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I Joined APC To Kick Out PDP, I Achieved It - Oshiomhole

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has said he joined the party to form an alternative platform capable of kicking PDP out of power.

Oshiomhole who stated that his objective was achieved added that he has no regrets in spite of his removal from office.

The former APC National Chairman said he was still an active member of the party.

He also expressed optimism that Nigeria would hold a hitch-free general election in 2023.

“ I accepted what happened in good faith and I remain committed to doing whatever I can to support the party.

“Am still active in all APC activities and I don’t think that I needed to be a chairman to be of relevance.

“I didn’t join the party to become chairman, I joined in order to form an alternative platform capable of kicking PDP out of power and that objective was achieved.

“It doesn’t matter the way things have gone. The primary purpose was not for me to be APC chairman,” NAN quoted Oshiomhole as saying.

It’s Too Early For Buhari To Support Any Aspirant For 2023 Presidency – Femi Adesina

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Saturday, August 14, 2021

Femi Adesina, a presidential spokesperson, has expressed that it is too early for President Muhammadu Buhari to support any aspirant for the presidency in the 2023 general election.

Adesina stated this on Friday during an interview with Channels Television.

Adesina, who explained that the meeting between Buhari and the APC chieftain on Thursday was a “goodwill visit”, said it will be unlike Buhari to jump the gun on supporting presidential aspirants for the 2023 election.

“That meeting actually happened, but it is all about goodwill and best wishes. We know that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had been in London about the same time the president was there,” he said.

“Like you said, we don’t believe what we read in social media but we have read a lot about asiwaju Tinubu’s health, so the president’s visit was a goodwill visit.

“The president still has two years less three months in his tenure of office. So, for him to start supporting somebody now will just be like jumping the gun and you know that President Buhari will never do that.

“Before the 2019 election, people began to campaign for him before INEC blew the whistle for campaign to start. He was the one who came out to say ‘no, don’t do it; don’t jump the gun’.

“The president himself will dare not jump the gun in terms of supporting one candidate or the other. Also, recall that he had said anybody that wants to be president after him should go out and work. That means the president may not be supporting anybody until maybe perhaps a candidate of the party emerges. Knowing President Buhari, he will never jump the gun.”

Only a Northerner can win Presidency for PDP in 2023 - Dokpesi

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Friday, August 13, 2021

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Raymond Dokpesi has said that the opposition can only regain power in 2023 if they field a Northerner.

Amid calls for power shift to the south, Dokpesi in an interview with Daily Independent said PDP members who are asking for the presidential ticket to be zoned to the South are only doing so because they want to copy the APC whose members are rooting for a zoning of the ticket to the South after the completion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023.

Asides claiming that there has been an imbalance of 11 years of Northern presidency in the PDP, the PDP Chieftain also alleged that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was rigged out of 2019 election.

Dokpesi said;

“In the case of PDP, let us look at it honestly. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the South-West did eight years; Goodluck Jonathan from the South-South also did six years. That made a total of 14 years.
“On the other hand, Umaru Yar’Adua from the North did three years, so there is an imbalance of 11 years. If in 2019, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had not been rigged out of that election, he would have come back in 2023 to say that he wants to do a second term. And would anybody have stood on his way? No!

“So, for the PDP, the presidential candidate must come from the North in 2023. People should exercise patience because it will still come back to the South”.

Commenting on calls for an Igbo presidency, Dokpesi averred that though he believes that it is fair that the South- East should produce the president as it is the only Southern zone not to have done so since 1999, the South-East cannot win if it gets the presidential ticket at this time.

PDP Crisis: PDP Governors Meeting To Continue Tuesday With Other Stakeholders

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, August 10, 2021

PDP Crisis: PDP Governors Meeting To Continue Tuesday With Other Stakeholders

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) said it would continue its meeting tomorrow with others stakeholders as part of efforts to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the party.

The meeting was called following the resignation of seven national deputy officers of the party, who accused PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, of incompetence in handling the party’s affairs.

