Politics
2023: Prepare your handover note,Nigerians are tired – PDP to APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to accept their mass failures in party management and governance and stop bothering Nigerians with their regular lamentations.
Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary in a statement on Wednesday, noted that, PDP’s position is predicated on a statement by the APC in which it claimed to have improved on electoral process in the country, “whereas what abounds in our nation is a painful story of how the APC has destroyed our economy, our electoral process and our national unity, to the extent that life has become despondent to the average Nigerian.”
He said that, ‘PDP accepted the fact that the APC lacks the capacity for feedback mechanism. However, the PDP wishes to bring to the attention of the APC that all Nigerians today would wish this administration had come to its end.
“Notwithstanding, our party counsel that the APC should begin to prepare their handover notes because Nigerians are not ready to endure this anguish beyond May 29, 2023.
“The PDP urges Nigerians to continue to rally with our party as we collectively prepare to rescue our nation from this incompetent, divisive and thoughtless APC and its administration,” The statement further said.
Politics
Yoruba Nation Agitators Pretenders, Against South-West Interest – Omitola
A professor of political science from the University of Osun, UNIOSUN, Bolaji Omitola, has said Yoruba nation agitation had no traction among the people of the South-West.
His remarks came in response to the renewed push for Yoruba Nation independence, particularly at a time when Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, hails from the region.
JomogNews recalls that individuals wearing foreign military attire recently occupied the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, and declared the secession of the Yoruba people from Nigeria, effective April 12, 2024.
In an interview with newsmen, Omitola described the proponents of this agitation as mere impostors who stand in opposition to the traditional values of the Yoruba people since Nigeria’s independence.
He emphasized that the Yoruba community is primarily interested in decentralizing Nigeria to allow each region to progress independently.
Omitola posed important questions, “Do these agitators truly have the support of the Yoruba people to justify seceding from Nigeria? Is there widespread approval for their message in the South-West, where a majority of Yoruba population resides?”
He remarked, “The Yoruba Nation advocates are similar to advocacy groups and NGOs in the country, lacking the necessary backing from the Yoruba populace.”
Regarding the disparities between the South-East and South-West, Omitola noted, “While the South-East faces issues of perceived marginalization, the South-West, barring the June 12 activism for presidency in 1999, has not expressed intentions to secede from Nigeria.”
He continued, “The historical stance of the Yorubas has always been focused on a decentralized system for individual regional growth, in line with the principles of Awolowo and the advocacies by Afenifere.”
Omitola concluded, “The Yoruba Nation concept has not resonated significantly with the Yoruba people. As someone well-versed in Nigerian politics, I can affirm that the current agitation in the South-West lacks the fervor witnessed in the South-East.”
Summing up his view, he said, “To the average Yoruba, the Yoruba Nation agitation appears out of place; many perceive the proponents as insincere actors deserving little attention.”
Politics
Obaseki Swears In Omobayo Marvellous Godwins As Shaibu’s Replacement
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has sworn-in Omobayo Marvellous Godwins as the new deputy governor of the state.
Obaseki picked 37-year-old Omobayo Godwin as his new deputy. Omobayo replaced Philip Shaibu, who was earlier impeached by the State House of Assembly on Monday morning.
Shaibu was impeached by the House of Assembly after the adoption of the report of the Justice S. A. Omonua (rtd)-led impeachment panel.
The panel was set up by the Chief Judge of Edo State to investigate allegations of misconduct and perjury against Shaibu.
Eighteen out of the 20 lawmakers that attended the plenary on Monday, April 8, 2024 voted in favour of the impeachment while one voted against.
In the report, the seven-man panel found the former deputy governor guilty of leaking government official secrets. But he was not found guilty of the allegation of perjury.
Following the impeachment, Obaseki immediately swore-in Omobayo to replace Shaibu.
Omobayo hails from Akoko-Edo Local Government Area in the same Edo North Senatorial District, where the impeached deputy governor came from.
Born July 19, 1986, Omobayo is said to be a “seasoned engineer with a proven track record of progressive professional experience in the oil and gas sector”.
His profile showed that he has a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Msc in Public Administration from the University of Benin, UNIBEN.
He is a registered member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN.
He serves as a Senior Maintenance Engineer in Dresser Wayne West Africa Limited, cutting his professional teeth in the operations in the South South area.
The new deputy governor is said to be active in politics in his local government area.
Politics
Fubara Plotting To Procure Orders To Declare Rivers Assembly Illegitimate – APC Alleges
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has raised alarm over an alleged plan by Governor Siminalayi Fubara to procure interim orders from some judges to declare the Martins Amaewhule-led State House of Assembly as illegitimate.
The Chairman of the APC’s Caretaker Committee in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, revealed this during a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Okocha, while withholding the names of the judges allegedly targeted by Fubara, vowed to disclose them in a petition to the Nigeria Judicial Council, NJC.
Okocha asserted that Governor Fubara intends to utilize the orders to appoint Caretaker Committees in the 23 local government areas, contravening President Bola Tinubu’s directive outlined in the peace pact signed by the governor, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and others in December 2023.
The APC vehemently stated its opposition to Fubara’s proposed actions, emphasizing its commitment to safeguarding the state and the interests of the party.
He said, “I want to use this opportunity to inform Rivers people and Nigerians of the move by the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to procure interim orders from Judges that I may not name here, but I will put in my petition today to the National Judicial Council.
“He wants to procure an interim order stopping the implementation of the laws which he was vetoed over.
“He wants to procure an order to announce as illegal the Rivers State House of Assembly as constituted and as led by Rt. Hon. Martin Chike Amaewhule.
“The Governor is in the business as we speak and I speak with all authority because the walls have ears.
“These are the plans that are on and he is doing that so that he will now leverage on that order to go ahead to appoint caretaker committees in local government against the warning of the man he says he respects, the President.
“But let me put it clearly here that we will stoutly, vehemently oppose such negative subterranean moves by a man who ought to protect the dignity and integrity of a state called Rivers.
“Rivers State cannot be turned into a pariah because of the cluelessness of one person.
“Rivers State is a state to be reckoned with in the comity of nations, highly respected and regarded.
“But see how dangerously we have fallen because we have a Governor who does not understand his left from his right.
“So we put out this clearly to Nigerians and to Rivers people that we will stoutly disobey that.” He added.
In his reaction to the allegation by the APC, the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Joe Johnson, clarified that the claims by Okocha are false.
According to Johnson, “There is nothing like that we are not given to backyard business.
“My governor does not do anything that is illegal and he is not interested in any illegality.
“Whatever will come from the courts will not come from the back door.
“We are not like them and the governor has said that he will surprise them so he will surprise them.”
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