NLC dares governors over N30,000 minimum wage
Posted By: Tony Akowe On: November 16, 2018 In: Featured, News, News Update
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Labour minimum wage
Workers to vote out politicians who won’t pay

Oshiomhole seeks living wage

Labour yesterday rejected the governors’ claim that states cannot pay N30,000 minimum wage if it is eventually approved.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) condemned the threat by the govermors to sack workers should the new wage come into effect.

To NLC President Ayuba Wabba, the threat is not new in the struggle for review of the national minimum wage.

He said workers might be prevailed upon not to vote for governors who fail to pay the new wage.

“Therefore, the current one by the governor of Zamfara (Abdulaziz Yari) cannot be used to intimidate labour,” Wabba said in a statement, reiterating the directive that workers should vote out anti-labour governors and politicians.

“The consequences of workers’ retrenchment are too grievous for any political office holder truly elected by the people to contemplate.

Read also: Dec. deadline for minimum wage
“Few political office holders are bent on enslaving Nigerian workers with peanuts mislabelled as salaries.

“We urge such elected public officials to subject their humongous salaries and allowances, reputed to be among the highest in the world to public perusal. Pro rata with the minimum wage, they want to force down the throats of Nigerian workers,” he said.

Wabba urged each of the governors to go to their state and inform workers on their individual position on the new national minimum wage of N30, 000.

”To the oppressors, we have only one answer for you, we will never sleep on our rights.

“We hereby reiterate our directive to Nigerian workers to vote out any politician or political party that refuses to pay the new national minimum wage of N30, 000.

“We shall continue to consolidate our efforts to strengthen already existing platforms and structures to give teeth to our resolve to vote out anti-labour governors and politicians in the forthcoming 2019 general election, ‘’Wabba said.

He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to speedily present to the National Assembly the bill on the National Minimum Wage for appropriate amendment and implementation.

“It would interest Nigerians to know that the new national minimum wage of N30,000 was a product of intense and robust negotiations at the National Minimum Wage Tripartite Negotiation Committee that lasted for one year.

“At the National Minimum Wage Tripartite Negotiation Committee, state governments were represented by six states, one state from each of the six geo-political zones.

The statement added: “The 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended) recognises individual states in the Collective Bargaining Process not Nigeria Governors Forum. The states, like the other social partners, have already defended their positions during negotiations at the National Minimum Wage Tripartite Negotiation Committee vis-à-vis counter proposals.

“Alhaji Yari should desist from using the platform of the Nigeria Governors Forum to seek political relevance. His tactics of blackmail against workers is already time worn and the stench is already offensive.

“We hereby reiterate our directive to Nigerian workers to vote out any politician or political party that refuses to pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000. We shall continue to consolidate our efforts to strengthen already existing platforms and structures to give teeth to our resolve to vote out anti-labour governors and politicians in the forthcoming 2019 general election.

Governors say states cannot pay the new wage because they do not have the capacity to. They are requesting that:

workforce size should be cut; and
revenue allocation should be revisited.

Nation In Shock As Buhari Gives Real Reason Behind His Incompetency!
dailyadvent.com Nov 12, 2018 5:35 PM

Buhari has clearly given reason for his incompetency and why he has not succeded as much as he expected that he would. He clearly came out and said that he is frustrated with the money stashed in Europe, other countries

“I am doing my best now to utilize our resources to develop the country. We are already getting results on road, rail and power.



“ My frustration is that some people still have plenty stolen money stashed in Europe, U S and other countries”, said president Muhammadu Buhari. Mr President said this during an interactive session with the Nigerian community in Paris. Buhari equally reiterated his commitment towards developing the educational sector. He assured Nigerians to expect more investment in the sector, noting that allocations to the educational sector will be improved as revenue increases, describing the sector as a major engine for the development of any country. “We are currently reviewing investments in the entire infrastructure of the country like road, rail and power, including investing more in education.


We will certainly need to do more in education,’’ he said. President Buhari enjoined Nigerian elites, both at home and diaspora, to do more in contributing to the educational sector of the country, expressing surprise that the elites tolerated the fall in standards and structures of educational institutions despite oil windfalls in the past that would have made all the difference.

“I am doing my best now to utilize our resources to develop the country,’’ he said. “ We are already getting results on road, rail and power. My frustration is that some people still have plenty stolen money stashed in Europe, U S and other countries.’’ President Buhari said return of stolen assets in some safe heavens will bolster the administration’s current effort of investing more in critical infrastructure that directly impact on the livelihood of Nigerians .


The President said the war against terrorism will be reinforced with new weapons and hardware for the military, while the challenge of abduction and kidnapping in some parts of the country will receive more attention with better gathering of intelligence. “We campaigned on three key issues; security, improving the economy, and fighting corruption, and we have not been controverted by anyone that we have not recorded some results,’’ he added.


