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The Director General of the Progressive Governors ’ Forum, Salihu Lukeman , has urged the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/ Convention Planning Committee not to hesitate to activate the expulsion clause in the constitution of the All Progressives Congress , if members of the dissolved Oshiomhole -led National Working Committee go to court.
He gave this advice in a statement in Abuja, on Friday . He said although the crisis in the party cannot be said to be over with the successful hosting of the National Executive Committee meeting , appreciable progress has been made to resolve them .
Lukeman said, “ We have a Convention Working Committee that will manage the party for a period of six months and organise a National Convention to elect a new leadership, it can be said that the crisis will be resolved.
“ Given that a section of the dissolved National Working Committee is threatening legal actions against the decision of the NEC , what does this mean ? It simply means that a section of the dissolved NWC is working against the party.
“ Perhaps the Convention Working Committee should consider invoking provisions of Article 21 : Discipline of Party Members of the APC constitution by taking advantage of the now discovered micro powers of ward leaders.
“ Based on that those members of the dissolved NWC who attempt to institute legal actions against the decisions of NEC should be appropriately sanctioned . ”
The section empowers the party to expel members who take it to court without exhausting internal mechanisms of conflict resolution.
Lukeman further said, “ It is the responsibility of the Convention Working Committee to ensure that all the rascally conducts of party leaders that characterised the APC leadership conflict are brought under control . We should on no account tolerate conduct of any leader of the party, which makes them more associated with activities of bandits who don ’ t respect any rule or any leader. ”
He enjoined party leaders at all levels to take lessons from the leadership skills displayed by the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd. ) , during the National Executive Council meeting.
https://punchng.com/apc-crisis-expel-sacked-nwc-members-if-they-go-to-court-pgf-dg/

failed candidate from from failed party

Ovoko30:
Buhari and the northern cabal will destroy Apc and that's what they are doing. They dont want the south to rule come 2020. Giadom is playing to the gallery of the northen cabal. 2023, i dont see Apc scaling through

keep quiet. tell me anything good in the party apart from lies.

APC! party of deceit.

The Oyo State government on Wednesday declared that “it is standing by its position that it has supported the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan to the tune of N118 million in the fight against COVID-19.
Records made available by the Oyo State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Akinola Ojo, confirmed that the state government has provided support to the UCH and the Department of Virology located inside the College to the tune of the said sum.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Commissioner for Finance as further giving a breakdown of the expenditure, indicating that the sum of N118 million was expended in meeting the varied needs of the Department of Virology, College of Medicine and the University College Hospital.
The statement further indicated that attempts by the management of the UCH to disown the Department of Virology, which serves as the teaching and research department in the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan as well as provides Clinical Services to the UCH, is self-serving, artificial and contemptuous.
It will be recalled that the state’s Commissioner for Finance had, on Tuesday, given a breakdown of the state’s expenses on the COVID-19 pandemic, declaring that the state has provided support to the UCH, to the tune of N118 million.
The UCH, however, in a press statement on Wednesday denied receiving the said support.
“The state government is of the view that attempts to create thin lines between the Department of Virology, College of Medicine, which provides Clinical Services to the UCH and operates from the same premises as the Hospital, amount to being clever by half, because in practical terms, the divorce cannot just hold.
“Staffers of the Department hold identity cards of the UCH and that of the University of Ibadan, even as the Department remains the only one that undertakes Virology-related assignments for the UCH,” the statement read.
The statement quoted the Commissioner as saying that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state has provided medical supplies to the UCH, including 500 googles, protective gowns and face shields; 250 each of full protective, headcovers & shoe covers; 200 hand gloves to UCH, amounting to N2 million.
It further stated that the state government has also provided a revolving fund to the tune of N5 million to the UCH for treatment of residents of Oyo State who tested positive to COVID-19. The amount is being topped each time the hospital spends up to N4 million on the patients.
Besides, the Commissioner revealed that based on a shopping list specifically prepared and presented to the state government by the Chief Medical Director of the UCH, Prof. Jesse Otegbayo, the state government has procured medical supplies to the tune of N25 million for delivery to the Hospital.
“That the supplier is just about to deliver the said items is an evidence of the protocols related to movement schedules of all items within the environment of a global pandemic,” the statement further read.
The statement noted that these supplies included goggles, PPE gowns, boots and so on, stating that in all, the total amount spent in directly supporting the UCH (based on the artificial distinction) so far stood at N32 million, while the balance of N86 million constituted what has been spent to support the Department of Virology, which is the direct partner with the state on the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government maintained some of the supports provided to the Virology Department, which also handles the Clinical Services of the UCH, includes purchase of PPEs, SARSCoV-2 testing kits, extraction kits for Covid-19, wet lease of the testing machine for Covid-19, medical supplies and consumables as well as payment of allowances for the staff of the Virology Department.
“In order to clarify the referenced N118 million support, it is important to first of all state that we were made aware of a distinction between the University College Hospital (UCH) and the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.
“Oyo State Government has provided support to both institutions during this COVID-19 pandemic,” the statement read.

