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The news of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu plan to borrow a loan from World Bank to give 12 million Nigerians N8k monthly for a few months as palliative, no doubt, is a Laughable policy.
I would have thought that Mr President had learnt from his predecessor Who spent more than 500millions distributing N5k in the past ro many millions of Nigeria that till date we do not have their data or information of how many Nigerians benefited from such a failed exercise
To have such coming from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not only alarming but disappointing, it is a policy that never worked in the past l.

Your Excellency, how have you arrived at your 12 million number selection? Nigeria is divided into the North and South. Are we having 6 million from the North and 6 million from the South? Or since we have 6 geopolitical zones in Nigeria in the spirit of federal character ,are you deriving your 12 million from 2 million each zone? What criteria and modus operandi are you going to use to pick the 12 million? Obviously, it’s a policy that’s going to fail because such has failed before. It will end up being a handout to your fellow party members..
In all seriousness, sir, N8k will only make the life of Nigerians worse, not better . Cost of food is skyrocketed times 3 already in our Nation, N8k can not feed a family of 3 in a day so how do we arrive at such policy and see it as a policy to help poor Nigerians
With all seriousness, Mr President, Nigerians can want for another few months if tou can put this N500-billion to repair our refinery even if it’s only one within 6 months the resultant effect of this is that once we have refinery working it will increase our oil production and export, thereby increase our earnings and reduced price of fuel back home. It will help our currency gain more power in the world market, and fuel at home will sell for half the price or even less that we have it today.
This would be my humble advice to you Mr President than a political palliative that will only benefit your acronyms but not the larger Nigerian people who are suffering from abject poverty all across the country..
Some of us want your government to succeed .
Your palliative program to farmers, if properly followed thru, is a laudable plan. The more help the farmers can get and more people encourage into farming will help our economy less dependent on import.
It is so sad that this N500biilion been sorted by Mr President N70b is going to National assembly which means salary and palliative increase for the National assembly whilst ordinary workers in Nigeria are not included in all your palliative.
Nigerians should ask Mr President if this is palliative indeed or just a hand out to lawmakers and politicians and members of APC.
There’s no sincerity in this appropriation and it’s implementation it’s as woeful as the policy itself
Nigeria is sitting on a gun powder and the gun powder may burst some day if things continue to degenerate ans those in govt are insensitive to the needs of ordinary Nigerians.
Many more Nigerians should speak out and we should all condemn this acts
Nigerian need long sort solutions not short cut that we keep looking for every day.
May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Signed:
Faduri Oluwadare Joseph Former Presidential Aspirant LP
Leader
Rescue Movement for New Nigeria

By Musa Maye

The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has asked governors of South-Eastern states to take measures to protect the lives and properties of Northerners living as minorities in south-eastern communities as the IPOB Sit-at-home enforcement violence escalates.

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A statement by President of the AYCF, Yerima Shattima on condemned what he called the mindless, unrelenting violent disturbances created by certain interest groups in the South-East, in the form of the agitation for a separate State of Biafra.

“Aware that the perpetrators of violence relentlessly pursuing this agenda of destruction and collective mayhem, fervently hope it will engulf the entire country and bring about mass killings and suffering of innocent people, the AYCF is calling for guaranteed protection of the lives and properties of Northerners in the entire southeast.

“We are worried that often the mindless violence and extremist terrorist actions perpetrated by IPOB and its followers in the South-East resort to the long-practiced tactics of attacks against northerners and against agents and symbols of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“We are therefore compelled to demand from the South-East governors action to ensure an environment in which the Northerner is safe and secure wherever he choses to live and work in the Southeast just as the North is ready to support other Nigerians to benefit from our tolerance and accommodation if they show appropriate respect for the context of their livelihoods.

“It is in our culture to welcome and live with outsiders, and we must never be tired of reminding other Nigerians that the laws of the land demand that every Nigerian lives and earns his legitimate living in any part of Nigeria without discrimination or molestation,” Shettima said.

