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Yoruba Presidency: Group Targets 40m Votes

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Akinwale Kasali
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AYDM Executives

By Akinwale Kasali

Pan Yoruba Group, the Alliance of Yoruba Democratic Movements, AYDM, says it target 40 million Votes from the South West Region as the 2023 general election draws closer.

As part of the plan the group, an Alliance of civil society and community-based groups in the region, said it will recruit 150,000 campaign volunteers in its bid to ensure overwhelming votes in the region

In a statement on Wednesday, the General Secretary of the group, Popoola Ajayi, said the campaign volunteers will work across the old Western Region including Kogi, Kwara, Delta and Edo States.

“Vote is political and economic power. The South West needs to show strength. It is the surest way to inform the local and international community about the real population of our people” the AYDM said.

Some groups in the alliance include The Covenant Group, (CG), Agbekoya led by Chief Kunle Osodi, Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC New Era), Network for Yoruba Alliance, (NEYA), Oodua Students Movement, (OSM) led by Comrade Deji Omotoyinbo among the 121 members of the movement.

The AYDM said it would vigorously pursue its earlier position to support any presidential candidate from the South West.

Not a few believes that the group is working for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate.

It added that Nigeria faces very difficult times the worst of which is violent terrorism and economic terror inflicted through poverty and lack of access to opportunities.

Speaking further, Ajayi said the best way to deepen democracy is for Nigerians to chose their leaders during elections.

The campaign volunteers are expected to work three days in a week.

After extensive training on communication, they will be required to visit strategic places, institutions, cities, rural and urban communities including farm and fishing settlements in the remotest areas.

Ajayi said the AYDM will explore the goodwill of the leaders of associations in the alliance who already command respect and dignity of their members

‘In the days of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Western Region used to be the bride of electoral politics. The region recorded overwhelming votes each time election held. We can do the same again” the statement signed by the AYDM General Secretary, Ajayi said.

He said the group is working to ensure no fewer than 30 to 40 million votes are recorded in the South West plus Kogi, Kwara, Edo and Delta States.

The AYDM came into limelight early this year when it brought together several Pan Yoruba groups that cut across every sphere of human endeavours, including Yoruba groups across West Africa, especially in Ivory Coast where the Yoruba population has peaked at 3.5 million.

The group hosted a summit in April which drew over 1,500 delegates from across the South West including representatives from leaders of non-Yoruba -ethnic groups living in the South West.

“Our strategy is to ensure at least 90 percent turn-out of residents of South West Nigeria on voting day. Our target is all residents in the South West not Yoruba alone,” Ajayi said

The members of AYDM have now increased to 121 different associations of farmers, students, peasants, community-based groups and professional blocs alike.

Opinion: How Bola Tinubu Commissioned Four Teams To Find His Certificates

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Tosin Olatokunbo
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By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

What the CIA does not know does not exist.

In Luke 24:5-7, the angel said to the women who went to the tomb in search of Jesus, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?”

For those looking for Bola Tinubu’s certificates, I ask, why do you seek from St. Paul’s School, Aroloya, Lagos, and Government College Ibadan, when you should be seeking them at Iragbiji?

It wasn’t intentional when Bola Tinubu left blank in his INEC forms the names of the primary and secondary schools he attended. No, I mean, it was intentional, but nothing was malicious about it. After all, Bola Tinubu is an honorable man.

Bola Tinubu really tried to find the certificates but could not find them. And when in doubt, the safest thing to do is back off. It is the first law of journalism. It doesn’t matter how many Bode Georges are telling him the schools he attended and the years. Once he would not find the certificates, he must desist from mentioning the schools.

What is the point of writing the names of the primary or secondary schools when you cannot find the certificates to back them up? What is the point unless Bola Tinubu wants inquisitive Nigerians to storm the schools to dig up abandoned toilets, manure pits, and headmaster’s offices in search of the certificates? Or in the case of one particular school destroyed during the Korean War, it could lead to curious Nigerians disturbing the dead by digging up burial grounds that are now on the premises.

These nosy Nigerians would like to perform the DNA test of Tinubu’s deceased classmates to see if there will be a match.

Unknown to most Nigerians, Bola Tinubu launched four frantic searches in 2014 for Bola Tinubu’s certificates. The moment Buhari became the nominee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu knew it would be his turn next. And because he knew how Nigerians think, he knew when it became his turn, whether in 2019 or 2023, that Nigerians would expect him to present his certificates. He quickly set up four teams to search for them. That, I must say, is what an honorable man will do.