The statement quoted a leading light in the Department of Virology and a member of the Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19, Professor David Olaleye and the Head of the Department of Virology, Professor Georgina Njideka Odaibo, as declaring that the state government’s support in the fight against COVID-19 has, indeed, been tremendous.
The duo maintained that the Department of Virology, indeed, belonged to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and that it also carries out clinical services to the UCH, noting that the Department belonged to both institutions.
Professor Olaleye noted that there is no mix-up between the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and the University College Hospital, Ibadan, noting that the Department of Virology, which has enjoyed and continued to enjoy the support given by the Oyo State government in the effort to contain COVID-19, serves both institutions in research and clinical capacities.
He said: “I think there is really no mix-up at all. To start with, University College Hospital (UCH) and University of Ibadan are both institutions of the Federal Government. We have two areas of common mandate. One, from the hospital side, is the clinical service and the other is research.
“The university has its primary focus on teaching – manpower development, while the primary focus of the Hospital is that of care. So, the Department of Virology has been receiving the support of the Oyo State government in view of the COVID-19 activities. The diagnostic work primarily is a department of University of Ibadan and, at the same time, a clinical virology department of the hospital.
“Just like any other department in the hospital here in UCH, you are primarily a teaching and research department of University of Ibadan and, in this case now, College of Medicine, which is like the Faculty on the main campus. You know, in the College of Medicine, we have four faculties but we use College to coordinate our activities all in medical and health sciences.
“We have our teaching and research roles as a University and, at the same time, render clinical services to the Hospital.
“So, the Department of Virology, which the government of Oyo State is supporting, is the same department in the college (University of Ibadan) and at the same time, clinical department to the hospital.”
Professor Odaibo similarly said that the true status of the Department of Virology is that it belonged to both the College of Medicine and the UCH, adding that the support from Oyo State regarding the COVID-19 diagnostics and treatment has really helped the department.
“Samples are coming, you don’t have the reagents, especially consumables. NCDC tries to make sure they send down a lot of consumables, but every department, every lab needs to sort out how they get that because the pressure is too much. This is not a Nigerian problem, it’s a global problem, and it’s the same people who are producing the same thing for everybody.
So, the demand is high, and then you know with the restrictions of travelling and all of that, getting things into the country is also challenging. So, the little that comes in, the NCDC spreads it out. But with the support from Oyo State, we’ve been able to have these consumables that we need to ensure that our work is going on.
“Also, we know the electricity situation in Nigeria. We have the generators out there, but they cannot run without diesel. The support from Oyo State has helped us a lot in terms of providing constant power supply. Last week, for a whole week there was no public supply of electricity. From the support we have gotten from the state government, we were able to run those generators so that we are able to do the work.
“So, we’re very grateful to the governor and the state for ensuring that this work goes on because any break in activity is going to cause a lot of havoc.
“You know we need to test, we need to release the results, so that action can be taken. This is not something that you test today and get the results in two weeks, otherwise, the result is not valid, you know people are here dedicated doing the work, but you can have dedicated staff ready to work and if the things are not there for them to work they will not work.
“So, in that area, the Oyo State government has made sure that we have what we need to do the work. But as per our status, we’re both UCH and College of Medicine, there’s no gainsaying that.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/covid-19-weve-spent-n118m-to-support-uch-virology-dept-oyo-govt-insists/?fbclid=IwAR20ttYkuy4ZwoWu7qs-zHkGDPgGCFs89ObWguJdlb1vNb-VLlzkcG0y0U0

this Bulama is leading all these APChildren into the wrong part. why is it hard to ask him the reason he single-handedly signed the latter he addressed to INEC in respect of Ondo primary; and now he's stylishly becoming the face of the so called NWC.