He however said the North is very much aware that unlike the previous set of governors of South-Eastern states, the current state administrations are showing some level of commitment in resisting the terrorist tactics of the IPOB.

“We also commend the renewed gallantry of our troops under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to checkmate the maneuvers of all terror outfits in the country, ” he said.

ENDS

By Mikhail Jallo

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A coalition of Northeast youths operating under the umbrella of Northeastern Youth’s Advocacy for Peace and Development (NEYAPAD) has congratulated the newly elected Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Abbas Tajuddeen.

The group in a statement issued in Abuja noted that the choice of the duo by the majority of members of Nigeria’s National Assembly is a bold statement on the integrity, competence, and capability of the two presiding officers saying the development is unprecedented in the country’s legislative history.

The Convener of the organization Safiyanu Yau existing, his Co-Convener Mallam Salahuddeen Shuaib Planner, Secretary Abner Shittu, Executive Director Peace and Conflict Resolution Hon. Tukura Kwayi and Executive Director Youths affairs Engr. Sulaiman Bakafada in a jointly signed statement further tasked the new Nass leadership with the speedy confirmation of the newly appointed board and management of the Northeast development commission (NEDC) saying confirming the board will go a long way in easing the state of affairs at the commission and the generality of the people of the northeast.

The group further urged the leadership of the National Assembly not to allow itself to be influenced by politicians from the Northeast who have vowed to frustrate the confirmation of the new board saying the appointees comprise some of the best brains in Nigeria’s public service sector singling out the duo of Umar Abubakar Hashidu, the commission’s acting managing Director and Hajiya Suwaiba Idris Baba, The executive director Humanitarian Affairs and other appointees that constitute the new board as the most competent team to steer the commission.

The group averred that the profile of the duo mentioned above is that of excellence and integrity in every responsibility they’ve handled in the past, further concluding that their records and achievements are unimpeachable.
In conclusion the group further passed a vote of confidence on the entire leadership of the 10th Assembly and wish them a successful and progressive tenure

BY Musa Tanko

Kaduna

The Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) Kaduna State chapter in partnership with the Coach Felix Academic and Sports Foundation (CFASF) said plans have been concluded to host the 6th edition of the Kaduna Schools Athletics championship.

Addressing newsmen on the championship, Mallam Abdulrazaq Usman who is the national coordinator of the YSFON, the championship which will hold at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium is scheduled for the 14th-15th July, 2023.

He disclosed that events to be completed for are, Under 12:70m, 150m, Under 15: 100m, 200m, 4100m mixed, above 15: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4400m, shot put, Javelin and discuss.

Usman said, the main aim of the championship is to among others is to discover new breed of talented student-athletes further development and to enhance their academic and sports pursuits just like Samuel Ogazi and Temitope Olusesan who were discovered from same championship.

” It would be recalled that Samuel Ogazi from AirForce comprehensive school Kaduna won threshold medals at the concluded Africa under 18/20 championship in Zambia in May, 2023 and also Temitope Olusesan (2019) from Demonstration School Sabo Tasha represented Nigeria at the world school games on France 2022.

Speaking further on the championship, founder of CFASF, Mr Osiebe Felix Onoriode, said the championship will run under the standard rules and regulations of world Athletics, stressing that use of mercenaries will not be tolerated as every student athlete will be duly screened.

” Registration for the event which is at the YSFON Kaduna office ends on the 24th June, 2023 and student athletes can participate in multiple events as long as it does not clashes.

” The official medical team have reserved rights to withdraw any student athlete at any stage from continuing an event or events on medical grounds, schools must ensure that only medically,mentaly and physically fit students athletes are presented as the organizers will not be liable for any incidence resulting from unfit participant (s).

” Student Athletes will be selected to represent the state at the next National Youth Games (NYG) Asaba 2023 and other national or international competitions, while cash prize, medals and certificates will be awarded to deserving winners”.

He said, all participating student athletes will be expected to take part in the opening and closing march pass with their respective schools flag.