One team started to visit the tomb of unknown soldiers. He remembered that some unknown soldiers stormed his house when he was in exile in 1994 and ransacked it. Some of the things they took were his certificates. These unknown soldiers knew even then that his turn to be president was coming and they were determined to frustrate his destiny. They were vicious. They did not just take his primary and secondary school certificates; they also took all the exercise books he used in school, including that perfectly ruled composition book; his awards, like his dancing championship award. The one that pained him most was his debating society competition certificate for five consecutive years across several schools in the Western Region. He fondly remembered winning a particular debate for his school when he told a hall full of students and teachers in Ibadan that “a egg is a better asset than a wheelbarrow.” The applause he got was more thunderous than the one he received when he returned from Abuja after winning the APC’s presidential primaries. No be today honor start to follow Bola Tinubu around.

Another team of certificate finders headed by a protégée of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo got the job of searching through all the forms Bola Tinubu ever filled in his service in Lagos State. They started when he ran for the senate in 1992. This team made sure that Tokunbo Afikuyomi was reminded to memorize the story he told in 1999 when this certificate scandal first broke and shocked the new governor of Lagos State. They wanted him to remain consistent with his story no matter the pressure and inducement by enemies of progress. They did not want the man to have a second thought and change his story. If there was a need to make the man comfortable, this team had the mandate to do whatever it took. If there was a need to make his memory disappear, the team was also well equipped. The same team was later deployed when the Alpha Beta scandal opened. They were the most fortified team, with express access to Bourdillon Road’s vaults and the right to invoke force majeure. They did such a great job in both assignments that the team leader was given a juicy position in the current campaign for president as a reward. Even Jeffery Archer agrees that there is honor among thieves.

Another team was sent to America. They had with them an auto delete tool. They were the most methodical of all the teams. From Bola Tinubu’s first international passport to the ticket he used to leave Nigeria in 1969 (or is it 1971?), they went everywhere deleting and destroying what didn’t match what is currently on Wikipedia. Where there is a ‘she,’ they changed it to a ‘he,’ and where there is a height discrepancy, they adjusted it accordingly. They were so sophisticated that they penetrated the American embassy and ensured that the 1969 or 1972 visa application disappeared. From there, they went to Chicago and did a fantastic job at Richard J. Daley College and Chicago State University. Even the FBI, when they looked at Bola Tinubu’s drug-related charges of the 1970s in Chicago and the rest of his FBI file, was very impressed at how this team combed everything. Bola Tinubu’s first driver’s license in America, the forms he filled at the first school he applied for, and the lease he signed at his first apartment were carefully scrutinized and sealed. Those that they could not discard were legally sealed, never to see the light of the day for 100 years after the death of Bola Tinubu. It was so watertight that, even if Bola Tinubu wrote the institutions involved to waive his right to privacy, these forms and copies of documents he submitted would not be public until 100 years after his death.

In all their investigations, there was no sign of his birth certificate or primary and secondary school certificates. Nothing. The researchers who worked on James Bond’s movie, “Tomorrow Never Dies,” consulted this team out of respect for what they delivered for Bola Tinubu. That was when Tinubu’s reputation for honor got enshrined in the constitution of Lagos.

The final team is the one that started work in Iragbiji, Osun State, the place Bola Tinubu was actually born as Yekini Amanda Ogunlere. This team had a very simple mandate. Find all those old enough to remember when the Jagaban was a small boy running around in his underwear, dancing in the rain, and eating ewedu and amala without washing his hands. The instruction to this team was, “When you gather those who knew him, tell them the same thing Will Smith said to people who saw aliens in “Men In Black” before he used the neuralyzer, an electro bio-medical neural transmitting zero synapse repositioner, to wipe the minds of all who saw its flash.

The neuralyzer does so by isolating and editing the electronic impulses that control memories. This team deployed it across the old Oyo State and wiped out any memory of Yekini Amanda Ogunlere. They supplied all the victims with a new memory of one Bola Tinubu, born in Lagos State in the house of his alternate mother, Madam Tinubu, in whom he is well pleased.