On Nigerians in diaspora participating in elections, the President said the population of citizens in various countries across the world already necessitate their inclusion to elect leaders, noting that it might not happen in the 2019 elections as INEC had been more focused on strengthening and consolidating on its achievements of conducting credible elections within the country. The President said it could happen in future. He added that the Nigerian constitution had taken into cognizance the need for representation in the political structures in order to ensure harmony and development, urging more people to pick interest in governance and quality representation. In her remarks, Nigerian Ambassador to France, Dr. Modupe Enitan Irele, said the Nigerian community in France had demonstrated high sense of responsibility, dedication and morality, adding that the large number of professionals had been encouraged to also contribute to the country’s development.


“Nigerians here are law abiding, peaceful and resourceful,’’ she said. Dr. Irele said President Buhari’s commitment to change will make Nigeria the envy of other African countries. The Nigerians in diaspora, who participated in the meeting, raised questions on education, inclusive elections, security infrastructure and the economy. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs, recently nominated Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Diaspora Commission, facilitated the meeting that was attended by Governor Willie Obiano, Aminu Masari and John Kayode Fayemi, of Anambra, Katsina and Ekiti states, and top government functionaries.

Arrest Buhari, arrest osibanjo, arrest tinibu finally arrest adam

2019: Atiku is not Fulani says Tapgun NOVEMBER 12, 2018 Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, a former governor of Plateau State, has said Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful is not from the Fulani extraction. Tapgun who spoke to our correspondent in Jos at the weekend said most Nigerians are confusing the identity of Atiku to be Fulani, but the PDP presidential aspirant hails from the tribe of Jada Local Government Area in Adamawa state “Atiku is not Fulani, he is from Jada tribe and his mother from Chamba community in Adamawa state”. The Daily Times recalls that since the emergence of Atiku as the PDP presidential flag bearer ahead of the 2019 elections, Nigerians have mistaken his origin to be Fulani, wondering what difference will it make in addressing the gruesome murder perpetrated by the Fulani herdsmen in recent times, especially since the incumbent leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari who has been accused of paying lips service to the atrocities committed by the killer herdsmen, since he took over office as president in 2015. However, Tapgun who was also the Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya said Atiku is well experienced in fighting insecurity considering the experience he gathered in eight years as Vice President under Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. When asked if president Buhari will concede defeat should he loose the 2019 election, the Plateau State former governor said the president will have no choice than to accept the will of Nigerians. “Buhari will have to concede defeat if he loses the 2019 election, because the whole world is watching. Jonathan has set example and I don’t think Buhari will do anything to contrary to what Jonathan has done. Maybe he will do it lately when he sees that things are getting out of hand, but Jonathan took a quick decision in his own time to save the country from plunging into war”. While still answering questions on insecurity from our correspondent, the former Federal Minister of Industry under ex President Olusegun Obasanjo said “you don’t need to have a military background to be able to fight insecurity”. He said, “The solution to the insecurity problem we are facing is not whether you are an ex military man or not, it has nothing to do with it. Buhari is an ex military General but Boko Haram has increased in power and strength as well as Fulani bandits”, Tapgun said. Fidelis Naanmiap Tapgun was elected governor of Plateau State during the Nigerian Third Republic. Later he was Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya. He was appointed Federal Minister of Industry by President Olusegun Obasa.

Read more at: https://dailytimes.ng/2019-atiku-is-not-fulani-says-tapgun/

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Minimum wage: 1.5 million FG workers to earn over N2.3tn
Published November 11, 2018
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma


IFEANYI ONUBA

If the demand for an increase in minimum wage is eventually approved by the Federal Government, over N2.31tn would be paid as salaries to the over one million workers on the payroll of the Federal Government, investigations have revealed.

Figures obtained from the Budget Office of the Federation show that the Federal Government is planning to make a proposal of N2.31tn as personal costs for workers on the payroll.

The N2.31tn figure is contained in the 2019 Budget Call Circular, which was obtained from the Budget Office of the Federation by our correspondent.

The Budget Call Circular signed by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, sets out the requirements and instructions that must be met and followed in the preparation of the 2019 Federal Government budget proposal.

A breakdown of the N2.31tn personal costs provisions shows that about N2.148tn is being proposed for the payment of salaries of workers in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.

Similarly, a budgetary amount of N160.5bn is to be earmarked to pay the salaries of workers in the government-owned enterprises.

There are about 950 MDAs of government having about 1.5 million workers, according to top government officials with knowledge of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System.