Dignitaries expected to grace the event are the Commissioner Ministry of Sports Development as Chief Host while that of Education will co-host. The President Nigeria Volleyball Federation Engr. Musa Nimrod is expected to be the Chairman, while Mr China Nnadozie CEO micro manna computer limited and the Technical Director Athletics federation of Nigeria Mr Samuel Onikeku will serve as special guest of honor with princes Mabel Madogiemu as mother of the day.

ENDS

By : Faduri Oluwadare Joseph 

OPEN MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT TINUBU

While so many Nigerians are praising the Student loan policy that President Tinubu is introducing to the Nigerian educational system whereby students0062352805 can take a loan after gaining admission to attend institutions of higher learning and then repay in 2yrs after graduation? I am concerned it is doing the last thing first and a rushed policy to please angry Youths to buy their conscience without thinking it through.

My caution and reservations are that this step is not the first step to take in the educational sector of our Nation which has so many twists and turns and so many failures around it.

The system is setting itself up for failure 

In as much as we are building a home on no foundation.

During my Presidential campaign tour to some of our nation’s universities. I realized that many of the colleges, Polytechnic and universities we have in Nigeria are comparable to elementary schools of the developed Worlds in terms of structures, infrastructures;

Most of our schools don’t have adequate or standard classrooms, and most do not have any science labs, in the era of technology I am not sure if any of our schools can boast of modern technologies like laptops, digital blackboards for teaching, science labs, computer centers to mention a few, not to talk of stable electricity on campuses, comfortable classrooms, books in the libraries among many factors militating against our educational system especially most of the govt schools that have been relegated to worst with the advent of private schools in Nigeria.

Many Nigerian universities’ science students are learning many things from books as some of the technological equipment is nowhere to be found in many of our Govt institutions not to also mention the Jamb examination which has not been the best way of admitting students into schools all across the country, so to start overhauling the educational system by starting with student loans is an exercise in futility as this may not yield the needed results to help the lives of Youths in our Nation.

The lecturers’ unions across some of these institutions also have their issues that are yet to be taken care of by Govt as I am aware that many demands of ASUU are still there begging for resolutions so these teachers can shut down the system anytime when they feel their need is not been attended to not to finally talk of where would govt raise the money he will use to pay for these loans we talking about.

 Or are we Borrowing again to pay for student loans?

Having highlighted all these Grey areas, Had expected the govt who wants to copy the educational system of the Western developed world to start by making education free and compulsory from elementary to secondary school first and free to all Nigerians because what are the statistics of Nigerians able to send their kids to school from elementary to secondary school today? The statistics are very low, so many of our Children are roaming the streets and are uneducated. Many don’t even make it to secondary school much less colleges, if we must revive the educational system in our Nation we must start by making education affordable, free, and compulsory for all children born in Nigeria from 4yrs old to secondary school which will, in turn, help the parents to focus on other needs like accommodation and feeding of the family and even safe some money ahead of their colleges.

Secondly, we would have to set up an educational reform board to see how govt can upgrade most of our schools, and equip them to be able to meet up with modern international standards  so that we start producing graduates who can contribute to growing and creating a New Nigeria and A new economy.

After we have made education compulsory and free from kindergarten up to secondary school and after we have upgraded most of our higher institutions up to modern and international standards then bringing students loans would have been a great idea to institutions where we will now build the new tomorrow of Young Nigerians who would have the tools and environment to learn and take something to the World to contribute to our economy and country at large .infact if we create an enabling environment we can start having institutions of higher learning in Nigeria producing Nigerian locally made kinds of stuff but to start with students loan is to build something on nothing and eventually a failed policy from the beginning and a policy rushed through just to please the Youths of Nigeria not just to bring about educational advancement in our Nation.

I will appeal to the govt of President Tinubu to look through my submission and retrace his steps to embark on a complete overhaul of the educational system in Nigeria not just this fire brigade approach to solving part of it.