The resigned officers are also demanding the resignation of Secondus as the party chairman.

The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the meeting of the governors held for about seven hours in Abuja.

Tambuwal said that the governors were committed at resolving the crisis.

“We discussed extensively on matters of the moment concerning our party and we have collectively resolved to continue to work together in unity.

“This meeting is continued tomorrow with other stakeholders. Very soon Nigerians and indeed, all of you will hear our solution but we are working towards resolving all issues, as a family.

“By the grace of God we are going to achieve that,” Tambuwal said.

NAN reports that the meeting which was held at Akwa-lbom Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, started at 11 am and closed at 5 p.m.

Secondus, who briefly attended the meeting in an interview with newsmen confirmed that he was not resigning his position as PDP chairman.

Governors in attendance were: Oluseyi Makinde Oyo State, Chairman of the forum and Governor of Sokoto State Aminu Tambuwal, his Delta and Edo state counterparts, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Godwin Obaseki of Edo states.

Others are: Samuel Ortom of Benue, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Adamu Fintiri of Adamawa, Bala Mohammed Bauchi, Udoh Emmanuel of Akwa-lbom, Douye Diri of Bayelsa.

NAN reports that the party’s board of trustees on Friday met and resolved to set up a committee comprising of different stakeholders including the governors forum.

South-East Needs To Convince Nigeria On Why They Want To Produce The Next President - Peter Obi

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, August 10, 2021

South-East Needs To Convince Nigeria On Why They Want To Produce The Next President - Peter Obi

Former governor of Anambra State and vice presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Peter Obi, said yesterday that the South-East needed to present a convincing argument to the rest of Nigeria on why the region should produce the next president.

Obi, who stated this in an interview on Arise TV, said though the South-East had compelling reasons to want to produce the country’s next president in 2023, it must embrace the politics of engagement and consultation, and not confrontation.”

He said: “We need to convince the other people why it should be us. And you know we have a convincing argument for that. But it needs to be convincing. We are not going to hold a gun in their head and say you must come here.

“Politics is about engagement and consultation, and not confrontation. You consult and discuss with other people and say, ‘this is how we need to do it for us to have peaceful co-existence.

“The decision will be done within the party. It’s not a question of my view or anybody’s view; it’s that of the party. Because even if we say it should come to the south and the party zones it to the north, there’s nothing that can be done.

‘’This is because these are major parties with a lot of members and stakeholders who will sit down and discuss at round tables. Politics, for me, is something you sit down at a roundtable, discuss and agree with each other.”

Obi criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s attempt at stimulating the economy through construction and revitalisation of infrastructure, stressing that what the government needed to do was strengthen the informal sector of the economy to be able to grow the economy.

Although the Buhari administration has invested hugely in rejigging the country’s vital infrastructure, inter-state rail networks and road corridors have been built, the former Anambra State governor advised the President to focus its efforts on growing small businesses in the country.

According to him, what will boost the economy is small and medium scale entreprises as it is in other parts of the world, and not building of infrastructure.

“You can’t use infrastructure to drive economic growth. You invest in education and the SME (Small, Medium Enterprises) sector instead to deal with poverty. Taking people out of poverty is not magic.”

I Will Not Resign As PDP Chairman - Secondus

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Monday, August 09, 2021

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus has said that he will not resign from his position.

He made this comment on Monday shortly after some members of the party held a protest calling for his removal at the party's secretariat in Abuja.

"The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has said that he will not resign his position."

“Prince Secondus said in a short statement from his media office that nothing so far warrants his resignation from the party position and those tiny minority calling for his resignation should come clean and tell party members across the country his offense why he should resign."

“He said he will remain focussed and committed to the ideals of the party which he swore to protect and defend upon his election to lead this great party 44 months ago.”, the statement read.

We Won’t Allow Old, Sick People Again In 2023 - Arewa Youths

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Saturday, August 07, 2021

The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Friday, issued a warning ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima, warned that the group would not allow the recycling of old, weak, and sick Nigerians as president.

