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”Buhari’s reelection will end the nonsense Saraki and Dogara do in the National Assembly” – Yahaya Bello
Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, says re-electing President Buhari for a second term will put an end to the ”nonsense senate president Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives speaker, Yakubu Gowon, do in the National Assembly.”
Bello and Saraki have been accused of frustrating the Buhari-led administration. They have been accused of stopping the reconvening of the National Assembly just to frustrate the Buhari government.
Speaking to his supporters at his residence in GRA, Okene, Kogi over the weekend, Governor Bello said the president would win his reelection and put an end to “the nonsense that Saraki and Dogara are doing”.
“Tijani Damisa, our brother in house of representatives, is among the people looking out for President Muhammadu Buhari… That is why the nonsense that Saraki and Dogara are doing is not successful. I urge you all to vote for him and his colleagues. God willing, Buhari will return in 2019. All the people bearing APC ticket in Kogi, not just Ebira, will win by God’s grace. He is the one who will give us and Buhari power. Not the one that Saraki and Dogara are making it difficult for him in his first term. In the second term, he will do it smoothly… When it is my own time, we will win it very well. We won’t just win it, we will superintend over the next one. But in this era, please, everyone should be patient. Please, don’t ridicule me before the president, because, I know my status there.”
He said he is the first person Buhari reaches out to when he has a personal issue to discuss, boasting that he has a father-to-son relationship with the president.
“When it is time for a personal and sensitive matter to be discussed between father and son, I am the first person he (Buhari) reaches out to,” he said.
Politics
Support Tinubu to move Nigeria forward – Abdullahi Sule tells Obi
Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, has appealed to Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, to support President Bola Tinubu to succeed.
Sule spoke on Monday when Obi visited him in Lafia, the state capital.
The governor maintained that elections were over, adding that the president alone cannot address the challenges confronting the nation.
He said Tinubu needed all the necessary support, adding that well-meaning citizens like Obi can contribute to bring the country back on track.
“I know you have the experience, competence and capacity to support the president in the overall interest of the country,” Sule said.
“The president is your friend and colleague, we were all in Lagos at some point, and as such you need to contribute your quota to the development of the country.”
The governor praised Obi for drilling boreholes in some communities in the state, noting that the gesture complemented the government’s efforts to alleviate people’s suffering.
Speaking earlier, Obi said the visit was part of his nationwide tour to provide support to Nigerians during Ramadan.
“I am not desperate to be president of this country, but I am desperate to see Nigeria work for the good of all,” he said.
“I always commend people when they do well because politics to me is not about being negative every time.”
Obi commended Sule for constructing new roads in the state, which he said gave it a new appearance.
Politics
Budget padding: Step down immediately, PDP tells Akpabio
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Senate President Godswill Akpabio to “immediately step aside” and allow for an independent investigation into the allegation that the 2024 appropriation act was padded by N3 trillion.
At the weekend, Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi central, stirred controversy when he alleged that the 2024 budget was padded by N3 trillion and that the country is operating two budgets concurrently.
On Tuesday, the allegation was debated at the “committee of the whole” of the red chamber, amid a rowdy session.
Subsequently, the senator was suspended for three months.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the PDP said Akpabio is not fit to continue as senate president.
‘WE STAND WITH NINGI’
The PDP condemned Ningi’s suspension, saying there was no detailed investigation of the claims raised by the lawmaker.
“The PDP firmly condemns the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi by the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership in the Senate without a detailed inquest into the issue of budget padding which he raised,” the statement issued by Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, reads.
The party said Ningi’s suspension is “apparently a desperate move to suppress investigation, conceal and sweep the facts under the carpet”.
The PDP said the senate should have referred the claim to a standing committee for an open investigation in line with the extant rules of the senate.
“What is the APC senate leadership afraid of and what is it hiding from Nigerians?” the party asked.
“It is even more absurd that instead of recusing himself, the Senate President sat as a judge in the matter; a situation that has the capacity to bring the institution of the Senate to further public disrepute.
“This is especially as the issues at hand heavily border on alleged gross misconduct and criminal betrayal of public trust which are serious offences under our laws.”
The PDP said the lack of a thorough investigation of the claim has smeared the image of the senate.
“Our Party therefore stands with Senator Ningi for his courage in seeking probity and accountability in the polity,” the opposition party said.
Politics
Ningi resigns as chairman of Northern Senators Forum
Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi central, has resigned as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF).
Ningi’s resignation comes after the senate suspended him for three months over the claim that the 2024 budget was padded by N3 trillion.
NAN reports that the lawmaker announced his resignation in a letter dated March 11, 2024, addressed to the secretary of NSF.
“I will like to resign my position as Chairman Northern Senators Forum,” the letter reads.
“This is of course necessitated by the unfolding events in the National Assembly, the North and the nation at large.
“I will like to specially thank members of the forum for the opportunity given to me for the last eight months to spearhead this very important forum.
“I believe this forum is very important and fundamental to the progress and development of Northern Nigeria.”
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