May God Bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria 

Signed:

Faduri Oluwadare Joseph 

Former Presidential Aspirant Labour Party Leader 

Rescue Movement for New Nigeria

Millions of seasoned Ministers and Pastors from around the world would participate in the two-day Global Ministers’ Classroom (GMC) with Pastor Chris, an interdenominational program organized under the auspices of the International School of Ministry for Prayer, Fellowship, Strategy, and the Word.

The program is open to all Ministers of the Gospel – Church Leaders, Pastors, Ministry Leaders and Executives, Ministry staff, and all categories of Church Workers. The first edition of the program which was held in 2018, was born out of the desire of the man of God, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Dsc D.D, to have a platform through which the Holy Spirit equips and imparts Ministers of the Gospel for remarkable and transformational impact in Ministry. Over the years, classroom attendance has increased; from 8 million in 2018 to 78 million in 2022 with participating Ministers from 239 Nations of the world.

Today, the GMC has become one of the tools that have helped millions of ministers of the Gospel around the world to become effective in their work and walk in ministry; and to fulfill God’s calling upon their lives. Indeed, in these unprecedented times, the Global Ministers’ Classroom will strengthen Ministers’ desire to fulfill their role in evangelization and making disciples of nations.

This year’s 24-hour edition with the man of God, Pastor Chris, is scheduled to commence on Friday, 2nd of June by 2 pm GMT+1 and ends on Saturday, 3rd of June. There will also be teachings from seasoned Senior Ministers of the Gospel, impact testimonies from previous program attendees, Question and Answer segment, where participants will have their questions answered by the man of God in real-time, and lots more. It promises to be an extraordinary time of revelatory teachings and impartation for greater works in these last days.

“Ministers of the Gospel, prepare for the program and pray about it….it is the Spirit’s call; it is a moment of mobilization; God is mobilizing His Army; He is getting us ready for the final phase for the work of the Church in this world.” Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, Dsc DD.

The event will also be broadcast live in all major languages of the world; to allow many more ministers of the Gospel to participate in the program.
Registration for the program is on and free; so go ahead to register yourself, Ministers, and Christian leaders in your sphere of contact via
http://www.ismglobalministersclassroom.org/v/NigeriaGMC/

Ministers who have attended previous editions of the program recount their experience and testimonies of the impact of the program thus:
“I attended GMC 2022, and experienced a tangible increase in the anointing of God’s Spirit in my personal life and Ministry. My church has also experienced increased growth tremendously ever since”- Pastor Martinis Marinko from Croatia

“Through the teachings at the GMC, my leadership capacity was greatly increased. I became more committed to the vision of global evangelism, which led me to travel to countries such as Singapore and Bangladesh, to host Ministers Conferences for the training and equipping for more ministers for phenomenal ministry impact”.- Pastor MV. Thomas from India

“Following my participation in the GMC, the fire and passion to win more souls for Jesus was greatly stirred. I held a crusade in Nairobi, Kenya and packed out the stadium. Thousands of souls received salvation and many miracles were recorded. This brought about an increase in my church growth” – Pastor Judah Kalinga from Uganda

“After one of the editions of the GMC, I hosted the largest Ministers Conference in my country. I have also experienced notable increase in my personal finance, church growth and leadership capacity”.- Pastor Isaac Zirebwa from Zimbabwe

The 2023 GMC is just a few days away! Ministers of the Gospel from every nation on Earth will converge in this global online assembly, and be transported by God’s Spirit to fresh and new levels of effectiveness in life and ministry.

To register for the program, kindly log on to
http://www.ismglobalministersclassroom.org/v/NigeriaGMC/
and invite other Ministers of the Gospel and Christian Leaders in your world.

Press Statement.

I have a solemn and urgent duty today. It is to alert you to the danger that you are about throwing away our hard won democracy due to the culture of indiscipline, impunity and insensitivity that you have grown in recent years.

