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Ignore blackmailers, busy bodies, Talakawa’s Parliament urges Niger Delta Minister
A group, Talakawa’s Parliament, TP, has decried an alleged marginalization of the people of the Edo South, especially from benefiting from the 2024 budget allocated to Niger Delta communities.
This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the group’s acting secretary Comrade Osas Agbonamwanre.
The group alleged that Oil Producing Communities in Edo South were not considered in the allocation of budget for Niger Deltans which led to agitations from the Senatorial District. According to them, series of petitions had also been written against the Minister, Dr Abubakar Momoh, including the one they sent to the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions.
It will be noted that the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions had written to the Niger Delta Affairs Minister to defend himself on why he allegedly allocated all the projects to a particular Senatorial District of Edo North while Edo South was completely excluded from the allocation.
Talakawa’s parliament also condemned an attempt by a group to smear the reputation and character of leaders of Benin National Congress, BNC, and the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions.
According to the statement: ” It has come to our notice of the purported and watery press statement issued by a self-deluding Coalition with the nomenclature *Coalition For Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa* and signed by one Mayaki where he vigorously encouraged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Abubakar Momoh to parochially focus on Edo South marginalization.
“While responding to a justiceable petition by the Benin National Congress worldwide, which was entertained by the House of Reps Public Petitions Committee on 7th March 2024 against the unprovoked marginalization and sequestration of the Oil and Gas producing Communities of Edo South, by excluding the only senatorial district from the five capital projects attracted to Edo State by the Minister who was appointed by the Presidency by the grace of the oil mineral deposits in the marginalized communities of Edo South.
“There is an adage that says ” A child who will not let his mother sleep will also have no peace”
“Those that are against development of the oil and gas producing communities of Edo South will not sleep, by the grace of God and our ancestors.
“The Minister cannot be focused when he is trying by all possible means to exacerbate the development of the underdevelopment of the Oil Producing Communities of Ikpoba Okha, Orhionmwon and Ovia North East Local Government Areas with the citing of major projects in Edo North without recourse to the oil producing communities. By the Minister’s anti-Benin tendencies, he inadvertently cast doubt about his qualification to be a Minister under President Tinubu’s administration that pride it’s regime as *renewed hope*.
“It is very obvious that the pivotal issue raised by the Benin National Congress( BNC ) in the petition was not addressed by Mayaki and his patron clientele, because, they have no sense to make about the logical arguments, including the irreducible demand that at least, 70% of the misappropriated capital projects in Edo North be immediately and unconditionally re-allocated according to Edo South Senatorial District.
“There is a legal maxim , *you cannot give what you don’t have* ( Nemo dat quod non habet) Since they have nothing reasonable to say, they chose to cast aspersion on the personalities of BNC leaders who took the bull by the horn by speaking truth to power, and to present the Minister as an ethnic jingoist, and a seeking misfit in the Federal Executive Council”, the statement noted.
Talakawa’s Parliament wishes to express its solidarity with the Benin National Congress and members of the National Assembly from Edo South who stood firmly for justice and in defense of development of the oli producing communities.
“We admonished the infinitesimal elements behind a non-existent Coalition For Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa to desist forthwith from exhibiting tomfooleries in the name of defending the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs whose act is capable of promoting social unrest, ethnic strife and anarchy in the oil and gas communities.
“They should know that the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs was created to focus on the infrastructural development, environmental protection and empowerment of youths in the oil rich Niger Delta region”.
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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