In a statement he signed, Shettima said democracy does not encourage a weak, tired and politically compromised leader.

According to Shettima: “Going forward, the AYFC will never allow the recycling of old, weak and sick citizens as leaders of this nation, moreso in a fast-changing and competitive world.

“Much as democracy gives everyone the right to contest for any elective office, it does not encourage the emergence of tired, weak, politically compromised, sick and overly unproductive persons as leaders of this modern society”.

Shettima’s comment is coming at a time when speculations are rife that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar may contest for the presidency in 2023.

Atiku, who lost the 2019 presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari, is believed to be nursing another presidential election.

Similarly, Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is also believed to be nursing a presidential ambition in 2023.

However, both Tinubu and Atiku are yet to declare their intention, despite the speculations.

Age Shouldn’t Be Barrier To Aspiring Presidential Candidates - Shehu Sani

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Saturday, August 07, 2021

Shehu Sani, Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th Senate, has faulted former military president, Ibrahim Babangida’s claim that the age of next president should be 60 years old.

According to Senator Shehu Sani, who wrote on his Facebook wall on Saturday, said “the age of the next President doesn’t matter as long as he is healthy, experienced and can heal and unify the country now bleeding and tearing apart. The country needs peace and unity now.”

Recall that former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, said he already has someone in mind as the ideal next President of Nigeria, and he’s a man in his 60s.

Speaking on the 2023 presidential election during a televised interview on Friday, August 6, 2021, the former military dictator said his idea of a good Nigerian leader is someone who has a friend ‘virtually everywhere’.

He said such a person must also be well-versed in economics, and be a good politician able to talk to Nigerians.

Nigeria Cannot Be Divided - Ganduje

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Friday, August 06, 2021

“Let me repeat here that Nigeria is a united and indivisible country; our Constitution has taken care of that, I don’t see secession as the way out of the current challenges afflicting the nation.

“Instead, advocates of secession should have a change of heart and I recommend dialogue as a crucial option for addressing their problems.

“Besides, there is a National Assembly where some of the grievances can be addressed,”

- Ganduje said this at the 2nd quarterly public lecture series of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Press Corps on Thursday in Abuja.

There’s Vacuum In Nigeria - Rochas Okorocha

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Friday, August 06, 2021

Senator Rochas Okorocha, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, says there is a vacuum in Nigeria.

Under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, wanton violence and disregard for human rights have plummeted.

Senator Okorocha, a senator representing Imo West, stated this at a one-day summit and award recognition programme of the Nigerian Diaspora Youth Ambassador (NDYA) on Thursday in Abuja.

Addressing Nigerian youths, the former Imo governor stated, “You are the very group of people we have been waiting for to correct our mistakes and build a Nigeria of our collective dreams.

“There is a vacuum in Nigeria, and this nation is waiting for youths to rewrite the history of Nigeria. If youths can come together to say we want to take the presidency, no matter what, they will do it because they stand to succeed in unity.’’

Okorocha urged the youths to be focused and take action ahead of the 2023 election. With the unemployment rate skyrocketing, the senator urged them not to wait for white-collar works.

“If you must succeed, you must do teamwork like the lion to bring down the elephant called leadership. United, you can achieve anything, just like the lion that has its strength in unity,” said Mr Okorocha, prepping them up for the 2023 presidency. “Don’t give up. Continue to persist, and you can take the presidency in 2023.”

Similarly, the Senate Chief Whip of Orji Kalu, represented by his aide Obasi Igbokwe, noted that the national assembly identified with the youths.

Also speaking at the event, Almustapha Abdulahi, the former National Youths Council of Nigeria’s president, encouraged youths to be dogged, love one another and reject things that would cause division among them.

(NAN)

PDP Crisis: I’m Not Behind Move To Sack You - Atiku Tells Secondus

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Thursday, August 05, 2021

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has distanced himself from the travail of Uche Secondus, the party’s National Chairman.

