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Smaade:
Femi Gbajabiamila, immediate past Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, beat all odds to emerge the Speaker of the House, an office he also ran for in 2015, but lost to the immediate past Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.

He is to be assisted by Hon Ahmed Idris Wase, who was elected unopposed, as the Deputy Speaker. Both men are from Lagos and Plateau states respectively.

Even though both men were their party's endorsed and officially backed candidate, it did not stop Hon Mohammed Bagu from challenging him to the Speakership office.

Even though Gbajabiamila won with a landslide, securing 282 votes out of the 358 votes cast, the road to that victory was rough.

To win, Gbaja, as he is fondly called, fought off serious allegations of perjury, misconduct and of, having been convicted in Georgia, USA.

The opposition PDP had, on the eve of the election, backed.......

https://thesourceng.com/against-all-odds-gbajabiamila-is-speaker-how-dogara-helped/

Oyinsblog:
The Special Adviser to former Senate President Bukola Saraki on New Media, Bamikole Omishore, has congratulated the newly sworn-in President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, while calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to end the blame game and get to work, according to a report by Punch.

Omoshore, minutes after Lawan’s swearing-in, posted on Twitter, “Wishing Senator Ahmed Lawan the very best as the President of the @NGRSenate of 9th Assembly.

“With the President now having his candidate as the chairman of (the) National Assembly, I pray this will bring an end to excuses and blame game and Nigerians can get dividends of democracy.”

Saraki’s senate presidency was embroiled in controversy beginning with his emergence in June 2015 against the wishes of his then party, the All Progressives Congress, and Buhari.

The former Senate President defected to the Peoples Democratic Party on July 31, 2018.

https://justofofo.com.ng/saraki-reacts-to-emergence-of-lawan-as-senate-president/

Deeviiid:
Chai!!

See fvck up!! Ike Ekweremadu wouldn't have contested rather than contest and get beaten by Omo-Amege, thus denting his towering profile.

ryloy:
Ovie Omo-Agege Wins Deputy Senate President

nairavsdollars:
By Temidayo Akinsuyi

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday advised Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos State governor to forget about his presidential ambition in 2023.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent, George said Tinubu’s performance during his tenure as Lagos State governor shows he is not qualified to lead Nigeria as a country.

He also said despite tge fact that they are both Lagosians, he will not vote for Tinubu if decides to go ahead with his inordinate ambition.

” How can Tinubu govern Nigeria? Did he govern Lagos? He should know his limits. Personally, I won’t vote for him if he decides to contest”.

“That doesn’t imply there is quarrel between us. It is just my personal opinion. I will advise him to just remain where he is because if he overreaches himself, he will bear the consequences alone ” he said.
https://www.independent.ng/2023-tinubu-not-qualified-to-become-nigerias-president-bode-george/

sarrki:
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Orji wronged by behaving arrogant

sarrki:
Saraki Sits On The Floor While Listening To Emir Of Ilorin-pics

Saraki former senate president

hisexcellency34:
Instead of wasting his time at Tribunal, Atiku Abubakar should start his preparation for 2023 Presidency now.

PDP will zone it to the North and Atiku will beat Tinubu, Osinbajo or any Southerner any day.


The Bubari factor will no longer be there in 2023. With support from men like Obasanjo, Atiku will win easily

Gossipninja:
https://zenithnaija.com/i-will-miss-you-but-well-meet-on-the-streets-of-abuja-dino-mocks-akpabio/

cc: lalasticlala dominique Mynd44

igwesylv:
The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, on Thursday declared that the South-East region would no longer fold its hands and allow herdsmen to continue to kill, terrorise and destroy properties worth millions of naira of Igbo in the zone.

The group made this known through a press statement signed by the OYC President-General, Mr. Okechukwu isiguzoro in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state.

The statement reads in part: “Ohanaeze has Studied the recent threat of Genocidal Ethnic Cleansing by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria against the people of the South East for ” their alleged Stubbornness “and subsequently the denial of Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, Zonal Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria Southeast zone, for his apologies and Explanations to the people of South East are Dead on arrival, as it’s a diversionary tactics to get back to the people of South East Unawares, Unprepared and to.....read full:

https://ugobestiky.com/bakassi-boys-to-return-to-fight-fulani-herdsmen-ohanaeze/

Cherrybae:
I ran into the former senate president Bukola Saraki at the Abuja Airport while it was raining.

This man saraki humility and simple life must be emulated by our Nigerian youths.

Hate him or like him, he remains the best senate president Nigeria ever had.

I urge the PDP to install saraki as their national chairman and see APC buried.

IgbereBlog:
The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has again, vowed not to step down for any candidate in his quest to be the Senate President of the incoming Ninth National Assembly, Igbere TV reports.

