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Fromer Sokoto APC Guber Aspirant Projects PDP Victory

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Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State
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From Ankeli Emmanuel, Sokoto

Former Minister of Transport and one of the contestants to the recent   gubernatorial primaries in the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Yusuf Suleiman has said that the State was hundred per cent behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 

Suleiman, defected from APC to PDP shortly after failing to clinch his party’s ticket.

 

The former minister, Suleiman was appointed the 2023 Sokoto State Director General of Campaign by the incumbent governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the PDP.

 

Addressing newsmen shortly after his inauguration at a , Stakeholders meeting of the PDP at Giginya hotels, Yusuf Suleiman said, if elections were conducted a million times in Sokoto, the PDP would still win.

Given reasons for his assertion, Suleiman said, “our confidence is driven by the fact that, our people are hundred per cent with us. Democracy is about people and once you know, your people are outrightly behind you, then you have no fear over any election. 

“Even if election is conducted a million times in Sokoto, PDP will win hundred percent insha’allah. That therefore explains why I kept saying that this 2023 our prayers and hope are that God willing, PDP will not miss a single contestable seat””.

Commenting on some national issues, the former two times minister under PDP administration said Atiku Abubakar of the PDP will floor all others wit landslide victory come 2023. 

“‘PDP will win, the Presidential, Gubernatorial, clear all the three Senatorial districts of Sokoto, all the 11 House of Representatives Sets and all the 30 the State House of Assembly Seats come 2023. 

”This is our target and by the grace of Allah, it is achievable. Lossing a single election is not an option”” he stated.

On the strategies to actualizing the goals, he said the party will simply go back to those who put them there before who are still ready and willing to  put them there again. 

”And I am hundred percent confident that if there was any marriage between the Sokoto people and the APC before, it is now hundred percent divorced. It is a chaotic divorce. Sokoto has moved to the right ling ago, which is the PDP and APC to be left. 

While insisting that Sokoto people no longer want to have anything APC, the campaign DG, 

said the PDP has a presidential candidate that is in his right frame of mind and senses.

“Our greatest selling point is that, the PDP itself believe in democracy. Believes in empowering the people, and our candidates are better than others. Look at all of them. Take them head to head in comparison to others on both side right from the Presidential to governorship, you will know that we have filled the best candidates . 

“‘Out presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the Wazirin Adamawa is the most competent amongst all. He was a vice President for 8 years. A successful business man, someone who is in his right senses and the most experienced of the lots. He is been around politics for along time and understand how to chat and effectively execute road maps to a greater prosperous country. 

“This he can achieve and lots more because he is very much in his senses. You have never heard him missed calling PDP as APC, or have you? And that should tell you something about someone mental stability””. 

The essence of the  stakeholders meeting according to Suleiman was to interface with the leaders of various Council wards, committees and political groups.

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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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