I think you people should wonder why Hilliard Eta did not sign for Ajimobi or why is he not speaking again, is he (Eta) in the known that court does not recognize him as acting chairman and being afraid of it's consequence?

APC wailers look well into this your drama so that you won't blame PDP again because there is only one outcome when a blind man leads another blind man.

my opinion though.

we need to reassess our national fabric self!

pure confusion

SEYIKP:
I'm so happy for what the fulanis are doing to ojuyobo (tinubu). The way they used Awolowo and Abiola and dumped them into the dustbin. That's the way they are going to use Tinubu. Bastard, He sold the yourubas to the fulanis thinking he will become the president of this banana republic. Nemesis will surely catch up with him. It's what they did to saraki in kwara, is what they will do to him in Lagos. The yourubas will desert him like an outcast.

u just dey talk nonsense. your useless Igbo people no dey apc ko? don't always forget your reasoning sense at home.

Tomide007:
Actually its NWC and not chairam that can organize a party primaries, so it'll stand.....the problem will Start it's time to handover the flag bearer of the party to INEC.

Bravo. please read the letter of INEC to APC today concerning Ondo pry.
at least a person must head the NWC and in this case, the incumbent has distanced himself from what he perceived as charade and mockery of sort.

Babacele:
who made Gaidom chairman?

I don't know o. my own be say Giadom don talk say APC Edo primary na child play, which INEC and general public must not take serious.

Giadom wrote INEC that there was no primary in Edo because he announced to the whole world that Oshiomole-initiated primary is null and void.

Now who will present the name of our pastor to INEC?

Philipxxxx0:
Some people will have heart attacks today

plenty. flu of the ache.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has rejected the notice of governorship primary sent to it by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The electoral body hinged its decision on the fact that the notice was signed by only the party’ s acting national secretary .
It said that was contrary to the commission’ s guidelines, which require that such notice should be jointly signed by the national chairman and national secretary of the political party.
The commission conveyed its position to the APC in a letter dated June 22 , 2020 , and signed its Secretary , Mrs Rose Oriaran-Anthony.
The letter marked INEC/ DEPIM / APC/ 522 /T . 3 with the title “ Re : Notice of conduct of primaries” was addressed to the party’ s national chairman .
In rejecting the notice , INEC asked the APC to issue a fresh notice that will comply with its guidelines.

The letter read , “ Please refer to your letter with reference APC / NHDQ /INEC/ 19 / 020/ 013 which was received by the Commission on June 18 , 2020 .
“ The commission notes that your notice scheduling the conduct of APC Ondo State governorship primary on July 20 , 2020 , was signed by only the acting national secretary .
“ This is contrary to the provision of Article 4 . 4 of the commission ’ s regulations and guidelines for the conduct of party primaries which requires that such notices shall be jointly signed by the national chairman and national secretary of the political party.
“ Accordingly, your party is advised to issue an appropriate notice for the conduct of its Ondo State governorship primary in line with relevant provisions of the regulations and guidelines for the conduct of party primaries . ”

https://punchng.com/ondo-inec-rejects-apcs-primary-election-notice/

CutieKing:
That meeting will not hold...take this to the bank.

are you invited to the meeting or how it take korsain you?

sarrki:
Fayemi is a traitor an enemy combatant


He deserves to be treated onward with Rotimi amaechi with el rufai as an enemy of the state

I never hide my feelings for him from onset

He’s an enemy of the state

enemy of state or APCheats? meanwhile enjoy your wailing.

All these APCries, over to you.