At this point, there is no way to recover deleted files. There is no way to restore altered DNA. There is only one de-neuralyser that can reverse memories lost – and that is Professor Yemi Osinbajo. He was there in 1999 when the bodies were buried. Unfortunately, there is no hope that a man like Osinbajo, whose convoy as the Vice President is nothing compared to Bola Tinubu’s convoy as a presidential candidate, will try to unmask the man from Iragbiji. As they say, once beaten, twice shy.

The only thing that can stop Bola Tinubu from becoming the next president of Nigeria come 2023 is if Jack Bauer comes out of retirement and is given 24 hours to find any of Bola Tinubu’s certificates – birth or primary or secondary school certificates for there lies his original sin. The other thing that could happen, though most unlikely, is if the God of Oyedepo, Adeboye, and Suleman, hears their prayers, touches Tinubu’s heart, and makes him confess his sins. But that will only happen if Tinubu wants to be free. And so far, it doesn’t look that way. As a man of honor, Bola Tinubu, is taking all his scams to the grave.

Again, what the CIA does not know does not exist.

Okonkwo teaches Post-Colonial African History at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Defection: Gov Ortom Urges PDP To Stop Wike; Says Party Treated Him Badly

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Ayodele Oni
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By Ayodele Oni

Rivers state Governor, Nyesome Wike’s rejection at the last minute as the running mate to presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) does not go down well with some of his colleagues in the PDP Governors Forum.

His unusual silence since his rejection is another issue that should make the leadership of the party make effort to reach out to Wike, according to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, a staunch ally of the Rivers’ helmsman.

Ortom challenged the leadership of the PDP, to go to the Rivers State Governor and appeal to him and still make him feel a sense of belonging.

According to Ortom, the PDP has treated Wike, a former presidential aspirant of the party, badly.

Ortom, who appeared on Arise TV on Wednesday morning, also claimed that it was Wike who brought him back to the PDP in 2015 when he was treated unjustly.

“Why do you just send calls to Wike, you should have to go to him.

“When people left the party, Wike was on ground. It was Wike that brought me back to PDP when I was treated unjustly.

“He brought me back to PDP in 2015. You have treated Wike badly. The party at the national level should go to him and appeal to him. He came second to Atiku.”

Wike, has since he lost out in the PDP Presidential primary, been involved in closed-door meetings with some top opposition leaders who visited his country home, for meetings which details were not made public.

Just last week, the governor met with Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labor Party; Governor David Umahi of the All Progressives’ Congress, (APC); Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian People’s Party, (NNPP); and the Bauchi State Governor and former presidential aspirant, Senator Bala Mohammed of the PDP at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The visits were sequel to rumour of Wike’s alleged plan to dump the PDP after failed bid to emerge as a running mate to the flag bearer of the party for the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar.

Early this week, former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose hinted that his next line of action and that of Wike would soon be made public.

Fayose stated this while protesting his non-inclusion in the list of national campaign team of Osun Governorship election, which Wike is a member.

PDP in Ekiti state has equally accused Fayose of nocturnal romance with Governor Wike, saying that members of the party in the state are supporting Atiku’s ambition.

CBN: UK Varsity Demands Prompt Payment Of Nigerian Students’ Tuition

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Tosin Olatokunbo
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By Tosin Olatokunbo

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has been urged by the Manchester Metropolitan University, MMU to do something about the delay in paying school fees of Nigerian students studying in the university. This was contained in a letter written by the university to the CBN, according to TheCable.

The letter is believed to have been sent to the apex bank following suggestions that it will, by the end of this yea,r stop providing forex to Nigerians studying abroad through the official window.

Watchers of the bank said the Godwin Emefiele-led CBN is currently tinkering with different measures to tackle the forex crisis rocking the country.

Experts insist that they would not rule out any measures to stop the flight of scarce forex by the CBN.

For instance, some have speculated that the CBN, will by December 2022 withdraw the Form A which allows foreign students to purchase forex at official lower rate.

The university had responded to TheCable’s query on the suggestion that CBN was about to withdraw the Form A thus:  “we understood that the CBN’s Form A discounted rate was to be withdrawn at the end of this year, and therefore, we gave our students guidance to help deal with the issues this might present.

“At Manchester Metropolitan University, our primary concern is always for the wellbeing of our students. Nigerian students primarily pay via the CBN using the Form A discounted rate.

“If this was withdrawn it may lead students to use parallel market payments which comes with a significant additional premium, adding to the financial burden for our students.”

The apex bank has denied this, saying it has no intention to do that.