It was learnt that while the financial implications of the proposed wage increase might not have been fully determined, whatever adjustments that would be made could be captured through a supplementary budget after the main budget had been presented to the National Assembly later this month.

A top official of government in the Budget Office told our correspondent that the exact amount needed to implement the wage adjustment could not be determined immediately as no specific amount had been agreed upon.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not officially permitted to talk on the matter, said since the issue was still being discussed at the highest level of government, the wage bill could be higher than the N2.3tn that was budgeted for.

He said, “The process of preparation of the 2019 budget has reached an advanced stage. Already, the Federal Executive Council has approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, and based on what was approved, the wage bill is over N2tn and from all indications, it didn’t capture the proposed minimum wage.

“So, we will have to send the main budget to the parliament and wait for the outcome of how much government would announce as minimum wage.

“Once that is done, a supplementary budget would have to be prepared to capture the wage adjustment.”

Commenting on the wage increase, some finance and economic experts on Saturday said the Nigerian economy had adequate capacity to absorb the demand for an increase in minimum wage.

They said the current minimum wage was too low to boost the level of consumer demand that would stimulate the economy.

Those that spoke to our correspondent are a former Managing Director, Unity Bank Plc, Mr Rislanudeen Mohammed, and the Head, Department of Finance, Nasarawa State University, Prof. Uche Uwaleke.

Uwaleke dismissed fears that the increase in minimum wage would have negative impact on consumer demand, noting that the economy had capacity to cushion the level of inflationary pressure that might arise from the wage increase.

While admitting that the wage increase would cause immediate rise in inflation, he said this would normalise in the medium to long term.

He said, “The economy has enough capacity to absorb the increase in minimum wage because you are talking about a population of 1.5 million out of about 200 million people.

“The government sector is very small compared to the total labour force and even though it is expected to extend to the private sector, it is the informal sector that employs the bulk of the labour force.

“We need a living wage to be able to reflect on the economy. Part of why the economy went into recession was because of weak aggregate demand on account of the fact that states were not paying salaries caused by revenue shortfall.”

Uwaleke said as the economy had just exited recession with inflation at 11.2 per cent, there was enough capacity to absorb the increase in wage bill.

Mohammed said there must be a lot of cut-cutting measures in the areas of recurrent expenditure for government to be able to pay the minimum wage.

He said, “If recurrent expenditure is reduced and allowances of public officials are also reduced, then the ability to pay may be enhanced but it’s still not enough. There must be a lot of cut-cutting measures in the area of recurrent (expenditure) for government to be able to pay some part of the N30,000 minimum wage. Even if the Federal Government pays, 80 per cent of state governments would not be able to pay that amount.”

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Okorocha calls for the arrest of Oshiomole
vanguardngr.com Nov 10, 2018 4:45 PM
By Chinonso Alozie
Owerri – The Governor Rochas Okorocha’s preferred successor, Uche Nwosu’s campaign Director, Chidi Ibe Saturday called for the arrest of National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Adams Oshiomole.

Ibe was reacting to newsmen in Owerri, on the report that Senator Hope Uzodimma’s name had been published as the authentic governorship candidate of the 2019 APC, guber candidate.



Recall that Uzodimma’s name was lately published in the night on Friday, hours after other names of governorship candidates in Imo state, of the various political parties were published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were displayed.

Nwosu through his Director General of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu campaign Organization, Chidi Ibe, described it as a rumour and demanded for the arrest of those behind the event that led to the display of Uzodimma’s name.

According to Ibe, “I am briefing you as partners of progress to brief you as those in the process of making this country better. I want to tell you that Nwosu is our candidate and our candidate of the election that will come up soon.

“This is against the rumour that is making round that Nwosu will leave the party, what Uzodimma and his supporters are doing.

“They cannot truncate the mandate given to Nwosu. We will do everything possible to stop them from taking away the mandate of the Imo people given to Nwosu.”

He recalled that, “Remember Gulark briefed us that the election will hold the next day and by 4am, Gulark absconded and went to Abuja, and announced the result, which the National chairman disbanded and another committee was set up.

“The NWC, set up another committee and at the end of the Ibrahim Agbabiaka governorship primaries, the NWC, upheld the results which Nwosu was declared as the winner.

“As a member of APC, we want to tell you that our principal has not chicken out and we have not seen any reason why an individual should come and truncate the ambition of a young man. Nwosu has not left APC, and will never leave APC. A non card carrying member cannot come and win the candidate of our party.”

In the thinking of Nwosu, “The National chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomole, had not told us his interest in Imo state, Oshiomole’s interest cannot jeopardize the interest of the people of Imo state. The voice of the national chairman cannot end the mandate of the people. Infact him and Gulark should be arrested for what is happening in Imo.