Atiku said he has no hands in the move to sack Secondus as National Chairman of PDP.

The former Vice President, who spoke through his aide, Paul Ibe, reacted to speculations over his recent meeting with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt.

In a statement by Ibe, Atiku explained that the meeting was aimed at reconciling aggrieved members of the party and not to sack Secondus.

Atiku said he was only interested in the peace and stability of the PDP and not what will endanger the interest of the party.

“It is a beer parlour talk, and it is also mischievous. Why will a former Vice President be behind the plot to sack PDP national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus? What will be his interest?

“This is someone who has commenced the process of having conversations with stakeholders of the party on reconciliation. A man who has encouraged processes aimed at ensuring peace and stability in the party.

“The trip he made to Port Harcourt came after a one in Delta. And he has more in the offing. Why will he promote peace and stability in the party and be behind moves to sack Secondus? It’s ridiculous for anyone to talk about this.

“Atiku understands the Constitution of the PDP and what the party says about tenure for party leadership. So he cannot be working against something that he understands and promotes. That is not how Democrats behave. Those are anti-democratic behaviour and that is not who he is. Whoever is saying this should know that this is a beer parlour talk and unnecessary mischief,” he said.

Just yesterday, Secondus had alleged that a strong PDP chieftain was determined to hijack the party.

I’ve Registered With A Political Party To See How I Can Help Nigeria - Jega

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, August 03, 2021

Former INEC Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega, says Nigeria needs another party for credible people to participate in politics, disclosing that he has registered with the Peoples Redemption Party for that cause.

Mr Jega, in an interview with BBC Hausa, said Nigerians have experienced governance under both the PDP and APC and have seen that the two parties do not have plans for positive change in the country.

Mr Jega said it is time for Nigerians to consider another platform for positive change in the country.

“That is why we think it is time to create a platform for all good people to return to, to contribute to the cause of change in Nigeria,” Mr Jega said.

“That is why I have already registered with the PRP as a party member to see how I can help Nigeria.”

A former university vice-chancellor, Mr Jega is a left-leaning activist who once led Nigerian universities lecturers union, ASUU in the 1990s.

He superintended over Nigerian general elections in 2011 and 2015, the latter ushering in incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. The elections were adjudged much freer and fairer than other elections conducted recently.

Mr Jega berated the PDP and APC, saying “The APC and the PDP have [ruled] all we have seen, they do not mean reform.” He suggested that individuals in both parties are particularly corrupt, with no clear distinction.

“If you look at the fight against corruption, all the people who are said to be thieves and will be punished because they stole under the PDP… now they have defected to the APC, and you are silent,” he added.

The APC and the PDP remains Nigeria’s most dominant political parties, controlling a number of states.

As the Nigerian electoral system does not allow independent candidacy, analysts believe it would be hard for another party, outside of the two, to immediately usurp them for federal power.

Tumoil In Kwara APC As Court Sacks Lia Muhammed Faction

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Saturday, July 31, 2021

A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State backed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has been ejected by an Ilorin High Court from its new secretariat in the state capital.

The court on Friday granted an ex parte order ejecting the faction from its new secretariat.

The order was granted in response to the ex parte application filed by the owners of the building.

The owners had accused the APC faction of illegal use of the facility located at Yahya Madawaki Road in GRA Ilorin.

The order was granted in a suit No KWS/234/2021, filed by Abidemi Adisa for the family.

"It is hereby ordered that the defendants by themselves, agents, privies, or successors in title are hereby restrained in the interim from converting, renovating, or restructuring the claimant's building which is situated at Yahaya Madawaki Road GRA Ilorin Kwara State covered by Certificate of Occupancy No KW. 3875 into a political party secretariat pending the hearing of the motion on notice filed synchronously," the court paper signed by Senior Registrar, Immam Zakariyyah Abolaji, read.

Recall that a faction of the party loyal to Mohammed and Senator Gbemisola Saraki had been having a running battle with another faction loyal to the state governor, Mr. Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman.