Despite the clarification, the UK university said it’s now taking too long, at least six weeks, for the CBN to clear students’ tuition fees.

The university said in the letter to CBN that “In recent months we have seen payments from students coming via the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) taking six to seven weeks or longer to reach us. A student coming to the University in September needs to make a statutory payment to secure their visa, and if this process is taking six to seven weeks it creates unnecessary stress for the students.”

Supreme Court Clarifies CJN’s Age; NASS Begins Probe

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Tosin Olatokunbo
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By Tosin Olatokunbo

The Supreme Court has laid to rest the controversy surrounding the true age of Justice Olukayode Ariowool, the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN following suggestions that he may have falsified his age.

Ariwoola succeeded Justice Tanko Muhammad who retired from the apex court due to health reasons.

The clarification comes after the National Assembly said it will probe the allegation of malfeasance against his predecessor who was on Monday conferred with the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, GCFR by the president.

The new CJN is among 14 justices of the court, who last week, accused Muhammad of corruption.

After Ariwooola swearing in on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari, controversy had trailed his age after many Nigerians observed discrepancies in the information, he provided concerning his age.

The initial document he provided showed that he was born in 1958 and started primary school a year after in 1959, making many to wonder how that can be possible, as others said the new CJN may have falsified his age.

The earlier information on the court’s official website showed that Justice Ariwoola was born in Iseyin, Oyo state, on August 22, 1958 and began his primary education in 1959 at the Local Authority Demonstration School, Oluwole, in his hometown.

But the apex court’s spokesman Dr Festus Aweneri, has now clarified that Justice Ariwoola he was born in 1954 and not 1958 as information in the public space indicated.

Speaking on Tuesday, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, said the former CJN had a question to answer.

In a motion tagged: “State of Affairs in the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Demand by Justices of the Court,” Bamidele said the committee will look into the allegations raised against Justice Muhammad to safeguard the integrity of the nation’s apex court.

“The sacred image of the judiciary, which is the epicentre of the temple of justice should be preserved by the Senate through appropriate legislative measures in order to safeguard this highly revered institution and prevent it from being ridiculed,” he said.

He said his resignation “will not prevent the committee from going ahead with its assignment in the quest to find a probable lasting solution to the matter.

“Even though Muhammad has stepped down as CJN, most of the issues raised by the Justices of the Supreme Court and other stakeholders within the judiciary still remain and need to be addressed urgently to prevent an eventual shut-down of the Judiciary.”

Ogun Labour Crisis: Workers To Receive June Salary In 24 Hours

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Tosin Olatokunbo
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By Tosin Olatokunbo

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state, has moved swiftly to avert a major labour crisis in the state. The administration, on Wednesday, said it is prepared to meet with leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC and other unions a day after the workers embarked on strike due to unpaid emoluments.  

As a goodwill to resolving the labour problem, the state government said workers will receive their June salaries within 24 hours.

Abdulwaheed Odusile, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday that the government is trying to address the grievances of the angry workers.

Governor Abiodun had before the workers embarked on the strike blamed his predecessors for the backlog of unpaid entitlements.

In spite of this, the state government said it will still meet with the workers where the issues will be addressed, adding that the administration is commitment to the welfare and wellbeing of workers in the State. Abiodun is a workers’ friendly governor, the government said.

The statement quoted the governor as saying that he’s “personally committed to ensuring an improved welfare of workers in Ogun State and will do all that is necessary to achieve this” noting that ‘this is a workers’ friendly administration and will remain so under my watch”.

“One of the first duties I performed on my first day at work as the governor on May 30, 2019 was to approve the immediate payment of salaries of our workers, which had not been paid by the immediate past Administration until then.

The governor said dwindling financial resources has limited government’s ability to meet the needs of the workers, however, adding that salaries will now be paid promptly staring from the end of this month.

Abiodun said, “I also made a vow that salaries of workers in the state will be paid on or before the end of each month. And we have been doing that religiously ever since.

“Even in the face of dwindling resources, rising needs and this strike, the salaries are being remitted. I am sure they will start receiving bank credit alerts in the next 24 hours for the month of June.

“We are one of the few States in the country not owing workers salary and paying as and when due.

“Most of their complaints were inherited from the previous Administrations, but as a responsive and responsible government, we are tackling them one after the other, even as we are being hampered by paucity of funds.