“We cannot watch someone who has no structure to come and jeopardize the interest of the people of Imo state. We had a primary election and Imo people came out and voted for Nwosu and we should ask where is the result of that election.

“What Imo people need is someone who has the capacity to continue the developmental projects in Imo state. We cannot watch somebody whose life has been characterized with fraud to come and take over our mandate.

“We want to know why somebody should contest the senatorial election and also contest the the governorship election and we say that we have a constitution. We want the president to address this situation"

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This increment was not in budget there is no way will see the light of the day. Is just a deception or playing on the intelligent of police. Preidency 1 - 0 Police

When atiku become president 2019 by God's grace two things will certainly happen
1. Apc thieves will be jailed, no question about that. Pdp will show apc how the shown is done interms of fight against corruption

2. The nation will recover and prosper like in the days of King Solomon. People with wisdom, riches, innovations, wealths, knowledge and unity will surely emerge.

Samade7:
Op, oya come let me arrest you.

This kind of person only for arewa you will always see them

serap shutup. Thief can't arrest thief only his opponent.

"Why egg or no why-egg" only Yoruba.
But as for me and my atikulated guys have Diploma

Osinbajo, governors meet over minimum wage
Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja by Augustine Ehikioya, Abuja October 29, 2018
Osinbajo, governors meet over minimum wage
Yemi Osinbajo

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday led the Economic Management Team (EMT) to a closed-doors meeting with representatives of state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

At the meeting were the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), the Ministers of Labour, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Boss Mustapha, Senator Chris Ngige, Mrs Zainab Ahmed and Udoma Udo Udoma, respectively.

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Also at the meeting were the Head of Service to the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, the Director General, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Chief Richard Egbule and Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.

The Governors at the meeting included the Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum, and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, Osun State, Rauf Aragbesola and Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Ngige had briefed State House correspondents on Friday last week after meeting behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari had announced that the Economic Management Team would meet on Monday with the Governors to take position on the new minimum wage.

The Federal Government has insisted on N24, 000 as new minimum wage, the organised labour had on their own maintained that in the last Minimum Wage Negotiation Tripartite Committee, the sum of N30, 000 which the government objected to, claiming that there was no consensus on that.

Ngige maintained that in fixing the minimum wage, the paramount thing was the ability to pay and that government cannot force employers to pay what they cannot afford.

But the organised labour has accused the government of playing games with the minimum wage and threatened to embark on strike November 6.

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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) faces a litmus-test in next year’s general elections after enjoying what looked like an easy ride in 2015 as it appears set to lose grip of some states.
After the conduct of the presidential, governorship and legislative primaries, the ruling party is facing some challenges as the number of aggrieved aspirants and stakeholders surge ahead of the general elections coming up in less than four months.
Across the states, aggrieved APC members and aspirants have been protesting alleged imposition of candidates, automatic tickets as well as lack of justice and internal democracy in the just concluded primaries.
The development has led to the sudden movement of party members to other political parties to seek either re-election or work against the ruling party.
As a result, there is the likelihood that some states currently being held by the APC may fall into the hands of opposition political parties in 2019, unless urgent and concerted efforts are made to address the discontentment.
How Lagos may slip out of APC control
In Lagos State, chances of the ruling APC to retain the governorship seat had not been in doubt until now. Its machinery, which has been instituted since 1998,had since been piloted by the party’s National Leader and former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It has been winning repeated elections from the old Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999 and 2003, to the Action Congress (AC) in 2007, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011 and the APC in 2015.
However, for many political observers, at no time in all those years had the winning machinery of Tinubu been challenged like it was in the last few months when a political battle of survival and confidence broke out between the incumbent governor, AkinwunmiAmbode and Tinubu in one hand, and the governor and the party leadership on the otherhand. At the end, Ambode’s hope of earning a return ticket for second term was dashed as one of his aides and a former commissioner, BabajideSanwo-Olu, propped by Tinubu and other chieftains,defeated Ambode in the party’s gubernatorial primary.
Although Ambode has since conceded victory and announced his intention to work for Sanwo-Olu’s success at the poll, the fractures and bruises left in the hearts of many teeming supporters of the governor, especially those believed to have been recently wooed by the party,are feared as the major basis for disloyalty that may reverberate next year.
Already, speculation is rife on the governor’s alleged plot to starve the APC of financial assistance that may enhance its victory, though this is subject to verification. There has also been an allegation that the governor is working in connivance with a major opposition party candidate to undermine his party. If any of these should be proven, pundits are saying that the party’s chances of retaining Lagos will suffer.
As if that is not enough, the major opposition candidate, Jimi Agbaje, is a well-known figure and respected technocrat. Having lost out as a standard bearer in two previous occasions under the platforms of the Progressive Party Alliance (PPA) in 2007 and PDP in 2015, many are placing their bets on Agbaje.
Indeed, Agbaje is not known to be a push-over. In all the five gubernatorial elections so far conducted in the state since 1999, only on two occasions did Tinubu’s political machinery fail to defeat the candidate of the major opposition party with less than 200,000 votes. The first was in 2003 when Tinubu himself defeated the late Funsho Williams of the PDP with a margin of 171,107 votes and in the 2015 general election when Ambode defeated Agbaje with 152,206 votes – that was the closest ever. For bookmakers, Agbaje’s impressive record in 2015 only requires a little fine-tuning in 2019 to earn him victory and with the right alliances and expansion of base, it is assumed that he may succeed in his quest after all in and fair contest.