Though the leadership of the party at the national level recognises Alhaji Abdulahi Samari, who is in the same faction with the governor as party chairman, the two ministers from the state insisted that Bashir Bolarinwa remains the state chairman.

The crisis, however, worsened a few weeks ago when the Mohammed faction unveiled its secretariat in Ilorin.

Achievements Of APC In 6 Years Has Eclipsed PDP's 16 Disastrous Era - APC

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Saturday, July 31, 2021

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to forget 2023.

The ruling party told them to bury the thought of returning to power, noting that Nigerians prefer the All Progressives Congress (APC).

John Akpan Udoedehe, National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), issued a statement on Friday.

The scribe responded to the comment by Atiku that the citizens will support the PDP to win the 2023 general elections.

The Wazirin Adamawa spoke on Thursday at the Rivers Government House in Port Harcourt after a meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike.

Udoedehe said Atiku ought to know that Nigerians “can never return to Egypt”.

“They cannot vote for PDP in 2023 having tested the party and known that it is a failure. In other words, nothing good can come out of PDP.

“They were there for 16 years without anything to show for it. The achievements of our party in less than eight years has eclipsed the PDP 16 wasted years.”

The secretary stressed that the APC is not in class with the PDP “in many ways”

INEC counters NASS, says nationwide e-transmission of election results possible

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Despite the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the National Assembly in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, the use of the technology will be feasible in the deepening of democracy in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Saturday.

The commission premised its optimism on the fact that its joint committee made up of telecommunication stakeholders had revised the system and concluded that electronic transmission of results was practicable.

According to him, INEC was committed to deepening the use of technology in the electoral process and had many times demonstrated it through the creative, innovative and strategic deployment and application of technology in various aspects of the electoral process with the goal of limiting human interference in the electoral process as much as possible.

I Regret Supporting Buhari In 2015, Obasanjo Warned Us He’s Unfit To Rule Nigeria – Olagunsoye Oyinlola

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Sunday, July 18, 2021

Former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned the leaders who supported President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 that the General was unfit to govern the country.

The former governor bemoaned what he described as “the failure” of President Buhari, to deliver on his campaign promises.

Oyinlola, who said that he played a critical role in the campaign that brought Buhari to power, said he was regretful of his action, adding that he should have listened to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s warning that Buhari was unfit to govern the country.

The former governor said this in an interview he granted BBC Yoruba, which was monitored by Newsflash Nigeria.

Oyinlola said, “I am saddened that Buhari said he did not know what restructuring is. I played an important role in the process that brought Buhari to power. One of the policies we sold to the South was restructuring but it was shocking that in an interview, the President said he didn’t know the meaning of restructuring. May God forgive us and have mercy because this was contrary to what we envisaged.

“We made a lot of promises to the people but none of the promises he made has been fulfilled, especially on the security issues. It was like Boko Haram would be forgotten within six months of Buhari’s becoming the President. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo warned us that Buhari was not fit to run the country but we did not listen to him.

“We thought that since he was once a military Head of State, he would know how best to handle the insecurity that the country was faced with. Since we gained independence, and civil war, there’s no moment scarier than what we have now.

PDP crisis: Sheriff hails Jonathan, declares readiness for political solution

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Thursday, March 02, 2017

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has commended former President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts towards finding a lasting solution to the party’s leadership crisis.

Professor Wale Oladipo, the National Secretary, said this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.

Oladipo disclosed that members of NWC at their meeting, sequel to the “official re-opening of the PDP National Secretariat“, Wadata Plaza, acknowledged the leadership qualities of the former president.

He said that the NWC also noted with satisfaction the stand of the PDP Governors’ Forum on the need to adopt “a political solution in bringing lasting peace to the party’’

“The NWC restates its readiness to fully participate in the peace process.
“The NWC hereby calls on all staff of the PDP National Secretariat to resume duties immediately,” he said in the statement.

Oladipo said that the NWC also received and approved the request from PDP in Ebonyi for a time-table to conduct the party primaries for the local government elections in the state.

