Barring last minute changes, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 7 a.m.
The broadcast is part of activities to commemorate the 64th Independence Anniversary of the nation.
Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria for the broadcast.
Nigeria’s former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party appears to sink deeper into crisis as Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri seems to have joined the G-5 faction of the party led by former Rivers State Governor and current minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Earlier today, Saturday, Fintiri, alongside Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and other former G-5 members, attended a grand reception hosted by the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress in honour of Wike.
This development comes on the heels of Fintiri’s public endorsement of Ambassador Umar Damagun as the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a close ally of Wike.
The endorsement was made amid internal discord and criticism directed at the current National Working Committee of the party.
Notedly, Fintiri and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar are from the same state. Atiku is opposed to the continued chairmanship of Damagum.
The G-5 group, self-styled as the Integrity Group, comprised five governors from the PDP who refused to support Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, in the 2023 election.
Their stance was rooted in the belief that the presidency should rotate from the north to the south, promoting inclusivity and a rotational presidency.
The group initially had Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State), Samuel Ortom (Benue State), Seyi Makinde (Oyo State) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers State) as members.
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Thursday lost 1,331 members of his party to the ruling New Nigerian Peoples Party in his hometown in Kano.
The defectors, who are mainly from 11 wards of Ganduje’s Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State vowed to work against the return of APC in the state.
Prominent among the former APC leaders, who have now embraced NNPP include the former Vice Chairman of the local government, Malam Isyaku Dahiru Kwa; former state House of Assembly aspirant, Audu Magaji Tumfafi and Bashir Musa Sani, APC Youth Leader for Takai Organisation, among others.
Receiving the decampees to the ruling party at a grand reception held at Dawakin-Tofa, the State Chairman of NNPP, Hashimu Dungurawa, applauded the ingenuity of the Ganduje’s kinsmen to APC.
Earlier, one of the leaders of the decampees, Isyaku Dahiru Kwa, cited Ganduje’s inability to develop the local government during his eight years tenure as the major reason for their decision.
Dungurawa declared that NNPP under the leadership of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is committed to entrench socio-econonic and infrastructural development in Kano.
While assuring the new members of equal opportunity within the party caucus, Dungurawa dispelled the rumour of mass defection of NNPP members to APC.
He maintained that NNPP is not losing grip of control of its party structure across the political wards, describing those aligning with APC as 419 struggling to collect their share of national cake from their recruiters.
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that it is a shame that the 16 local government areas in Kwara State now have chairmen and councilors who would be in office without legitimacy and people’s mandate.
He said this while reacting to the announcement by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) declaring the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the local government elections held in the state.
The chairman of the KWSIEC, Baba Okanla, who announced the results, said APC won all 16 local government area chairmanship positions and secured all 193 councillorship seats.
Speaking on the development in a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Saraki argued that the people have sent a message to the government that it has not made any significant, positive impact on their lives after 64 months in office.
The ex-governor maintained that the people mobilised themselves to the polling units for Saturday’s local government election but met the absence of electoral officials and shoddy preparations by the electoral body.
He, therefore, hailed the people for standing firm against what he described as deliberately concocted frustrations.
He wrote, “Last Saturday, in a manner that went beyond partisan consideration and gave expression to the protection of community interests, people from Kwara mobilised themselves to the polling units and met the absence of electoral officials and shoddy preparations by the electoral body.
“Whatever results the electoral body eventually declared, our people have sent a clear signal to a government that has not made any significant, positive impact on their lives after 64 months in office. It is a shame that the 16 local government areas now have chairmen and councilors who would be in office without legitimacy and people’s mandate.”
The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC Forum, has reacted to Monday’s ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja, which dismissed their suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the Party.
The Forum said it would appeal the judgment saying its lawyer has been instructed to file an appeal.
Recall that the Forum had sued Ganduje, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asking for the nullification of the appointment of Ganduje as the National Chairman of the Party saying it is a violation of the Party’s constitution 2022 as amended as well as the zoning arrangement for the Party for the Chairmanship position to be from North Central and not the North West region where Ganduje comes from.
Also, the forum claimed that the appointment of Ganduje breached Article 13 of the APC Constitution because it was not done through a democratic process enshrined in the Party’s law.
In his Monday judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit, saying the Forum is not a juristic person and not registered in law and that it has no legal power to file the suit.