Amosun’s action may affect APC in Ogun
For keen watchers of the unfolding political events in Ogun State, especially in the ruling APC, winning the next governorship election may be a difficult task, if not impossible.
A similar crisis which culminated in the defeat of the then ruling PDP in the state is playing out in the APC. Who flies the APC governorship ticket? The response to this poser has left the APC ranks in disarray.
Adekunle Akinlade, the anointed candidate of the outgoing governor, Ibikunle Amosun and an oil magnate, DapoAbiodun, have been laying claims to the APC gubernatorial ticket in the state. However, Abiodun, who is allegedly being backed by some political forces within and outside the state, had his candidature ratified by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC. Yet, Amosun remains adamant, saying Akinlade is the “official candidate.”
In the past three weeks, the governor had made frantic efforts to reverse the decision having met President MuhammaduBuharimore than three times. Yet, the coast seems not clear. In 2011, the then outgoing governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, had anointed GboyegaNasiruIsiaka (GNI) as the PDP candidate but his alleged imposition met stiff opposition from party leaders, especially former president OlusegunObasanjo who equally backed another candidate, TunjiOlurin, a retired military officer.
Eventually, Obasanjo had his way. GNI, as he was popularly called, pulled out of the party and joined the People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN) where he contested and lost. Although, Daniel stayed put in the PDP, he allegedly masterminded the defection and bankrolled his candidate’s campaign.
Amosun, who had run on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), benefited from the PDP crisis as he won the governorship seat. Just last week, there were reports that Amosun had concluded plans to dump the APC for another party. The governor, however, denied this.
He equally stood his ground on his anointed candidate, saying, “I hand over the reins of governance of our great state to the popular choice of majority of our people, Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade.”
However, candidates from other parties like Isiaka, the two-time governorship candidate and now the flag bearer of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), are warming up to unseat the incumbent party next year if the party fails to resolve the crisis before the election.
For instance, Isiaka came second in the final governorship election results released by INEC. Amosun polled 306,988 votes to return elected. Isiaka, who contested under the PDP, had 201,440 votes.
Apart from Isiaka, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, who is the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the PDPcandidate, LadiAdebutu, whose candidature is shrouded in controversy and litigation, are ready to pull the rug off the foot of the ruling party in 2019.

Ajimobi may scuttle chances in Oyo
The fallout of domestic primary elections of the APC in Oyo State which appears not to have been managed well, may affect the chances of the ruling party in the elections.
The withdrawal of a former governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, from the primary and his defection to the Action Democratic Party (ADP) to contest the governorship election may have negative consequences for the party.
Aside Akala, an aspirant of the party, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), also announced at the venue of the primary that he had quit partisan politics as a result of what he perceived to be imposition.
Others who have left the party are the senators representing Oyo Central, Monsuratu Sumonu, Oyo central, Soji Akanbi, 14 members of the House of Representatives from the state and a reasonable number of the members of the state House of Assembly.
The candidate of the party and a former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Chief Bayo Adelabu who is new in the political terrain may find it difficult to battle the likes of former governor Akala.
In 2015, Ajimobi defeated other contestants with about 35 percent of the total votes cast which may be difficult to gather in 2019 because of the current personalities involved in the race to Agodi Government House.
According to a recent report circulating across the state via social media, Adelabu is yet to reach out to his co-contenders to solicit their support.
Instead, he has maximized every opportunity to further detach himself from the people that should rally forces with him. Already, those spoken to disclosed that the former CBN chief is already conducting himself as an awaiting governor even ahead of the election. Adelabu is confident that his closeness to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his last-minute adoption by Ajimobi are enough to get him the seat without support or input from party chieftains and former aspirants.
Just recently, Adelabu was allegedly reported to have lambasted a local government chairman from Oke-Ogun and disparaged other party supporters at a get-together organized in his honour where he accused them of planning to reap where they did not sow.
These factors, political observers say, could affect the ruling party even though the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is battling with the scourge of imposition by the leadership of the party.
But the Director of Media, Research, Strategies and Publicity, Secretary of the party, Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde, said the party’s chances are not in doubt regardless of the defections.
With the towering influence of Senator RashidiLadoja, a former governor in the ADC which has received members of the PDP, the political sagacity of the PDP candidate, SeyiMakinde, and the ambition of Alao-Akala, the APC may lose in 2019 if it fails to embark on genuine reconciliation.