Ganbite:
Still waiting for the outcome of this case in Porthacourt.

hope you are in possession of a damper for high tension? clinics aren't get place for ailments these days save Covid19.

Masterpiec30:
KAI IT SEEMS THIS NAIRALAND COPIES AN ALREADY OUTDATED NEWS FROM LINDA IKEJI'S BLOG . SINCE I STARTED FOLLOWING LINDA IKEJI'S BLOG ITS AS IF I AM READING ALL THE NEWS THE SECOND TIME HERE ON NAIRALAND. LINDA IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL BIKO.

it's just funny that folks won't know that apart from this you have nothing to offer again. empty brain.

Masterpiec30:
IT SEEMS THIS NAIRALAND COPIES AN ALREADY OUTDATED NEWS FROM LINDA IKEJI'S BLOG . SINCE I STARTED FOLLOWING LINDA IKEJI'S BLOG ITS AS IF I AM READING ALL THE NEWS THE SECOND TIME HERE ON NAIRALAND. LINDA IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL BIKO.

what a shame that you carry this your mumu post enter here. whoever composed it for you needs to get you another. I pray you get sense.

Marviey:
This is dangerous

dangerous? Do you read it at all? Nigeria Government have a lot to learn from this noble approach.

Emax911:
is it not a 2- horse race

the foul play of Messi should be Barca affair. the op should have focused on that rather than diluting it with something else.

Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the "real risk" of a second wave of coronavirus.

In an open letter published in the British Medical Journal, ministers were warned that urgent action would be needed to prevent further loss of life.

The presidents of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons, Nursing, Physicians, and GPs all signed the letter.

It comes after Boris Johnson announced sweeping changes to England's lockdown.

The Department of Health said it would continue to be guided by the latest scientific advice and would give the NHS "whatever it needs"

On Tuesday, the prime minister said pubs, restaurants, cinemas and hairdressers will be able to reopen from 4 July.

The 2m social-distancing rule will be replaced with a "one-metre plus" rule, meaning people should stay at least 2m apart where possible, but otherwise should remain at least 1m apart while taking steps to reduce the risk of transmission, such as wearing face coverings.

The 2m rule will remain in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, however.

Both the government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and the chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty stressed Mr Johnson's plan was not "risk-free" at Tuesday's final daily Downing Street coronavirus briefing.


Following the prime minister's announcement, health leaders called for a "rapid and forward-looking assessment" of how prepared the UK would be for a new outbreak of the virus.

"While the future shape of the pandemic in the UK is hard to predict, the available evidence indicates that local flare-ups are increasingly likely and a second wave a real risk," they wrote in the letter.

"Many elements of the infrastructure needed to contain the virus are beginning to be put in place, but substantial challenges remain."

The authors of the letter, also signed by the chair of the British Medical Association, urge ministers to set up a cross-party group with a "constructive, non-partisan, four nations approach", tasked with developing practical recommendations.

"The review should not be about looking back or attributing blame," they said, and instead should focus on "areas of weakness where action is needed urgently to prevent further loss of life and restore the economy as fully and as quickly as possible".

Talk of a dreaded second wave will dominate the coming weeks and months.

The UK will need to be prepared for one. But as the health leaders acknowledge, it's not possible to predict for sure if one will actually happen.

What is certainly a given, is there will be local flare-ups where we see clusters of infections in places. This has already happened in Leicester, Anglesey and Cleckheaton.

But what is important to recognise is that the UK is in a completely different position to where it was in March when the first wave hit.

Testing capacity has gone from a few thousand a day to 200,000 to identify those infected. There is a network of contact tracers to find those that might be infected.

There are still weaknesses - some tests take too long to turnaround, while the tracing system is still bedding in and the app is not ready.

But there is a realistic chance if these continue to improve and, importantly, the public keeps playing its part by both continuing to adhere to social distancing and complying with requests to self-isolate if they test positive or are identified as a close contact of an infected person, that the virus will be largely kept at bay.

A Department of Health spokesperson said: "Thanks to the dedication of NHS staff, hospitals have not been overwhelmed and intensive care capacity continues to meet the needs of patients.