The Issue:

The issue is simple. The Constitution at section 134(2)(b) states that a candidate for the office of President at an election involving two or more candidates is deemed duly elected where the candidate obtains the highest votes at the election and at least 25% of the votes in each of two thirds of all the States and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Where no candidate meets this requirement, there should be a second election between the candidate with the highest votes and one out of the remainder who has a majority of the votes in the highest number of States. Where the requirement of spread is still not met, there should be a third election between the two which should be decided on a simple majority of votes. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not obtain the required 25% of the votes in Abuja but insists on being sworn in as President and Commander-in-Chief.

The Threat:
Section 1(2) of the Constitution prohibits anyone or group from taking control of the Government of the Federation or any part thereof contrary to the provisions of the Constitution. It is the responsibility of all Nigerians, including the military to safeguard the Constitution. Section 14(2)(a) of the Constitution expressly declares that the people are the true sovereign and the ultimate authority in the land from whom the Government derives the authority to govern through the Constitution.

The Constitution has therefore authorized each and every Nigerian in whatever position that he finds himself and with whatever means at his disposal to safeguard the Constitution by resisting any would-be impostor from power. The primary allegiance of our soldiers is to the Constitution, which is also the source of their own authority and standing as officers of the nation. They cannot be expected to give allegiance to anyone that is installed President contrary to the Constitution.

The upshot is that if we proceed to install Tinubu President and Commander-in-Chief under the present circumstances, we would be setting democracy up for overthrow. The intervention, ostensibly to restore the authority of the Constitution, and democracy, might mean that this country might not experience democracy again for a long time.

We have the experience of late Earnest Shonekan and the Interim National Government that he headed that was sacked by a Lagos High Court for lack of constitutional foundation for guidance and certainty regarding the point that every High Court in this country is empowered to interpret the Constitution and may therefore sack Tinubu, if installed, with a simple declaration. That would set the stage for extra constitutional actions that would be justified with the excuse of restoring the authority of the Constitution. It would be the death of democracy in the country.

The Solution:
We need to exercise discipline to obey the simple instruction of our Constitution. Section 134(3)(a) and (b) instruct us to proceed to a second election between Tinubu, as the candidate with the highest votes, and one of the other candidates that has the majority of votes in the highest number of States. We should embark on that in earnest.

May 29th 2023 and after:

We are faced with neither the prospect of a vacuum in the office of President nor that of constitutional crises if we put off the planned inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Constitution expects us to do. His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari GCON, has the authority, nay, the order of the Constitution to remain in office to guard and guide the action while processes for the due emergence of his successor continue until that successor takes the oath of office. If we proceed to install Tinubu unconstitutionally, the Constitution would still continue to regard President Buhari as the President and Commander in Chief. Anything that is done contrary to the Constitution is a nullity. Four years as a tenure under section 135(2)(a) would become an issue only when there is a due successor available to take the oath of office.

We implore the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the President and Commander in Chief, the security chiefs and all other officers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria not to be complicit in the overthrow of the Constitution by lending their support for the installation of Tinubu as President of this country on May 29th or any other day under the present election results.

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal:

The PEPT as presently engaged has no constitutional basis. It is only when there is a valid declaration of a winner of the election that its jurisdiction can be invoked. The grounds for invoking it under section 134 of the Electoral Act are (1) non-qualification of the winner (b) invalidity of the election, and © failure of the declared winner to obtain majority of the votes. The issue of failure to secure 25% of the votes in two thirds of all the States and the FCT is not one of the conditions. It is left out because it is a constitutional issue that should be resolved before the PEPT is constituted. The Constitution demands a second election at the present time unless any petitioner before the PEPT can satisfy it that he fulfilled the requirements of section 134(2)(b) of the Constitution and should have been declared winner.

Conclusion:
We call on the intentional community not to encourage the overthrow of democracy and the possible institution of anarchy in the Nigeria with their support for the unconstitutional installation of Tinubu as the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria on the 29th of May 2023.

Chuks Nwachuku Esq.
Solicitor to Abuja Residents and Voters.