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Wike Vows Not To Step Down For Any PDP Presidential Aspirant
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed not to step down for any consensus candidate of the party ahead of its presidential primary.
The Governor said only death will make him quit his ambition to become the President of Nigeria.
“The only thing that will make me to quit is death; if I’m alive, we will finish it on 28/29 of May (date for PDP presidential primaries).”
He made the assertion in an interview with BBC pidgin in Port Harcourt on Friday.
Wike, who spoke in pidgin English, said “I have been a local government chairman which is the grassroot, I have been a minister and now a Governor. How many of the aspirants have such experience?”
He explained that former vice President Atiku Abubakar has only been a vice president, not a minister or even Governor.
“If they put me and other aspirants side by side, the delegates will choose me, because I have been the one going from State to State telling them to vote for me.
“Why would I step down for anybody? If you want to do consensus, you will do it with equity and fairness.
“If the consensus you want to do is to gang up against one or two people, why will I join in that type of consensus. The people talking about consensus, are their hands clean? Their hands are not clean,” he added.
Politics
Osun State Government Begins Rice Distribution for Easter And Eid Celebration
The Osun State Government has gone the mile for it’s Christian and Muslim people through the distribution of rice for both Easter and Eid-l-Fitr celebrations.
In a statement made by the state governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Saturday, It partly read;
“Governor Ademola Adeleke has restated his commitment to physical and stomach infrastructure as his government commences distribution of rice for the celebration of both the Easter and Eid-l- Fitr.
“The distribution which started in the last 24 hours is billed to cover all major population groups in the state.
“Already, the Christian Association of Nigeria has gotten the allocated rice through its state leadership while the Muslim community are in the process of taking theirs.
“Other interest groups also listed to benefit from the exercise include traditional religion practitioners, Media groups, civil society groups, youth bodies and student organisations.
“Aside from the current distribution, the government is to commence another round of rice and other palliative distribution after the yuletide period.
“The state and the Federal Government are collaborating to share more palliatives, all in an attempt to alleviate the suffering of our people.”
We commend the governor for doing this.
Politics
“Support Tinubu’s Government, Things Will Gets Better” – Former Presidential Aide, Adesina Tells Nigerians
The former presidential aide, Femi Adesina at an event in Lagos, assured of a better Nigeria but noted that the citizens must play their part.
Adesina called for support for Tinubu’s government, asking citizens to pray and have goodwill towards the government.
Adesina made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday, March 25.
He said: “My message to Nigeria at this time is just to hold the fort, this place is going to get better.
“It is our country, we don’t have another one. So we must ensure that it works because no matter where we go, we will not be first class citizens. Nigeria will get it right, we will get there.
“So, let us support the government, let us pray for the government and have good will towards the government and everything is good, to get better and right,” Adesina added.
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“I Received N266Million From 2024 Budget” — Senator Abaribe Says Amid Claims Certain Senators Were Given N500Million
The lawmaker representing the Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that contrary to the claim that some ranking senators received N500 million from the 2024 budget, he only received N266 million.
Recall that the senator representing Cross River North, Agom Jarigbe on Tuesday, March 12, revealed that senior ranking senators had received N500 million each from the 2024 budget while he got nothing.
Lawmakers who have spent at least four years in the Senate are regarded as ranking senators.
Jarigbe made the revelation on the floor of the Senate while speaking on allegations of budget padding raised by the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi.
Ningi had earlier alleged that the Senate of padding the 2024 budget, saying the National Assembly added an extra N3.7 trillion to the initial budget.
Reacting to the allegation on Arise Television on Wednesday, March 13, Abaribe said Ningi knew it was a mistake to make a claim he could not prove.
Abaribe then denied receiving N500 million as alleged by Jarigbe. He added that despite being a senior senator, he only received N266 million.
Abaribe said: “Senator Ningi knew it was going to be a mistake. He knew. He’s a member of the Senate. He can’t say he didn’t know. He’s an old Senator. He has been in the Senate before. He knew that this wasn’t correct.
“I never got 500 million. I think Jarigbe tried to clarify his statement. He came back subsequently to say, ‘No, Ningi told me I was given’, because he didn’t get. He’s also a ranking Senator.
“So, I think that at the end of the day, what you see really is that…well, I’m an APGA Senator–the only APGA Senator in the Senate. Maybe being a minority of the minority, they didn’t consider me worthy of being given. Nobody told me about that money.
“I wanted to say that, without equivocation, that both Jarigbe and the Senate leader tried to clarify this issue. Number one: nobody was given 500 million. Even a few of my colleagues called me to say, ‘Ahh you get 500 million and we dey beg.
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