“The money accruable to us from the Federation Account and sundry sources have been dwindling for a long time now and this is affecting our ability to meet some of our obligations but even at that we have been prioritising the interests of our workforce.”

LASG To Reward School Teachers With Cars

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Tosin Olatokunbo
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By Tosin Olatokunbo

In continuation of its tradition of recognising excellence, the Lagos State Government will reward outstanding teachers and school administrators with 12 car gifts at the second edition of the Teachers Merit Award scheduled for Wednesday, June, 29 2022.

The Annual Education Merit Awards, an initiative of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration, rewards excellence to motivate selfless teachers, who have put in their best in raising the quality of teaching and learning.

The selection and nomination committee of teachers for the award was led by the Chairperson of the Association of Private Educators in Nigeria, Mrs. Lai Koiki. Other members of the committee include Mrs. Funke Fowler-Amba, Mrs. Abisola Obasanya, Mrs. Sherifat Atinuke Ogboye, Mrs. Yinka Ogunde, Miss. Oyindamola Egbeyemi and Mr. Idris Adetutu.

The committee members are private education administrators and a blend of public sector technocrats. They screened 3,529 applicants and selected 22 semi-finalists, who will compete for 12 cars, for the Y2021 awards for outstanding teachers.

TUC Reminds Ekiti Government Of Unpaid Workers Entitlements, Gives 21 Days Ultimatum

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Ayodele Oni
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By Ayodele Oni

The end has finally come to cordial relationship between Governor Kayode Fayemi government and trade unions in Ekiti state as one of the industrial unions is now up in arms against the state government.

The TUC, one of the affiliates of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has demanded from the government to live up to its promise to pay workers entitlements, barely four months to the end of the administration.

The TUC on Tuesday issued a 21-day ultimatum to Ekiti State Government to pay outstanding allowances, arrears, deductions, and leave bonuses to its members.

The Chairman, TUC, Shola Adigun said in Ado Ekiti, the state’s capital that the union has been patient with the State government for the most part of the three and half years that the promises were made.

The Salary arrears, according to him, include two months at the State level, and five at the Local Governments, Tertiary institutions have three arrears of subvention yet to be paid, and Cooperative Deductions is put at seven months.

Also four months arrears of Pension, Gratuity from 2013 till date among others are still outstanding, the Union leader said.

Rising from its meeting, the State Executive Council also called for the implementation of promotion for levels 11 to 14 officers, which has been pending.

The TUC chairman pointed out that the harmonious relationship between the Union and the Government may not be guaranteed after 21 days if their prayers are not answered.

He said the appeal is necessary at this time because the government has just four months to hand over to the incoming administration and wants to avoid a spillover.

There were moves by the state government to offset some of the workers entitlements before the Governorship election, but nothing was done.

Payment of outstanding benefits of workers in the state was part of the campaign promises of parties that participated in the election.

At the inauguration of a transition committee to midwife the incoming administration on Monday, Governor Fayemi had said that the Governor elect, being part of the outgoing government, is aware of some of the problems of the state.

The tenure of incumbent administration ends in October.

Maritime Security: FG To Buy High-Speed Boats From Japan

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Tosin Olatokunbo
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By Tosin Olatokunbo

The Federal Government has signed an Exchange of Note(E/N) with the Japanese Government for an Economic and Social Development Programme involving the acquisition of High-Speed Boat to reinforce services for coastal security in Nigeria, with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, as the implementing partner.

The Minister of State Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba signed on behalf of Nigeria, while the Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to Nigeria, His Excellency Kazuyoshi Matsunaga signed on behalf of the Japanese Government, with the Director General of NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh in attendance.

Prince Agba noted that the procurement of the high-Speed Boat worth $2.78 million dollars, will greatly enhance the operations of the Deep Blue project. He commended the Japanese government for their interest and interventions in Nigeria for Economic development.

“This project to strengthen the operations of NIMASA will definitely strengthen the partnership between the Government of Japan and Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

“Nigeria also appreciates the recent exchange of notes we signed for Emergency Improvement of Electricity Supply Facilities in Abuja, and the role Japan played in the development of the National Power Development Master-plan designed to guide the Government on the optimal energy mix and efficiency for Nigeria,” the Minister said.

On his part, the Director General of NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh, assured the Japanese Government that the Agency working with relevant stakeholders will ensure the sustainability of the recent success in the war against piracy in Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea.