Ekwo stated the Forum failed to explore the internal mechanism for peaceful resolution of issues before rushing to the court, adding that the appointment of officers for APC by its National Executive Committee is an internal affair of the party that no court can dabble into.
However, the Chairman of the Forum, Saleh Zazzaga, said, “We will appeal the judgment, our lawyer has already been instructed to file the appeal. One vital thing we are seeking from the court is the interpretation of the Party 2022 constitution as amended and the zoning arrangement, but that wasn’t done.
“The earlier the President and the Party know that Ganduje’s remaining in office is retrogression for the Party and will incur legal liabilities for the Party, the better. We believe that the Party will not want to trade the whole of the North Central region for Ganduje. So the needful should be done fast. That is all I can say to that.”
APC N/Central Forum to appeal High Court judgment on Ganduje’s removal
The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC Forum, has reacted to Monday’s ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja, which dismissed their suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the Party.
The Forum said it would appeal the judgment saying its lawyer has been instructed to file an appeal.
Recall that the Forum had sued Ganduje, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asking for the nullification of the appointment of Ganduje as the National Chairman of the Party saying it is a violation of the Party’s constitution 2022 as amended as well as the zoning arrangement for the Party for the Chairmanship position to be from North Central and not the North West region where Ganduje comes from.
Also, the forum claimed that the appointment of Ganduje breached Article 13 of the APC Constitution because it was not done through a democratic process enshrined in the Party’s law.
In his Monday judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit, saying the Forum is not a juristic person and not registered in law and that it has no legal power to file the suit.
Ekwo stated the Forum failed to explore the internal mechanism for peaceful resolution of issues before rushing to the court, adding that the appointment of officers for APC by its National Executive Committee is an internal affair of the party that no court can dabble into.
However, the Chairman of the Forum, Saleh Zazzaga, said, “We will appeal the judgment, our lawyer has already been instructed to file the appeal. One vital thing we are seeking from the court is the interpretation of the Party 2022 constitution as amended and the zoning arrangement, but that wasn’t done.
“The earlier the President and the Party know that Ganduje’s remaining in office is retrogression for the Party and will incur legal liabilities for the Party, the better. We believe that the Party will not want to trade the whole of the North Central region for Ganduje. So the needful should be done fast. That is all I can say to that.”
Zazzaga thanked their members and supporters across the region, saying that they should remain dedicated, hopeful, and prayerful as they keep pursuing the developmental cause of the region as well as the needed democratic dividends.
APC N/Central Forum to appeal High Court judgment on Ganduje’s removal
The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC Forum, has reacted to Monday’s ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja, which dismissed their suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the Party.
The Forum said it would appeal the judgment saying its lawyer has been instructed to file an appeal.
Recall that the Forum had sued Ganduje, the APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asking for the nullification of the appointment of Ganduje as the National Chairman of the Party saying it is a violation of the Party’s constitution 2022 as amended as well as the zoning arrangement for the Party for the Chairmanship position to be from North Central and not the North West region where Ganduje comes from.
Also, the forum claimed that the appointment of Ganduje breached Article 13 of the APC Constitution because it was not done through a democratic process enshrined in the Party’s law.
In his Monday judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit, saying the Forum is not a juristic person and not registered in law and that it has no legal power to file the suit.
Ekwo stated the Forum failed to explore the internal mechanism for peaceful resolution of issues before rushing to the court, adding that the appointment of officers for APC by its National Executive Committee is an internal affair of the party that no court can dabble into.
However, the Chairman of the Forum, Saleh Zazzaga, said, “We will appeal the judgment, our lawyer has already been instructed to file the appeal. One vital thing we are seeking from the court is the interpretation of the Party 2022 constitution as amended and the zoning arrangement, but that wasn’t done.
“The earlier the President and the Party know that Ganduje’s remaining in office is retrogression for the Party and will incur legal liabilities for the Party, the better. We believe that the Party will not want to trade the whole of the North Central region for Ganduje. So the needful should be done fast. That is all I can say to that.”
Zazzaga thanked their members and supporters across the region, saying that they should remain dedicated, hopeful, and prayerful as they keep pursuing the developmental cause of the region as well as the needed democratic dividends.
Zazzaga thanked their members and supporters across the region, saying that they should remain dedicated, hopeful, and prayerful as they keep pursuing the developmental cause of the region as well as the needed democratic dividends.
