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Northern Youth group boils over Emefiele
The Northern Youth Assembly has been engulfed in an unmitigated crisis of interest with a faction claiming to have impeached the Speaker, Mohammed Salihu Danlami, alledging that he uses the group for “devious political plots to discredit effort of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.”
In a statement signed by Adamu Muhammad Funtua, Chairman of Committee on Media and Information which was sent to CAPITAL POST on Thursday, said the Speaker has been impeached and expelled for smear campaign and other unwholesome practices.
The statement said, even President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic agenda was also not spared of calumny, stressing that Danlami’s conduct posed a national security threat, hence, they have no choice than to impeach and expel him from the group.
In his stead, Mr Tahir Muhammad Azare has been appointed as Speaker of the group.
The statement said: “We had asked ourselves, which Emefiele is Mr. Salihu Danlami talking about? Is it the CBN Governor who deployed over N756 billion to 3.7 million farmers cultivating over 4.6 million hectares of farmland under the Anchor Borrowers Programme? Or was it the same man who provided N23 billion in relief materials to Covid-19 affected households and set up 39 Isolation Centres across Nigeria?
“We advised him and his thieving patrons to look elsewhere for a new target as Emefiele was a wrong target because he is not the cause of their poverty of ideas and take their fake news of Emefiele’s Presidential ambition somewhere else.”
“Salihu Mohammed had in a statement, launched verbal attacks on the person and office of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, attacked the economic agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari and threatened to shut down the Central Bank of Nigeria indefinitely.
“We have since reliably gathered that the smear campaign against Emefiele was being sponsored by some faceless prominent Nigerians who want to have their cronies in charge of the apex bank so that they can continue to loot the nation’s treasury unabated and to use funds from the bank to bankroll their vaulted political ambitions.
“As a responsible youth organization, we find it ridiculous, shameful and embarrassing that Salihu Mohammed Danlami can drag the good name of our group into this mess.” the Assembly said.
“No wonder Salihu has refused to hand over as the Speaker of our dear organization in the past seven years that he led the Assembly until he was disgraced out few days ago. It is clear that his desperation to remain in power is just to continue to use the name of the group to carry out nefarious activities to feather his nest.
Reacting to the impeachment saga, Salihu Danlami in a telephone conversation with CAPITAL POST insisted that he is the Speaker.
He explained that another set of executives of Arewa Youth Assembly will emerge through a congress which comes up on December 18, 2021 adding that Nigerians should not take the impeachment claim serious.
He further explained that issues he raised against the CBN governor should be defended rather distraction.
In the same vein, the National Clerk of Arewa Assembly, Hon. Desmond Mainakaro in a statement stated that the impeachment claim was carried out by attention seeking faceless groups.
He wondered how Tahir Muhammad Azare emerged from the blues claiming to have unseated the leadership of a group that was legally constituted.
The statement averred:
“The attention of the Leadership of Arewa Youth Assembly has been drawn to a release by a faceless group led by one Tahir Muhammad Azare who before now have never been seen or participated in any activity of the Arewa Youth Assembly.
“It is therefore, surprising for someone who doesn’t exist in the world of Arewa Youth Assembly to woke up overnight and claim something he doesn’t know of.
“This we believe, is aim at causing distraction from the main issue at hand, which is the incompetent and corrupt style of leadership of the CBN Governor, Emefiele, that is being questioned by the honourable Youth Assembly.
“We anticipated such tactics from those blindly supporting the CBN Governor. But we refused to be distracted from pursing our patriotic responsibility of safeguarding our economic integrity as a nation.
“To this end, we wish to call on security agencies to arrest with immediate effect the impostor (Tahir Muhammad Azare) for impersonation and breach of public peace, as his statement is capable of creating tension and unrest within the Arewa Youth Assembly family.”
Salihu Danlami has been in the forefront calling for Godwin Emefiele’s resignation as Central Bank governor over incompetence and total failure of Nigeria’s monetary policies under his watch.
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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