounts, said the All Progressive Congress, (APC) is in his bone marrow having played a key role to its formation. 

    He spoke during an interview with some select Journalists in his Keffi residence, adding that he has all that it takes to be the Governor.

    According to him: “I had intention to govern the state from birth, and I first declare the intention in 2019, I participated and played the role that I played, today God in his infinite mercy has put it in much clearer terms that I’m the most qualified for it, and others too are equally qualified for it. 

    ” I’m by the grace of God gunning for the Governorship of Nasarawa state come 2027, because base on my records of public service and God mercies upon me, I have all its takes to be Governor of Nasarawa state.  

    “I’m sitting on a mandate today in the Senate under a different platform, there is nothing wrong in people calling me to join APC, APC is in my bone marrow, what culminated to the emergence of APC, one of the greatest critical ingredients was the PDP2, the New-PDP, I was the national financial secretary of N-PDP which later merged to form the APC. 

    “I added the needed colours and values to the merger, situationally, I have to leave APC, born out of my high risk bearing, anybody that you see succeeds in life, that person risk bearing must be very high. 

    ” Some people felt they could do what they did, we were not in a position to stop them, but because God says his world is wide, it is actually a clarion call from God, I will be the next Governor of Nasarawa state by the special grace of God, it’s God calling and no one can stop it “

    Wadada clarified insinuations he is disrespectful to elders saying “I’m not a disrespectful person, I was well bred, the only difference is that you can’t trample on me and I will just allow you to go, that is all, once you trample on my rights due to certain temporal privileges you enjoyed, that is when you see the other side of me. 

    ” I don’t take chances, you can not take me for granted, the movement you do, I look up to your face and tell you, to hail, that is all, and I mind my business, and in this part of the world, minding your business, saying it the way it is, you are considered disrespectful. 

    “If I’m truly disrespectful, I wouldn’t have withdrawn my case in 2015 and everybody saw what transpired at the primaries of APC in 2019 but from the venue of the primaries, the first pot of call was to then Governor Al-makura and Senator Abdullahi Adamu houses to pledge my loyalty to them and to the success of the party, and I played a role, clean cleared role, morally, spiritually and financially and we know the role that everybody played, it is just God, forget it.”

  • Wadada disburses WAEC registration fees to 744 less-privileged students in Nasarawa

    Wadada disburses WAEC registration fees to 744 less-privileged students in Nasarawa

    Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Senator Aliyu Ahmed Wadada, has provided WAEC registration fees for 744 less-privileged students in public schools in his senatorial district.

    The senatorial district comprises Karu, Keffi, Kokona, Nasarawa, and Toto local government areas, through his Education Foundation.

    Chairman, 2024 WAEC Sponsorship Committee of the Foundation, Mallam Ismailia Nuhu, made this known in Karu Local Government Area yesterday during the disbursement of the fees to the students.

    According to Nuhu, the gesture is borne out of the compassion of Senator Ahmed Wadada to support less privileged students in public schools so they can write their examinations and fulfil their dreams.

    He said 744 students were selected across the Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone comprising Karu, Keffi, Kokona, Nasarawa and Toto local government areas with a budget of about N25 million earmarked for the education support for the students.

    “This is a wonderful initiative by the distinguished senator because we discovered that we will have brilliant students qualified to write WAEC but cannot only because of this little amount of money.

    “So the senator thought it wise to intervene and support those unable to pay their fees. This is just a start. We understand that the WAEC registration fees is N33, 600 per candidate and Distinguished Senator Wadada released N25 million for this gesture.

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    “So if you divide fees by the amount released by the senator, you will get 744 slots. That is the number of students to be supported across the five local government areas in the Senatorial Zone,” he said.

    Nuhu, however, pointed out that merit in terms of academic performance of the less privileged students was prioritised in the selection of those to benefit, with all the electoral wards in the Senatorial Zone benefiting from the gesture.

    He further explained that out of the 744 slots earmarked for the students, each local government got 134 slots, making it a total of 670, while the remaining slots were offered to opinion and political leaders for their candidates eligible for the 2024 WAEC examinations.

    Miss Hafsat Yunusa, a beneficiary from Government Secondary School, Kuru in Toto Local Government Area, appreciating the senator, said the gesture was the first by any lawmaker in the area, promising to use the money for the purpose for which it was meant.