He said he was going to contest on the Floor of the Senate on June 11, despite the endorsement of Senator Ahmed Lawan by his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He was reacting to the the withdrawal of Senator Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe) from the Senate Presidency race.

Igbere TV had reported that, Goje, Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, on Thursday said he was stepping down to support Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan for the position.

Goje’s decision to step down came after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Abuja, Ndume said he had no reason to visit President Buhari at the villa in order to step down for Senator Ahmad Lawan, who is the candidate of the APC for the position.

The former Senate leader also dismissed a social media report that he was invited to the Villa by Buhari who directed him to stop his aspiration to contest for the Senate President position.

He said, “Nobody has invited me to the Villa. There won’t be cause for it. My quest to contest the Senate President election Insha Allah on Tuesday next week stands.”

The election of the Ninth Assembly leadership is expected to take place at the first session of the House on Tuesday, June 11, reports Igbere TV.

http://igberetvnews.com/752788/breaking-ndume-speaks-on-withdrawing-from-senate-presidency-race-for-lawan/

Besti46:
A Senator from Ebonyi State, Obinna Ogba, on Thursday, likened the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to late Nigeria’s military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha. Ogba, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said Saraki and Abacha shared a similar trait of being kind to others.

Speaking during the Senate’s valedictory session in Abuja, the lawmaker insisted that Nigeria never experienced the level of insecurity being witnessed under Abacha. According to Ogba: “I will liken Saraki leadership to that of Abacha. He is just like Abacha. I am one of those who believe that many people can say what they like, but Sani Abacha is a president that we have never seen. You may love him, and you may not like him.

“Abacha is a perfect man, no matter what they are saying about him. People who are condemning him today are doing worse things. During Abacha time, we didn’t have security problems like this. The man did and so many good things. “Wherever the man is, God will continue to bless him. He is the one that gave us Ebonyi state. God will continue to bless him and you too (Saraki). “In this chamber, you find the good, the bad, and the ugly, but Nigeria is represented here.

“What I noticed in this 8th assembly is that there are people who do not see anything good except in their zones.
We are not supposed to belong to any political party, zones, or religion here. “The earlier we changed that attitude, and it will be better for this country. Mr. President, I want to thank the leadership of the Senate.”

read more: https://gistok.ng/why-saraki-is-just-like-abacha-pdp-senator-ogba/

ajibola1979:
http://www.politico.ng/orji-kalu-adamant-says-nothing

Limitednow:
See more reactions>>>https://politicstimesng.com/8thsenatevaledictory-see-how-nigerians-reacted-as-saraki-led-senate-ends-today/

by Sonala Olumhense


Goodluck Jonathan Declaration for Presidency Speech
18 September 2010
“…We will fight to create jobs, for all Nigerians!”

Nigeria targets 600,000 jobs as N15tr gas project begin.
[The Guardian, March 25, 2011]

NIGERIA’s march towards getting into the bracket of top global economic powers got a boost yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan launched a gas-driven economic roadmap. He (said) that the aggressive and forceful nature of his administration’s ambition to re-industrialise the country was akin to a revolution, which could turn around Nigeria’s economic fortune with a potential to creating over 600,000 jobs.

Presidential debate: about one million jobs for Nigerians (The Punch, April 1, 2011)

(Jonathan) said the expansion and development of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry would provide about one million jobs for Nigerians even as he hinted that a job creation roadmap would be unveiled next week as a step towards achieving job creation for Nigerians.

We’II create employment opportunities, Jonathan tells Ambassador (Radio Nigeria, July 16, 2011)

President Goodluck Jonathan says Government is developing a policy that will require a certain category of goods to be produced locally to boost employment. President Jonathan told the out-going Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Toshitsugu Uesawa, that the policy would help to develop the economy and improve the purchasing power of Nigerians.

Nigeria: I’m Here to Create Jobs - Okonjo-Iweala (Vanguard, August 18, 2011)

Former Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who was sworn-in yesterday by President Goodluck Jonathan as the Minister of Finance declared that her main priority as she resumed duties was to create jobs, which was a key component of the president’s transformation agenda.

Reuben Abati, “100 Days of Promising Less and Delivering More: The Jonathan Transformational Agenda,” 7 September 2011: “To give effect to Mr. President’s statement that improving the economy and creating jobs is of the highest priority to this administration, a 15-man Economic Implementation Team was put in place under the Chairmanship of President Jonathan.”

Nigeria’s gas project will create jobs for youths - Alison-Madueke (Sweetcrude, September 10, 2011)

The Nigerian government’s gas project is designed to engage youths in gainful employment, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke has said. Speaking in Abuja on Friday at the ongoing sectoral presentations to mark President Goodluck Jonathan’s 100 days in office, the minister said the project would create direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians, especially in the downstream sector of the industry.