"Effective local management of any outbreak is the first line of protection against a second wave. In the event the local response is not sufficient to contain outbreaks, the government would reintroduce measures if necessary to contain the virus and stop it spreading to the wider population."

In the Commons on Tuesday, Mr Johnson said he did not believe there was "a risk of a second peak of infections that might overwhelm the NHS".


Media captionBoris Johnson is cheered as he announces English pubs can reopen from 4 July
Announcing the biggest easing of lockdown yet, he said two households in England will be able to meet indoors and stay overnight - with social distancing.

While he warned all the steps were "reversible", he confirmed the following venues would be able to reopen:

Pubs, bars and restaurants but only with a table service indoors, and owners will be asked to keep contact details of customers to help with contact tracing
Hotels, holiday apartments, campsites and caravan parks but shared facilities must be cleaned properly
Theatres and music halls but they will not be allowed to hold live performances
In other changes weddings will be allowed to have 30 attendees, and places of worship will be allowed to hold services but singing will be banned
Hair salons and barbers will be able to reopen but must have protective measures, such as visors, in place
Libraries, community centres and bingo halls
Cinemas, museums and galleries
Funfairs, theme parks, adventure parks, amusement arcades, outdoor skating rinks and model villages
Indoor attractions where animals are exhibited, such as at zoos, aquariums, farms, safari parks and wildlife centres
Some other venues will remain closed by law, including nightclubs, casinos, indoor play areas, nail bars and beauty salons, swimming pools and indoor gyms.

Those businesses set to reopen in 10 days' time have been given government guidance on how they can operate as safely as possible during the coronavirus pandemic.

Initial advice says businesses should keep customers' contact details for 21 days to help support the track and trace system.

BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said it suggested that decisions on which parts of the economy to reopen were made very recently.

It comes as struggling retailers must pay their quarterly rent to landlords on Wednesday.

Professor John Edmunds, who attends Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) meetings, said the government's switch to "one metre-plus" restrictions, alongside the reopening of pubs and restaurants, could put the country at risk of increased Covid-19 transmission.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine academic told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "There is a risk that transmission will take off again, so we have to be really vigilant, and this is where the Test and Trace system needs to be really working well to make sure we can stamp out any infections that occur."

Labour is calling for NHS staff to be tested every week for coronavirus so that patient waiting list backlogs can be safely cleared.

Former Conservative health secretary Jeremy Hunt backed that call, writing in the Daily Telegraph that the "costs are small compared to the cost of a second wave" of Covid-19.

The latest figures show a further 171 people had died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, taking the total to 42,927.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53159918

Emax911:
It looks like Real Madrid and Barcelona are both trying to develop the narrative that VAR is biased in favour of the other, but the truth is that both teams have benefited from borderline decisions.

He avoided any action for a violent shove on Diego Carlos last week , but this tackle is legitimately dangerous and could’ve broken a leg.

This is the 2nd game game in a row Messi has escaped a RED card. pic.twitter.com/zCjdspdJ9I
— 7. (@FutbolMuu) June 23, 2020
M•A•j

Again he escaped without a booking and we’ve seen red cards given for so much less, so he has to count himself lucky here.

The match ended 1-0 in favor of Barcelona, given real Madrid a must task to win and go ahead once again.

source:

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2020/06/23/video-lionel-messi-escapes-possible-red-card-for-violent-conduct-for-his-second-game-in-a-row/

I wonder why Madrid enter this picture.

this is a win-win thing abeg. he should work with Obaseki. he has long way to go and better things dey ahead.

why na? headache, stomachache, mouthache, earache go increase well well
but wetin I know be say
God go Win.

AntonVince:
That's for sure.

Is Obaseki validly registered as a PDP member at his ward? YES

Did he pick the Guber nomination form? YES

Is the party's timetable for screening and primaries adjustable? YES...as long as these fall within INEC's time-frame and same is communicated to them.

At whose discretion are waivers granted? The party's or the court's? The party's (PDP's)

VERDICT:

The sh*tty injunction is bound to be set aside as no court can invalidate a legit waiver granted a candidate by his party.

thank you and Weldone. more oil to your head.