Not yetuhuru in Kaduna
The attitude of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State may affect the chances of the ruling APC in his state next year, political analysts say. El-Rufai’s posture has finally led to the defection of Senator ShehuSani to the PRP. Before Shehu’s defection, Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi had returned to the PDP.
Pundits say with the current strength of the PDP in Kaduna State, the APC needs to work extra hard to retain the governorship seat as any gang-up against the governor will not affect the chances of President MuhammaduBuhari.
An analyst, Tony James, says the PDP seems to have the upper hand in 12 of the 23 local government areas in the state.
According to him, the PDP may secure victory in two of the eight LGAs in Zone 1, especially Makarfi, where former governor Ahmed Makarfi hails from and Kudan, which is the domain of both the PDP governorship candidate and Senator Hunkuyi.
James said in Zone 2 that has seven LGAs, the PDP may control Kaduna South, Chikun and Kajuru whose representatives in the National Assembly are not from the APC.
He said Zone 3 with eight LGAs is a predominantly PDP-dominated area as the all the current representatives in the National Assembly were elected on the PDP platform.

Coast not clear in Benue
In Benue State, despite many misgivings against the party, it does not appear clear if the APC will lose next year as the current situation depicts that the pendulum could swing to any direction.
The APC and the PDP still remain the dominant parties, but new parties such as the SDP, PRP and APGA can’t be taken for granted following the primary elections.
There are existing sharp divisions among people in the state over which party to support in the election as a result of many issues of concern that border on famers/herders crises, political cross-carpeting and performances.
The argument among aggrieved minds has always been on poor handling of the famers/herders crises by the federal government. So, pundits believe that if nothing is done to douse these grievances or rebuild their confidence before the election, the party might lose the state, and this seems serious.
Other opinions hold that the unpaid salaries would likely be a factor as it did in 2015 unless the current administration does something urgent.
For a political observer, Kenneth Eche, “If Governor Samuel Ortom was still in the APC, I can confidently say another party will win the state. But now that he has moved to the PDP, we don’t know what will happen.
“People can use so many ways to win election because politicking is quite different from winning election. This means that people are not happy with his performance so far but it is not enough to say he wouldn’t win the election. This game is full of surprises.
“On the other hand, what APC as a party has done to Ortom, how are we sure it won’t do same thing to Emmanuel Jime (APC flag bearer)? People have lost confidence in the APC. Because of Ortom, they may also not want to vote for the PDP. And as at today, SDP doesn’t have structure on ground across the state. So, that is the dilemma. If PDP wins the election, it might be through a slim margin,” Eche said.

INEC’s stand may give Zamfara to opposition
Since the current political dispensation in the country in 1999, the defunct All Peoples Party (APP) later All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), ruled Zamfara for about 12 years largely during the eight-year tenure of Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima and later Governor Abdulaziz Yari.
Although the PDP ruled Zamfara for about three years when Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, who was elected on the platform of the ANPP in 2007, defected to the PDP in 2008, he could not win the governorship re-election bid in 2011 as the ANPP reclaimed the state when he was defeated by Governor Yari.
Despite the popularity of the APC in Zamfara, being a state with a seemingly weak opposition, if the current crisis rocking the party is not properly managed, the party could lose the state. INEC recently hammered the APC for not being able to conduct governorship and legislative primaries before the October 7, 2018 deadline. INEC said the APC in Zamfara would not be able to field candidates in 2019 because it failed to conduct primaries.
The crisis in the state APC stemmed from the endorsement of the Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Mukthar ShehuIdris, as the governorship candidate by Governor Yari Abubakar, which was rejected by eight other aspirants led by Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, the senator representing Zamfara Central.
The rejection led the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) to order the state APC to adopt Direct Primaries to elect it governorship and legislative flag bearers, a move opposed by Yari which led to fragmentation of the APC, thereby hurting efforts to conduct the primaries.
So, the on-going tussle within the APC in Zamfara and the party’s NWC regarding the stand of the electoral umpire not to allow the ruling party to participate in the 2019 elections may become an added advantage for the opposition in the state.
The obstacleto opposition victories in 2019 is only if the court which could grant the APC permission to participate in the elections. But if the court upholds INEC’s stand, then opposition parties could take the state.

