Politics
Northerners against restructuring are selfish – El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has condemned fellow northerners opposed to restructuring, saying that they are doing so for selfish purpose.
He pointed out that there was a difference between the position of Northern Elders Forum against restructuring and northerners as a region.
The governor argued that there are over a 100 million northerners whose interests were at stake and stressed that whatever advantages an individual was getting for might not apply directly to the entire North.
“We have the highest number of out-of-school children. We have the highest poverty rate. We have the lowest JAMB cut-off rate. So, what are the advantages in the North in the current situation?
“As the governor of Kaduna State, I have had to look at these issues and try to see how I can get the people of my state up on the ladder. I think you need to differentiate the knowledge from a few and the voice of the silent majority,” he said.
El-Rufai, however, regretted that certain people present restructuring in a derogatory way in a manner that portrays all the northerners as backward people.
He said, “The way some people present restructuring is so insulting and derogatory. We should have an honest conversation on what is working and what is not. We don’t have anything to benefit making derogatory remarks against a particular group of people because of restructuring.
“If there are northern leaders today by virtual of the fact that I am a governor, I must be there. So, who are these northerners against restructuring? Who are they? Who are they speaking for?
“So, let us have a very honest, unemotional conversation without looking down on people or insulting them or framing them” he noted.
El-Rufai, who is also chairman of the APC Restructuring Committee, said the draft bill produced and submitted by his committee in January 2018 was stepped down for fear of politicisation ahead of 2019 general elections.
But he was quick to add that some interested members of the ruling party were making frantic efforts to get the draft bill presented to the National Assembly for consideration before the end of the tenure of the present administration.
The governor said the committee made some recommendations and a draft bill available for onward transmission to the National Assembly, which every lawmaker could take up and sponsor as a private bill.
He said, “We do not need executive bill to start action on the draft bill submitted by the committee.”
He insisted the position of the party and the President to see the draft bill passed into law, adding that consideration of the bill would soon take off.
On insecurity in the southern Kaduna, the governor said the violence in northern Kaduna was more devastating than the insecurity in southern Kaduna as perceived by the public.
He, however, did not give details concerning the real causes of the violence, promising that he would make himself available only if a separate session would be arranged to discuss the issue.
El-Rufai argued that population could only be controlled through the education of the girl-child.
He said, “There is a lot of debate on that because countries that have tried to curtail demographic growth like China have now reversed themselves. Singapore even pays you to have children.
“The current thinking in the developing economics is that population growth is not bad if you can ensure that population growth rate is faster and the population is educated and healthy.”
Politics
Activist Senator Shehu Sani returns to APC with 49 others
Activist Senator Shehu Sani returns to APC with 49 others
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has welcomed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Shehu Sani and other prominent politicians in Kaduna.
Gov Sani also assured Shehu Sani and the other 49 political stalwarts that defected to the APC that they would enjoy the same rights and privileges like every other members of the party.
The Governor spoke when he addressed a mammoth crowd of the party’s supporters at the Murtala Square at a mega rally held on Saturday.
Sani said that there was no any difference between a party member that joined it recently and the ones that have been in APC ten years ago.
He said: ‘’Someone who joined APC today and the one who has been a foundation member 10 years ago, they are of the same status. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges.”
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Sani urged the decampees to notify their supporters of the readiness of APC to accept them into the party as their doors were still open to accept more defectors.
According to him, the popularity and acceptability of APC is because of the its just leadership at both the state and federal levels.
Sani added that the party has come to stay in Kaduna State, the entire North and Nigeria as a whole.
‘’In the 2027 election, the electorate will vote for APC in all the elections, from top to bottom.
“At the top, our leader, President Bola Tinubu will be elected.
“At the state level, the party will be voted for at the gubernatorial, National and State Assemblies elections, by the Grace of God,’’ he said.
The Governor promised that more projects would be executed in all the nooks and crannies of the state, irrespective of party affiliations and ethno-religious considerations.
‘’Politics is different from governance. We will be fair to all, whether or not they voted for us, because that is the oath of office that we swore to uphold as leaders,’’ he further said.
Activist Senator Shehu Sani returns to APC with 49 others
Politics
Buhari, governor vote in Katsina local govt election
Buhari, governor vote in Katsina local govt election
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has voted in the ongoing local government election in Katsina State.
He voted at Polling Unit 003, Sarkin Yarn Ward A of Daura at 11:09am alongside the state Commissioner for Special Duties, Adnan Na-Habu Daura.
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, and his wife, Zulaihat, also cast their votes on Saturday in the local government election.
The governor and his wife voted around 11:45am at the Kofar Katika Polling Unit in Radda Ward of Charanchi Local Government Area.
Radda said he was impressed with the large turnout of voters, adding that this was a testament that democracy had come to maturity in the state.
“I believe that at the end of the exercise, with the kind of projects executed since we came on board, we believe so much in APC and APC will come out victorious. People should expect their votes to count,” Radda said.
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Osun LG poll is illegal, APC won’t participate, says Oyetola
Osun LG poll is illegal, APC won’t participate, says Oyetola
The All Progressives Congress(APC), Osun State has declared that it would boycott the forthcoming local government poll scheduled for February 22, following the Court of Appeal verdict reinstating its sacked members back to their offices.
It will be recalled that APC members were elected at the twilight of the administration of Adegboyega Oyetola in 2022 in a controversial ‘Yes or No’ election, which the Federal High Court declared illegal.
Subsequently, Governor Ademola Adeleke sacked the council bosses in November 2022, hence the matter was taken to Court of Appeal where the matter was resolved in favour of APC on Monday. However, the Osun Independent Electoral Commission(OSIEC) had fixed February 22nd for the election.
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Meanwhile, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola who is the leader of APC in Osun State on Friday announced that the party will boycott the election noting they ‘any election after the Court of Appeal verdict is illegal. We can’t be part of such.”
Speaking at the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign office on Friday, Oyetola said: “We will not participate in any LG election, it is illegal, tell them to obey the court order first because as it is, the council positions are not vacant, hence no need for another election.
“Our chairmen will resume their respective offices with all instruments of law. The court of Appeal verdict will be implemented. I want to urge all the chairmen and councillors not to fight them, we are a peace-loving party.”
He charged the reinstated council Excos that “Go home and be rejoicing, I will come and greet you all in your respective offices.”
Earlier, the State Chairman of APC, Tajudeen Lawal lauded Oyetola for providing leadership for the party and supporting the course of the court matter which reinstated members of the party to 30 Osun councils.
Osun LG poll is illegal, APC won’t participate, says Oyetola
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