“Finally, the NWC commends the National Chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff for the swift renovation of the National Secretariat,” Oladipo said.
Recall that PDP Governors’ forum, on Tuesday met with Jonathan in Abuja and agreed to adopt a political solution to the crisis.

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, spoke on what was discussed at the meeting .

APC ’ II take over Ekiti in 2018-Buraimoh

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Thursday, March 02, 2017

All Progressives Congress (APC), would win the governorship election in Ekiti State next year. Ojora, a leader of the Mandate Group in Lagos State, argued that what happened in Ondo State governorship election would repeat itself in Ekiti.
How do you see Ekiti governorship election in 2018?
The opinion poll we conducted in Ekiti State showed clearly that APC would win the governorship election in the state next year. APC is the only serious party in the country at the moment. The other parties have gone with the winds and before they would get their acts together to compete, the election would be over.
But Governor Ayo Fayose is very popular among the people
I want to tell you that right now, there is a growing disenchantment among Ekiti people. They are not satisfied with what they are getting from the Fayose administration. They want some more. They want development, not just food. The governor himself knows his popularity is dwindling so that is why he is resorting to controversies to remain popular. Again, he is not going to be in the ballot in the election and Ekiti people don’t tolerate godfathers, they are too advanced for that.
Do you feel that APC can get a candidate that can beat Fayose’s candidate?
There are quality people in APC in Ekiti State. One of them is Victor Kolade, A lawyer and notable philanthropist. He is from Efon Local Government Area in Ekiti Central. This is a bridge builder, a man who strongly believes that political power is a mandate from God to be used for the service of mankind.
A man who believes that the greatest achievement that one can make on earth is the service he renders to his fellow men. Another thing that he has going for him is that he is coming from outside. By this I mean that he has not been tainted with the bad blood of the politics. He would have less enemies across board and would be a kind of fresh air if given the mandate.
How do you see the treatment being meted to Tinubu by the APC leadership in Abuja?
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu cannot be dislodged in APC. Nobody can try that because he is the soul of the party and nothing can survive without a soul. That is why we in the Mandate Group resolved that we would swim or sink with him. We have no other leader in South-West other than him.
There is nobody in the South-West APC that can sincerely tell a story of his life in politics without giving Tinubu a very good mention. Whoever feels that he can do without Tinubu is wasting time because he is the source.
Are you worried about the declining popularity of APC nationwide?
To be honest with you I am. It is not just me. The President is worried so are the leaders of the party. We do feel the pulse of the masses and it is giving us concern. It is true that a lot of people who voted for our party at the national level with high hopes are now somewhat disappointed. But the reality is that the world economy is in comatose. There is uncertainty everywhere in the world.
President Muhammadu Buhari came on board at a very wrong time.
That is when everything has collapsed and he is trying his best to put things back to shape.
We must also know that change does not happen overnight. It normally takes time and process. Right now, we are still in the process of building a lasting change in the way of doing things in Nigeria.
How do you the chances of APC in 2019?
The chances of the party would still be bright because Nigerians are not fools. They understand the condition under which the party came on board and they know that the current lull in the economy is not entirely our own fault.
The price of oil was at rock bottom when the party came on board and we are running a mono economy.
There is not much that the party could do other than to begin to pick our bits and pieces together.
That is what we have been doing since and very soon we would kick off. Buhari meant well and he is doing very well. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for Nigerians with regard to good governance.