Amaechi-Abe feud threatens APC in Rivers
The political tussle between the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi and Senator Magnus Abe is threatening the chances of the APC in Rivers State.
Analysts say the APC can’t take the lingering feud to challenge the incumbent Governor NyesomWike, who is seeking re-election.
Amaechi is sponsoring Arch. Tonye Cole who is the APC flag-bearer. But Abe believes that he is the APC governorship candidate produced by the Peter Odike-led faction.
Amaechi and Abe who had enjoyed good relationship were locked in a fierce political battle when the permutation on who flies the party’s ticket began. Abe had in 2015 positioned himself for the ticket but that was not to be as Amaechi succeeded in installing his closest ally, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who emerged as the party’s governorship flag bearer. Dakuku’s emergence does not go down well with critical stakeholders of the party. The matter was resolved but the aggrieved members were said to have worked against the interest of the party, a development that led to the party’s defeat in 2015. Peterside was defeated by Governor Nyesom Wike with over one million votes. Abe settled with the Rivers South east senatorial district seat in the National Assembly.
The issue of who flies he party’s ticket dominated the political space again in May this year when the party conducted its primaries. Abe alleged that all his supporters that bought forms for the primaries were disenfranchised.
The senator headed to a Port Harcourt High Court which nullified all the congresses. The court ruled that the statusquo be maintained while all the congresses as well as those elected were nullified. The matter lingered untilthe Supreme Court last week upheld the decision of the High Court that all the congresses conducted remained invalid.
Amaechi raised tension in the party when he told APC stakeholders in Lagos that he had in mind a Lagos-based businessman, Dele Tonye Cole, as the party’s governorship flag bearer. Amaechi’s decision did not go down well with some leaders of the party but he eventually had his way. APC held parallel congresses that produced both Abe and Cole as the party’s governorship flag bearers.
But with last week’s ruling of the apex court, APC may end up without a governorship candidate in 2019.

Protest votes may affect APC in Imo
Imo State has been described as one of states on the cliff hanger for the APC following the inability of the state chapter of the party to resolve the issue of who flies the party’s flag in 2019.
Since last year, when Governor Rochas Okorocha indicated his interest to have his son-in-law, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, to succeed him, things have continued to worsen for the party. The unrelenting effort of the Imo APC Coalition to stop him has made the struggle very tense.
Okorocha has not had an easy sail in his Uche Nwosu project. Since the May 5 ward congress, where the coalition appeared to have taken away the party structure from him, the governor has been trying to win back the control of the structure without success.
As it is, the battle has been narrowed to Senator Hope Uzodinma and Ugwumba UcheNwosu.
While Uzodinma is the product of the Ahmed Gulak governorship primary election committee which conducted the October 1 election, Nwosu on the other hand emerged after the Ibrahim Agbabiaka-led panel which conducted its own primary on October 6.
The emergence of Uzodinma, who is the senator representing Imo West, was as a result of the inability of the coalition to agree on a consensus candidate from eight out of the nine governorship aspirants in the party.
Even the emergence of Uzodinma might not have assuaged the desire of the coalition members as it appeared he might have betrayed an agreement that he should hold the position in trust for the possible emergence of a candidate from Owerri.

In Sokoto, votes split may affect APC
In Sokoto State, there is a shift of loyalty among APC members following the movement of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to the PDP.
With Tambuwal’s movement, members of the House of Assembly are divided as some defected to the PDP with the governor while others remained in the APC.
The development has pitched the governor against his benefactor and a former governor of the state, Senator Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the leader of the APC in the state.
Pundits say the latest political development in the state will definitely have negative influence on the voting pattern in 2019 as Tambuwal and Wamakko have continued to exchange banters ahead of the elections.
In 2015, Tambuwal, the then APC governorship candidate, polled 647,609 votes to defeat the PDP’s candidate, Sen. Abdallah Wali who scored 269,074, winning in all 23 local government areas.
In 2019, Tambuwal will lock horns with the deputy governor, Ahmed Aliyu, who emerged the APC governorship candidate.

Buhari’s Reelection Suffers Massive Setback As Obasanjo Begs Powerful APC Governor To Dump Party
dailyadvent.com Oct 27, 2018 8:54 AM

President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection has suffered massive set back as a powerful influential governor from the South West has perfected plans to dump the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.


The governor is said to be at logger heads with the party leadership over injustcice meted to him and his loyalist in the recently concluded state primaries.

But media reports have indicated how president Buhari has gone to great length to prevent the powerful governor from dumping the APC.


All efforts to get the governor to have a change of heart were rebuffed until Buhari personally dangled Governor Ibikunle Amosun with three senatorial slots and the right to bring in one member for the House of Representatives.

