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Achado Should be Grateful to ‘Yes Father Movement’ Instead of Playing Opposition – Alia

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From Attah Ede, Makurdi

Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on Sunday berated the member representing Gwer East/Gwer Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Asema Achado, saying Achado had forgotten so soon how he won his election through the “Yes Father Movement”.

The governor spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo in a press statement he issued to newsmen in Makurdi.

Alia was reacting to an open letter written to him by Achado.

Achado in his letter had advised the governor to always carry all party leaders and stakeholders along in the running of his administration and urged the governor to consider the position of the Senate on local government caretaker committee.

Reacting to Achado’s open letter, Alia said the lawmaker should have sought a private audience with him instead of attacking him on the social media.

The governor stated that if not for his Yes Father Movement, Achado wouldn’t have won his national assembly election.

He added that the federal lawmaker was not out to give him any advice.

The statement read in part: “We have read with utter surprise what is purported to be ‘advice’ from Arc Asema to His Excellency, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia flying all over social media in which he has made a series of spurious claim.

“It is a trifle disturbing that Arc Achado who is a stakeholder in the party would decide to resort to social media gossip and pontificating instead of seeking an audience with His Excellency to offer whatever kind of honest ‘advice’ that he may truly have.

“But what is clear is that Hon. Achado is not out to offer any form of meaningful advice, rather he is out to play to the gallery or at best play the role of an opposition within the party by taking sides with the traducers of the government.

“By the way, why would Achado, who is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Yes Father Movement, decide to stay very far off and would not come close to having an audience with the government and place his suggestions on the table?

“The Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe recalls an Igbo proverb which says that a man who cannot remember where he dried his clothes may not remember where the rain began to beat him.

“It is clear that Arc Achado cannot remember how the Yes Father Movement helped to dry his clothes after he was serially heavily beaten by the rain of Gwer politics.

“If Dr Achado does not remember his immediate history then it means he must be suffering from selective memory or amnesia. Then someone should jog his misty memory.

“Arc Achado claims that His Excellency hardly creates time for stakeholders and does not make consultations before taking key decisions.

“But suffice it to ask: has Arc Achado attended any of the stakeholders meetings called since the inception of this government?

“Has he at any time visited to seek a private audience with the governor on key issues and was denied?

“Has he ever sought to put forward his beautiful pieces of advice to the governor before rushing to plaster them all over social media?”

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NASC: Senate Confirms Nnanna Uzor Kalu as Commissioner For S/east

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The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Dr Nnanna Uzor Kalu as a commissioner in the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to represent the South-East geopolitical zone.

The confirmation followed the presentation and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, chaired by Sen.

Cyril Fasuyi, during plenary.

Kalu’s confirmation was previously stepped down in March due to a petition filed against him.

At the time, the senate had confirmed 12 out of 13 nominees for the NASC, withholding only the nomination from the South-East pending resolution of the matter.

Presenting the report, Fasuyi explained that the petition had been thoroughly investigated and dismissed by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions.

The committee found no grounds to disqualify the nominee.

“In line with the findings and recommendations of the relevant committees, the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service recommends the confirmation of Dr Nnanna Uzor Kalu,” Fasuyi said.

In his remarks, Senate President Godswill Akpabio thanked both committees for handling the issue with diligence and fairness.

He congratulated Kalu on his confirmation and urged him to serve with integrity.

“I urge the newly confirmed commissioner to uphold equity, fairness, and constitutional values while representing the South-East in the commission,” Akpabio said.(NAN)

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APC Seeks Arrest of Zamfara PDP Women Leader 

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The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the calls for violence by the State Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hajiya Rabi Madawaki.

In a statement issued in Gusau on Tuesday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris, the party called on security agencies to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Idris said, “We call on the security agencies to immediately arrest the women leader, Hajiya Rabi Madawaki, over her uncultured utterances.

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“APC as a strong opposition party in the state will not be intimidated by any threats from the Zamfara PDP government and they should know that the will of the people must prevail.

“The state PDP Women Leader, Hajiya Rabi Madawaki, made the statement in the presence of the Governor’s wife,  Hajiya Huriyya Dauda.

“The threat and intimidation by the PDP women leader came out with a completely different but savage way of forcing out support and subsequently,  votes for the governor,  Mr Dauda Lawal in the 2027 governorship election.

“Madawaki said in the presence of governor’s wife in Hausa language, at a gathering held in Gusau on Friday that translated as ‘anyone who does not vote for Dauda, we will maim, beat, kill him,  (zamu ci ubanshi zamu yi mashi duka)’.

According to him, in a civilised scoiety,  elections are always supposed to be free, fair and non violent.

Idris said, “President Bola Tinubu’s administration is trying to remove such threats to lives and property as well as  any form of intimidation from politics.

“The Zamfara chapter of the APC will not be scared by any form of intimidation and harassment or any act of violence.” (NAN)

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Youth Leader Urges Stakeholders to Rally behind Dickson for 2027

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From Mike Tayese, Yenagoa

A Youth Leader from Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Alhaji Letugbene has called on stakeholders in Ekeremor and Sagbama Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State to close ranks and work together to return the Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Seriake Dickson to the National Assembly come 2027.

Letugbene, who made the call recently said, Senator Dickson has performed creditably since he was elected and should be supported by all to continue his good work in the Senate, as there is no doubt in his political experience and leadership abilities and competence.
He particularly, appealed to the stakeholders and people of Ekeremor to rally round Senator Dickson because he remains the only and best option for the people of Bayelsa West who are clamouring for true representation.
”I want to call on my people in Ekeremor to join us to work together to return Senator Seriake Dickson back to the Senate in 2027.He has done well since he was elected and I’m convinced he will even do better for us” he said.According to him, Senator Dickson deserves the support of Ekeremor because he has impacted every community, noting that as a two-term governor, he cited several key projects in the LGA and appointed sons and daughters into key positions of trust, while as a federal lawmaker, he continues to impact the people positively.Letugbene, who is the National Vice Chairman of the Third Phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), also asserted, that Senator Dickson has taken the gauntlet left by the late Ijaw leader, Pa Edwin Clark, to face fire for the Ijaw Nation when it mattered most, noting that he stood his ground against intimidation and oppression to speak truth to power when issues affecting his people are on the front burner in the Red Chamber.He said Senator Dickson has remained vocal, courageous and fearless in the National Assembly, condemning the marginalization and oppression of the Ijaw Nation as well as other ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta, while demanding equity, fairness and justice for the people.Letugbene, however, bemoaned the actions of a few misguided stakeholders from Ekeremor who are whipping up sentiments against Senator Dickson through propaganda and claims that Sagbama is marginalizing Ekeremor over the Senate seat, urging them not to spread falsehood as the zoning formula in the area no longer existed and that anyone is free from either LGAs to contest the Senate and House of Representatives election in 2027.The ex-agitator, who passed a ‘vote of confidence’ on Senator Dickson, also enjoined beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme from Ekeremor LGA to support the federal lawmaker because of his assertive and unwavering commitment to the upliftment and betterment of Bayelsa West, the Ijaw people and the Niger Delta in the Nigerian Federation.

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