Politics
Presidential aspirant, Prof Imumolen, to open campaign by subsidising food prices
…condemns lecturers’ strike as archaic
A presidential aspirant, Prof. Chris Imumolen, says he will commence his political campaign next month with a practical demonstration of what he would do when elected by subsidising prices of essential food items in different parts of the country.
Imumolen, who spoke on the state of the nation at a press conference held in Lagos, also condemned the use of strike actions by workers including lecturers as a way to get government to accede to their demands.
He said, “From next month, my campaign team will start subsidising the cost of food for Nigerians in Nigeria. We will start selling a bag of rice for as low as N19,000; bread that is sold for N200 will go to N50 to show Nigerians what we want to do if I emerge as the president.”
The educationist, who owns three universities in Africa, South America and North America, said he would not waste his time on the traditional campaign method run of point agenda, saying it only made politicians to say what they would not do.
He said, “How many presidential candidates who became president fulfilled those points? We need to start doing things differently, and we should not follow that traditional way of those people who tell you what they are going to do and in the end they never fulfil it. We are not following that trend.”
He also lamented the rise in crime rate and insecurity in the country, noting that school pupils, college students and other young people had been lured into secret cults in many schools and on their streets, freely using lethal weapons open fights.
“We are going to combat it (crime) and it is so easy but we cannot reveal the strategy openly. We know what we are going to do, and within one year, you will begin to live safely without anything happening to you,” he said.
On how he plans to finance his campaign, he said, “We would privately do it and we have a lot of Nigerians, and individuals who are supporting this course.
“We don’t have the godfather we are looking up to for instructions or people we have signed a contract with. We have the willpower. And again, knowing that we are coming from a sphere that is not political; we have not been on the political scene. We are plain and pure. You should understand that coming outside the politics into politics means we have a lot we are going to do. So we have that will; we need a leader that has a will, who can do something without looking at people’s faces because what you are doing is in the interest of general Nigerians.”
Imumolen said Nigerians should entrust the leadership of the country to selfless leader who are genuine and had done things privately for the benefit of the society.
For him, he said, “In education, I have three universities that have given scholarships to over 500,000 Nigerians, who again have such an experience. So from agriculture to security, we have been doing this privately and we can do it when we get the top job. That is part of the confidence we have that when we get there, we will change the narrative.”
Politics
Senate in rowdy session as lawmakers quarrel over sitting arrangement
Senate in rowdy session as lawmakers quarrel over sitting arrangement
The Senate broke into a rowdy session on Tuesday after three senators engaged in a heated argument over arrangement of seats.
Danjuma Goje, senator representing Gombe Central, and Sahabi Yau, senator representing Zamfara North, expressed displeasure over the seats assigned to them.
They complained to Opeyemi Bamidele, the majority leader.
The Senate is currently using its refurbished chamber, two years after renovation began on it.
According to the standing rules of the upper legislative chamber, senators should sit in order of rank.
The Easter and Sallah recess was postponed to accommodate the completion of the renovation of both chambers of the national assembly.
However, while Senate President Godswill Akpabio read his welcome address, the heated argument among the three senators began.
It was learnt that Goje and Yau, sitting on the second row on the right side of the aisle, did not like the seats allocated to them by the senate committee on services.
Sunday Karimi, senator representing Kogi west, is chair of the senate services committee.
The four-term senators subsequently insisted that they should have been assigned seats on the front row on the extreme right — opposite the row of the majority leader and the deputy senate president.
After the argument, Kawu Sumaila, senator representing Kano South, called for a “point of order” which was ignored.
Thereafter, Bamidele moved a motion for a closed-session.
Politics
Ganduje drums support for Tinubu, says no vacancy in Aso Rock 2027
Ganduje drums support for Tinubu, says no vacancy in Aso Rock 2027
National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, says members of the opposition are trying to discredit the Bola Tinubu-led administration in their desperation for Aso Rock in 2027.
He however declares that there is no vacancy in Aso Rock in 2027.
Ganduje said the administration of President Tinubu had been contending with accumulation of many years of neglect, policy summersaults and other disjointed decisions by previous administrations.
The APC national chairman gave the position while addressing supporters and support groups at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.
Ganduje urged the APC supporters and groups to be committed to the party so that it could continue to forge ahead.
He said the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and its chieftains were afraid, having been defeated in the last general election and already foreseeing another defeat.
Ganduje said the NNPP elements were now engaged in a propaganda campaign against the leadership of APC.
He said, “They are so afraid because we are consolidating. They are so afraid all over the country because we are receiving new entrants into our party. That is creating fears in their minds.
“They are already eyeing 2027, but at that time, there is no vacancy. Only our President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will, Insha Allah, continue as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Ganduje claimed the leadership of NNPP and its chieftains in Kano State were sponsoring protests and campaigning for his removal as APC national chairman.
Politics
Another PDP bigwig dumps party
Another PDP bigwig dumps party
Dr Cosmos Ndukwe, one of the key opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidates for 2023, has resigned from the party.
This is stated in a letter written by the former Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly to the Chairman of his Item C Ward in Bende Local Government Area, which was copied to the party’s State Chairman, Hon. Asiforo Okere, and the Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum.
The former Chief of Staff to the Governor and Commissioner for Works under ex-Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu claimed “personal reasons, current commitments, and aspirations” in his decision to leave the PDP.
He praised the party for providing him with the opportunity to enter the political spotlight and wished it success in the state.
The letter posted on his Facebook page on Monday morning read, “I hope this letter finds you well. It is with a heavy heart that I compose this correspondence to tender my resignation as a member and stakeholder in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Abia State, effective immediately.
“My decision to resign as a member within the party stems from personal reasons and reflections on my current commitments and aspirations.
“After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that potting out of PDP is the best course of action for me at this time.
“I am immensely grateful for the opportunities that the PDP has afforded me during my tenure as a Councillor, Deputy Chairman Local Government, Chief of Staff to Executive Governor of Abia State, Deputy Speaker Abia 6th House of Assembly and Presidential Aspirant PDP 2023.
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“Serving within the party has been a privilege, and I have valued the relationships I have built with fellow members, as well as the chance to contribute to the party’s objectives and ideals.
” I want to express my appreciation to you, the Ward Executive Committee, and all members of the PDP Abia State for the support and camaraderie extended to me throughout my association with the party.
“While I may be stepping away from my formal role, I remain committed to the principles of democracy and the progress of our great state Abia.
“Please consider this letter as my formal resignation from all duties and responsibilities associated with my position as a member and stakeholder in the PDP Abia State.
“I wish the PDP Abia State continued success in all its endeavors, and I extend my best wishes for the future. Thank you once again for the opportunities and experiences.”
The former Deputy Speaker had in an introductory post to the letter written:
“Good morning friends and well wishers. In life, we all have the past. We all made choices that maybe, weren’t the best ones. None of us is completely a saint,
but we all get a fresh start some day.
“Eccl 3:1-5 summary is on time for everything. To me, this is time to leave PDP family. I am potting out for good, new destination to be announced soon.
“My letter has started its journey to the ward chairman, LG chairman, State Chairman and Ag National chairman”.
Platinumpost reports that, the PDP has been hit by the wind of resignation following the exit of former Governor of Imo State, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, and over 20 key members of the party in Imo State including a member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), and zonal officers.
Although the supremacy tussle between former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, is believed to be at the centre of crisis rocking the PDP, funding by Vanguard show that Ndukwe may be on his way to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to assist his kinsman, and the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu.
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