RENO TO AMAECHI: “YOU’RE A DECORATED MONKEY ONLY LOYAL TO YOUR STOMACH”

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, February 28, 2017

at seemed like a fight between the Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi and the former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on electronic media, Reno Omokri has taken a new gear into real verbal salvos with Omokri calling the minister a “decorated monkey only loyal to his stomach.”
Recall that on Monday 27th February 2017, Amaechi, through his aide, Mr. David Iyofor had replied Reno’s previous article, saying Reno is “like a mad man in the market square that points his fingers at sane people, calling them mad.,” He was replying an article by Reno titled, “Time to question the pot bellied Amaechi’s sanity – Reno.” Read also: Amaechi’s aide to Reno: “you are like a mad man in the market square….” Mr. Iyofor had accused Reno of being the liar who is still very sad that his principal, Jonathan was defeated in the 2015 election. However, in a response article titled, “Rotimi Amaechi: A Decorated Monkey is Still a Monkey!”, Reno said Amaechi is a “pot-bellied monkey” that perhaps will retire to Daura with President Muhammadu Buhari to become his house servant since he is not welcomed in his hometown in Rivers state.
Also read: Reno wrote thus: “It has been brought to my attention the attack on my person by the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, after I exposed his lies with regards to the figure of $49.8 billion which he claimed former President Goodluck Jonathan pilfered from the national treasury. In my response to that false allegation, I stated with facts, figures and dates that not only did Mr. Amaechi lie, but that he is directly to blame for some of the economic challenges facing the nation.
Unable to dispute my facts, Amaechi has resorted to insults and abuse on my person. My response is as follows: I will never, ever exchange insults with a lowlife. A lowlife with a ministerial position is still a lowlife just as a decorated monkey is still a monkey. Other than holding one government position or the other, Amaechi has never been associated with any private success so he is very insecure when people challenge his unenviable record in government with facts.
To borrow a line from a hit song, I Reno Omokri, know who God says I am, where he says I am at and what he says I will be. I do not need a government position to maintain my relevance. I was somebody before I went into government, I am somebody after leaving government and by the grace of God, I will forever remain somebody without a government position, so nothing a pot bellied man can say or do to me can ever alter what God has said about me. I would rather advise Rotimi Amaechi to respond to the issues I raised, namely that there was no missing ‘$49.8 billion’ and that on September 21, 2012, he called on the Federal Government to share the funds in the Excess Crude Account, and that it was he, Rotimi Amaechi, as Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, that led some state governors to take the Federal Government to court to compel it to share the proceeds from the Excess Crude Account because then President Jonathan insisted on saving the money, a case that they won and therefore it is hypocritical of him to accuse former President Jonathan of not saving for the rainy day.
I challenge Rotimi Amaechi to separate himself from his government positions and see if he can maintain his relevance. He borrows his relevance from government. He does not add relevance to government. In two years as a minister, the only ‘achievement’ he can boast of is the Abuja-Kaduna railway that was built and completed by the very same Goodluck Jonathan he likes to castigate. President Jonathan has been out of office for two years. I am no longer his aide, neither am I on salary, yet I continue to be loyal to him.
Can Amaechi say the same of himself? Is he capable of being loyal to anybody or institution without having something to gain? Is that not why his stomach is protruding and potbellied? Because he is only loyal to his stomach! No wonder he admitted spending $500,000 to host Professor Wole Soyinka to a one day dinner. Amaechi epitomizes stomach infrastructure! It is this loyalty to stomach only that has placed Amaechi in the awkward position where all the living ex-Governors of Rivers state are against him along with the incumbent Governor, Nyesom Wike. A man who cannot command loyalty at home and can’t walk the streets of Port Harcourt without armed guards. What Amaechi does not understand is that there is life after government. Whenever President Muhammadu Buhari retires from politics, he will be received with joy by Katsina people.
Whenever Bola Tinubu retires, he will be received with arms wide open by Lagos people. But who will receive Amaechi when he retires? Certainly not Rivers people who view him as a serial betrayer of their interests and the interests of his zone. A man who can sell his own mother for a useless government position cannot expect to retire in the motherland. Maybe Amaechi will retire to Daura with Buhari as his domestic servant and in house sycophant for life! Has he forgotten so soon how he was publicly disgraced by his colleague, the minister of Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, when he was trying to sabotage the Maritime University at Okerenkoko? While others are attracting development to their zones, Amaechi is subtracting progress from his zone. Thank God for Kachikwu who told him that “We are not going to throw away the baby with bath water.
We deal with the issues but the university will be developed. If he (Amaechi) does not want it in Maritime, I will take it in petroleum”? Even if Rotimi Amaechi spends all day insulting me directly or through proxies, it takes absolutely nothing from me. If insults could kill, Donald Trump would be dead, but he is in the White House instead. A lizard with an overinflated ego is still a lizard, not an alligator.
Rotimi Amaechi may have left his village but his village never left him! That is why he continues to display his inferiority complex by dressing in ill fitting designer clothes bought at huge expense! Alas, he is trying to suppress the memory of when he wore the same clothes for three days. But the man makes the clothes, the clothes don’t make the man.
Poverty mentality is his undoing! He calls himself lion of Ubima. A lion with a pot belly and that can’t win elections? If he wants to see a real lion he should go to Bourdillon! Finally, rather than insult me, Rotimi Amaechi should seek medical attention for his protruding pot belly. Doctors warn that a protruding belly, like his, is a symptom of too much food and too little exercise. Obviously, Rotimi Amaechi should focus more on exercising his body and his brain.
Unfortunately, he seems to only exercise his mouth by eating too much and talking too much which is why he is prone to frequent verbal and anal diarrhea. By Reno Omokri Reno Omokri is the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California, author of Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri”

