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2023: Allow Idoma govern Benue State – Forum cry out
A group under the aegis of Benue Rebirth Movement (BRM) has called on the Tiv political leaders to ceed the 2023 Governorship position to the Idoma people to enable them feel a sense of belonging in their state.
According to BRM, the Idoma people have been schemed out from governing the state and relegated to the background over the years, adding that the abnormality if corrected will definitely improve the development fortunes of the State.
Speaking while addressing a press conference in Jos, the Plateau state capital, the leader of the group Gen. Georfrey Ejiga (retd) said Benue state was created in 1976 where the Idoma people make up one Senatorial zone of Benue South, which political leaders of the state decided to call zone C’ while the Tiv Senatorial zones are called A and B.
Ejiga regretted that Benue is a state where the Idoma people can not be Governor, Speaker, head of judiciary, VC of Benue State University or VC Federal University of Agriculture, adding that the only position perpeltually reserved for the Idoma people is the position of a deputy governor.
He explained that BRM is arguing based on the agitation on agreement on zoning in 1999 agreed by the current political leaders at a meeting in Gemade’s house in Makurdi at the beginning of politics in 1999, noting that it was agreed that the governorship position will rotate among the zones.
Ejiga further argued that the position before 1999 was reviewed and it was realized that the two previous elected governors, Aper Aku and Rev . Father Moses Adasu were all from zone A stressing that it was to restart from zone B and rotate to zone C, A and B.
“Akume from zone B was therefore selected. At the end of Akume’s tenure in 2007, the Tiv people rejected the rotation to zone C’ and gave it to Suswan of zone A’, from Suswan, it was rotated to Ortom of zone B for the second time. Now that Ortom is about to complete his tenure in 2023, they have again zoned it to zone A. Thus zone A will have produced four elected governors, Aper Aku, Adasu, Suswan and the incoming one in 2023. Zone B will have produced two governors; Akume and Ortom.”
He lamented that zone C’ as it is right now have not produced any governor adding that with what they are saying and their disposition zone C’ will not produce any in the years to come.
“The action of the Tiv political leaders is creating tension, unhappiness, inferiority complex and despair in Idoma land.”
BRM also noted that the unjust deprivation of Idoma people from leadership is bound to create insecurity in the state. He pointed out that very soon the Idoma youths will revolt if nothing is done to remedy the situation .
Ejiga further advised Tiv leaders to learn from what is happening in Plateau state where governorship position have been rotated religiously among the three Senatorial zones that made up the state.
He commended the first breed of Tiv political leaders like JS Tarka, Isaac Shahu and Dr. Paul Unongo adding that the current breed of politicians are spreading hatred to justify their hold and importance in Tiv land and the state.
Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Jibrin Isah Echocho, has congratulated Muslim faithful for the successful completion of this year Ramadan fast, urging them to celebrate the Sallah in love, and unity across our communities.
Echocho in a statement madeavailable to CAPITALPOST in Lokoja o Sunday, described the Ramadan period as stressful, but deserving, because it is the only period for spiritual reflection on abstinence from immorality, sincere sacrifice and supplications to Allah.
He added that, Ramadan symbolises Allah’s way of teaching humanity on virtuous living, where people keep away from all forms of comfort to appreciate what the less privileged experience and deprivation they suffers daily.
He task Muslims to extend the lessons of Ramadan to the way we live with our neighbours.
“Let’s seek peace at all times and promote unity of purpose in our society” the Lawmaker demanded.
“May the celebration brings sustainable peace to our homes, my district, Kogi State and Nigeria, he concluded.
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has commended Senator Basheer Lado, for redefining the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, stating that, for the first time in a long while, the office is fully meeting its expectations.
Speaking during his visit to the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters accompanied by distinguished senators, Akpabio described the visit as a significant step in strengthening Executive-Legislative relations.
He praised the Special Adviser and his team for maintaining the confidentiality of communications between the President and Senate, and also, ensuring a seamless flow of information. He further emphasized that the office is now more result-oriented.
Additionally, he acknowledged the office’s diligent efforts in tracking all Bills passed by the Senate and assented to by the President, underscoring its critical role in legislative efficiency.
Expressing his satisfaction, Akpabio noted that he and the Senate delegation were proud of the office’s achievements and looked forward to sustaining the existing cordial and productive relationship between the Executive and the Legislature throughout the administration.
In recognition of his exemplary leadership, Senator Lado presented an Award of Excellence to Senator Akpabio.
In his remarks, Senator Lado reaffirmed his commitment to fostering a harmonious working relationship between the Executive and the Legislature. He lauded Akpabio for his unwavering dedication to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda—defending it with clarity, articulating it with passion, and advancing it through legislative action.
Ahead of the 2025 political party Congresses, Plateau State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP) stakeholders has endorsed the defection of the candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections and the leader of Justice and Rebirth, Barr Gyang Zi SAN, to the All Progressive Congress (APC) with the view to key into the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
They made the call in a communique issued at the end of the enlarge meeting of the stakeholders from Plateau North senatorial zone at the residence of Barr. Gyang Zi in Rayfield Jos.
The communique which was jointly signed by Dr. Ayiki Sati Director General, Justice and Rebirth and
Barr. Samuel Galadima- 2024 Chairmanship candidate of Jos East LGA among others said the call became imperative on the sideline of the leadership tussle at the National Level which violates the core principles and values for the formation of the Party as an alternative for Nigeria for the protection, sustenance of democracy and Social Justice.
They regretted that the leadership tussle has also divided the party into factions leaving party loyalists and supporters in the state of despondency and confusion not knowing where they belong.
Our correspondent reports that the gathering included LP candidates from the 2023/2024 general elections, party executives, and support groups from the six local government areas of the Northern Senatorial District.
Besides, the focus of the discussions was centered on the state of the Labour Party at both national and state levels and the need for political realignment ahead of the 2025 party congresses and conventions.
The stakeholders further frowned at the structural weaknesses in LP and resolved to advise Barr Gyang Zi, to leave the party and join the APC while expressing confidence that the APC would provide him with a platform to advance good governance in the state .
The communique also emphasized the importance of political consultations, particularly with APC leaders at both state and national levels. It called for collaboration with Plateau State APC leaders, including Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, Sen. Simon Bako Lalong, Sen. Diket Plang, and other party officials.
According to the communique, supporters of Barr Gyang Zi also pledged to mobilize grassroots support for the APC, stating that their leader’s defection would strengthen the party in the state.
They urged the APC leadership to formally receive Gyang Zi and his supporters into the party, marking their official transition from the Labour Party.
Stakeholders also reiterated the need for inclusive governance, ensuring that youths, women, and less privileged individuals are sidelined in the democratic process and accordingly officially denounced their membership in the Labour Party, declaring their support for the APC.
They assured that all LP structures aligned with Gyang Zi would follow suit, shifting their loyalty to the ruling party in the state and at the National level.
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