Subsequently, Amosun’s name and two other loyalist have been submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the party’s senatorial candidates in the 2019 election.


The state chapter of the party had been enmeshed in internal crisis following the governorship primary that produced Mr. Dapo Abiodun as the candidate of the party, against the preferred choice of the governor, Adekunle Akinlade, who had been chosen as the party’s consensus candidate before the primary.


But, after the primary, conducted by the electoral committee from the National Working Committee, in which his candidate lost, the governor had protested against the outcome of the election as he lashed out at the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and a former governor of the state, Chief Segun Osoba, for maintaining “deafening silence” on the matter.

The governor had also visited President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo about four times in three weeks over the crisis.

He had also dismissed rumours that he was planning to leave the party, while insisting that he would hand over to Akinlade as against the winner of the primary.


But in a bid to end the crisis, the party gave the governor the senatorial slots and the Rep position.

Already, the names on the provisional list of the National Assembly candidates for Ogun State released by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday showed that Amosun got the ticket for the Ogun Central seat, thus displacing the incumbent, Dr. Lanre Tejuoso, who had expressed his intention to go for a second term. And for the two other senatorial seats in Ogun East and Ogun West, the names of Senator Lekan Mustapha and Chief Tolu Odebiyi were on the list respectively.


Meanwhile, former President Olusegun Obasanjo was said to have visited Amosun on Friday morning in his office at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.

Sources told our correspondent that the former President arrived the office some few minutes before 10am to convince the governor to dump Buhari and join the moving train.


As it stands, Amosun is at Crossroads as to who to support in 2019. Although the governor is very close to Buhari, sources say, he has tremendous respect for Obasanjo and will never go against his wish.

Recall, that in 2007, Amosun stepped down for Obasanjo’s daughter, Iyabo to replace him at the National Assembly.


Obasanjo is supporting his former VP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who needs massive votes from the South West to defeat the incumbent in the upcoming election.

HenryDion:
How did the lions, leopard etc feed during the 40 days of flood? That shit is too small compared to titanic and yet, it was able to contain pairs of all the animals alive today?

Nothing adds up..

Now I see the reason why Noah had more animals in his ship than humans

Abuja rail running below 100km/h because we don’t want to kill cows –Amaechi ON OCTOBER 23, 20182:06 PMIN NEWS, POLITICS102 COMMENTS By Anthony Ogbonna The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Abuja-Kaduna rail line cannot run faster that 90 kilometres per hour because “we don’t want to kill cow.”

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/abuja-rail-running-below-100km-h-because-we-dont-want-to-kill-cows-amaechi/

Man laid down on d raod in zamfara state, he refuses to stand up says until Buhari and his APC government stepdown.

But there is something he can do about Fayose. Stupid predency and president. Back to daura2019

Buhariislifeles:


Odiegwu.
Atiku will defeat Buhari hands down in the Northeast by about 65% , dont you know that people are tired of Buahri in the north? Northerners will not vote him this time. Buahri is gone

We in the north we are tired of Buhari. You can listen to FM and AM radio stations and hear how people are rainnin curses on buhari

Check out the date when this article was published by Sahara reporters 2017/12/** when atiku was still in apc. Sowore is now saying voting atiku 2019 is like Bringing back thieves on board. Pity those who rely on Sahara reporters as the main source of information

Photo Shows Journalist And Kano Governor Ganduje Together Before He Exposed Him For Allegedly Collecting $5M Bribe
tori.ng Oct 16, 2018 1:00 PM

Jaafar Jaafar and Govenror Ganduje when the going was still rosy

A photo showing investigative journalist and publisher of DailyNigerian online platform, Jaafar Jaafar with governor of Kano state, Umar Ganduje before he exposed and released videos of the governor purportedly receiving bribe to the tune of $5 million has surfaced.According to reports, it was gathered that the photo was taken when the going was good between the governor and the journalist as he was hosted at the Kano state government house.

In two videos released, the Governor was caught receiving part of $5m bribe from a contractor and stuffing them in his pockets.

The first video was released to the public on Sunday while the second, on Monday.

The money was part of tranches received amounting to about $5million from contractors in the state.


According to Daily Nigerian, contractors said that the governor personally receives from 15 to 25 percent kickbacks for every project executed in the state.

The governor has vehemently denied the bribe allegations as he said the videos were doctored.

Meanwhile, the Kano House of Assembly has reportedly commenced a probe on the bribe-taking videos of the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.

Raising a matter of urgent public importance on Monday, a member representing Warawa Constituency, Labaran Madari, said the assembly should investigate the authenticity of the video and take appropriate measures.

some unpatriotic and blind worshipers of buhari will still vote for him.

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