Jamoh said, “This High-Speed Boat is a welcome addition in our growing arsenal of platforms and assets to reinforce service for coastal security, not only in Nigeria but also in the Gulf of Guinea, as over 60% of shipping activities in the region pass through Nigerian waters.

“This vessel will be incorporated into the Deep Blue project which already has 2 special Mission Vessels; 2 Special Mission Aircrafts; 3 Special Mission Helicopters; 10 Unmanned Air Systems and vehicles; 17 fast moving interceptor boats; 16 armoured vehicles and the C4i centre.”

Ambassador Matsunaga Kazuyoshi noted that the project is to support the measures adopted by the Nigerian Government to deal with the threat of the blue economy, to prevent and suppress piracy, armed robbery, and any other unlawful act against ships in Nigerian waters.

“In the Gulf of Guinea, as you know, the piracy problem is hindering the economic development of the coastal areas. A slowdown in economic development impoverishes the coastal population, forcing some of them into piracy for their livelihood. We need to break this vicious cycle.

“The people and Government of Japan hope this project will enable NIMASA reinforce their operations and services for coastal security in Nigeria, strengthen Nigeria’s counter piracy efforts and prove useful for the security of the Gulf of Guinea,” ,” Kazuyoshi said.

Ekiti PDP Stakeholders Desert Fayose, Rally Support For Atiku

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Ayodele Oni
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Ayodele Fayose and Nyesom Wike

By Ayodele Oni

The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) in Ekiti state has declared that former Governor Ayodele Fayose, is on a lone voyage with his current romance with Rivers state Governor, Nyesome Wike.

Members of the party, still sweating over the poor outing during June 18 Governorship election, said it is unfortunate that the former Governor has commenced another political sojourn that will lead him to nowhere.

A statement in Ado Ekiti, signed by Ben Akomolafe, on behalf of party members, under Stakeholders’ Alliance, dissociate themselves from “the recent incongruous journey, by the former Governor to Rivers State, describing it as purely peripatetic, laced with idleness and a roam to further political perdition.”

The PDP leaders said further that “It’s very unfortunate that Fayose is again planning to lead them astray, in less than a week after the electoral loss, when we are still mourning and nursing the avoidable injury suffered by the party in the just concluded June 18th 2022 Gubernatorial election.

“Our loss is due to Mr Fayose’s toxicity, high headedness, hilarious impunity, greed, selfishness and multifaceted egregious behaviors.

“He has again embarked as usual on his nomadic trip to Rivers State, in his desperate attempt to re-ignite his usual game of ‘cashing out’ from Governor Wike.

“It’s appalling that the same Mr Fayose, who refused to step out on the day of the election and thus did not vote for the PDP Governorship candidate, forming a fake illness, suddenly became fit, agile and had capacity to fly through a journey of about 1000km, under the guise of thanking Governor Wike in Port Harcourt.

“We are very disappointed and frown at such injurious activities of Mr. Ayodele Fayose based on his penchant of turning very serious political matters that require sober reflections, into personal business for monetary gains.

“We hereby dissociate ourselves from this indolent and irreverent movements lacking any sincerity and whose only target is making money at the detriment of the overall group interest.

“We are not surprised that former Governor Fayose who couldn’t deliver his polling unit to PDP would go to Governor Wike on thank you tour when  he has not even deem it necessary, to address us here in Ekiti State and evaluate the causes of such monumental embarrassment. Charity they say begins at home.

“It’s disgusting that former Governor Ayodele Fayose who came third in his local govt behind a three month old party, SDP, in the last Governorship election, is now preoccupied only with using the platform of the party to make more money at the expense of disenchanted and disillusioned party members.

“We appreciate  Governor Wike for his support and commitment to the party, but it’s our believe that all hands must be on deck to ensure Alhaji Atiku Abubakar wins the Presidential election, rather than anyone dancing on the grave of the party, as being done by Mr Fayose.

“We are categorically committed to the Presidency of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the division cards being played for monetary rewards by Mr Ayo Fayose is dead on arrival.

“Ekiti PDP will have nothing to do with any anti-Atiku Abubakar campaigns being presently embarked upon in words and actions by Mr Ayo Fayose.

“Lastly, we advised the  candidates with the party tickets to please drop it, especially when there is still INEC window for replacements, should in case they are going with Wike and Fayose to anywhere other than PDP.”

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