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Presidential pardon to Dariye, Nyame most shameful to Buhari’s gov’t – Gov. Wike
Governor of Rivers State and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Ezenwo Nyeson Wike has reacted to the presidential pardon granted to the former governors of Plateau and Taraba States.
Wike described as shameful the pardon granted to the two former governors Jolly Nyame and Joshua Dariye of Plateau and Taraba states by the council of state under President Mohammed Buhari.
“The government that claimed to be fighting corruption granting pardon to the governors that stole state funds in bilions. This is the highest level of shameful to be displayed by a government that claimed to be figthing Corruption in the country” he asserted.
He decried banditry and all forms of insecurity in the nation, saying, that the only project that the All Progressive Congress (APC) led government was able to execute in some parts of the Northern Nigeria is armed bandtiry.
He said apart from banditry and high level of poverty and insecurity across the North Central and North West, there is nothing for the APC led government was able to achieve in the last seven years of their maladministration.
Addressing Peoples Democratic Party supporters at the party Secretariat in Minna at the weekend, Governor Wike noted that the APC led administration in the country could best be described as monumental disappointment to Nigerians and he will dislodge the APC administration if given the PDP ticket at the party Congress.
According to him, the APC administration in the last seven years has succeeded in creating fear, hungry poverty and insecurity in the country adding that they have failed the Nigerian people without any tangible project to show apart from bandtiry in the North Central and the North West.
He assured that if given the PDP ticket at the party Congress APC led administration should be prepared to pack out of the Aso Villa ” because I will give them the fight for their money. Just give the party ticket at the Congress, I’m assuring you I will win at the general election in 2023″.
He said he has paid his dues to the Peoples Democratic Party and no amount of blackmail, threat and intimidations will deterred him from aspiring the presidential race of the party, requesting the Niger State delegates to vote him at the party Congress.
“I have been a member of PDP, since 1998. The party has given me everything I want in my life. No matter the provocation, I will never leave the PDP. No amount of threat and blackmail that will deterred me.
“I have paid my dues in PDP. So my delegates in Niger State, I’m requesting for your vote at the convention. So please I need your massive vote at the Congress.” he requested.
He insisted that the day he will be given the party ticket at the Congress the APC administration has come to an end, adding that he will go all to Win the general election in 2023.
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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