President Jonathan Assures on Job Creation (234NEXT, September 30, 2011)

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said his administration aims at creating more sources of income and strengthening the economic power of Nigerians. Mr. Jonathan said this while speaking to Mr Klaus Schwab, the Founder/Executive of the World Economic Forum, WEF, during one of his numerous meetings and consultations in New York, USA.

FG To Create 50,000 Jobs (The Nigerian Mail, October 11, 2011)

THE Federal Government, yesterday, said it will create about 50,000 new jobs and 6,000 young entrepreneurs within the next three years, with the launch of the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YOU WIN) project. According to Minister for Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the project, which will be launched simultaneously in the six zones in Nigeria to enable youths in all states participate, is in line with the president’s vision of economic development.

Jonathan targets 110,000 jobs in four years

Business Day, 12 October 2011

The Federal Government has started the implementation of its job creation agenda, with the launch of a new employment generation scheme, which targets to create between 80,000 to 110,000 sustainable jobs over the next four years.

Why Fed Govt must create jobs, expand economy, by Jonathan (The Nation, October 26, 2011)

President Goodluck Jonathan, five governors and four ministers yesterday met with key Australian investors in the mining and steel sector on how Nigeria can grow its economy beyond oil and gas. He said the increasing population of youths has made it imperative for the Federal Government to create jobs and expand the economy or else they might engage the government.

Jonathan: We Must Create Jobs or Risk Revolution (ThisDay, November 29, 2011)

President Goodluck Jonathan Monday admonished public office holders to bring smiles to the faces of Nigerians or risk what he called possible youth revolt in the country. “In the coming years, youths will revolt against any president or state government if we do not come up with policies that will create jobs,” he said.

Nigeria: FG to Create 370,000 Jobs in 2012 (Leadership, February 14, 2012)

President Goodluck Jonathan announced yesterday that all was now set for the federal government to generate 370,000 jobs across the country before the end of the year. This, he said, was made possible by the Public Works and Women/Youth Employment (PW/WYE)), a project which is a component of the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE). Each State of the federation is expected to get 10,000 jobs out of the 370,000.

President Jonathan pledges to create millions of jobs through “scientific farming” (News Agency of Nigeria, April 28, 2012)

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Abuja launched the high-quality cassava-based bread with a pledge to create millions of jobs for youths through “scientific farming”.

Jonathan Targets 3.5m Jobs from Agric Sector by 2015 (ThisDay, May 1, 2012)

President Goodluck Jonathan has said his administration is targeting about 3.5 million jobs from the agricultural sector by 2015, out of which 1.3 million will be from cassava processing.

Nigeria to create 74,000 jobs for physically challenged groups (WorldStage Newsonline, January 31, 2012)

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday promised to create at least at least 74, 000 jobs for physically challenged persons and other vulnerable groups under the under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Scheme (SURE).

Giving the assurance at an interactive forum with the Joint National Association of Persons Living with Disabilities (JONAPWD), led by their National President, Mr Danlami Basharu, in Abuja, the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said…the 74,000 jobs, which account for 20 per cent of the 370,000 jobs to be created in the Public Works component of the SURE programme would be targeted at both the skilled and unskilled in the vulnerable community, adding that 10,000 of these would be devoted to the youths nationwide.

2012 Budget Speech By President Jonathan

(National Assembly, 13 December 2011)

•“This year marked another milestone in our democratic experience, with the successful elections and peaceful transition. We now need to build on the mandate that Nigerians have entrusted to us to deliver the dividends of democracy through stronger economic reforms to deliver growth and create jobs.”

•“My Administration is pressing forward with key structural reforms…government will come up with policies to encourage investment in the downstream sector through liberalization so as to create jobs for our people.”

•“…This Administration has adopted enabling measures to support the development of private sector-driven marketing institutions, and push for policies that would promote our agriculture to create jobs.”

•“This Budget seeks to act, not only to create jobs, but to also lay a solid foundation for sustainable economic growth which would deliver the dividends of democracy to our people.”

•“As you may recall, Government initiated a new multifaceted National Job Creation Scheme the provision of seed funding of N50 billion in the 2011 Budget. Implementation of this programme has commenced in earnest.”

•“Government is focused on stimulating entrepreneurial activity and setting a framework for young people with creative tendencies to showcase their business acumen, build capacity and create jobs…YouWin will lead to the creation of about 100,000 jobs through support to our young entrepreneurs.”

•‘This programme is targeted to, not only create a new generation of innovative real sector entrepreneurs in Nigeria, but, in the medium term, also generate jobs for youths across the country.”

Source http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85938:jobs-jobs-jobs&catid=38:columnists&Itemid=615