Buhari should resign, allow Osinbajo become President – Opinion Nigeria

Olufemi David OLUFEMI DAVID - Tuesday, February 21, 2017

An international human rights organisation, Opinion Nigeria, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to tender his resignation to pave way for the confirmation of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) as President.
The ON premised its demand on health reasons and Buhari’s trip to the United Kingdom.
Its President, Jeff Okoroafor, in a petition to Buhari entitled: “A call for President Muhammad’s Buhari’s resignation without further ado”, said the response by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, that Buhari was “on a short leave which is part of his annual vacation”, was the beginning of an unending tale.”
According to him, on February 7 2017, the Senate confirmed receipt of Buhari’s letter, informing the National Assembly about the resolve to extend his annual vacation in the United Kingdom.
He, however, said that going by the statement issued by Adesina, Buhari in the letter “was not categorical on the new date of his return.”
Okoroafor said this scenario had left the Vice President in an acting capacity “for too long”, especially at a time when the country was in dire need of affirmative actions to put things in the right perspective for the year.
He said, “Although there seem to be a general assumption that the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is acting in the place of the president as such no vacuum is created in the system. But, we are quite aware that there are so many pending issues on the desk of Mr. President that awaits his return.
“We cannot be operating in secrecy at the presidential level expecting the information hungry Nigerians to keep mute. We have the right to know what is happening and we are committed to a functional and operational Nigeria which is not halted for any political gains or satisfaction.
“Based on this, we call for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari quoting his health as the reason to fully function as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, followed swiftly with the immediate confirmation of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as a substantive President of the country.
“We hope that this petition will reach deserving authorities in good faith, understanding that the urgency of this request is born out of the desire to salvage the country from total collapse. We pray and urge that this letter will be treated without prejudice or sentiment from whatever sphere of reasoning”, it emphasised.
“As the days on vacation recede, Nigerians yearn insistently to know the circumstances surrounding the president’s seemingly emergency exit from the country. It is ponderous to put on record that this so-called all important vacation was coming at a point when the country’s economy was demanding the innovation or yet still budgetary intervention to ameliorate the sufferings of many Nigerians.
”The social media in Nigeria within these seven- over-ten day vacation was awashed with stories competing for public attention about the reason behind the trip. The stories expanded with time with the climax asserting the death of President Buhari over failure to respond to treatments from the medical team in some named hospital in the UK.
“The presidency so far has come up with conflicting versions of comments to diffuse the tension but their words further rambled the suspicion of most Nigerians who requested that the president relay a video to Nigerians assuring them that he was hale and hearty but, he never succumbed.”

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Buhari should resign, allow Osinbajo become President – Opinion Nigeria