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etokhana:
She was earlier shortlisted:
https://www.nairaland.com/7202718/funke-akindele-nominated-running-mate#114262704


https://www.blueprint.ng/breaking-funke-akindele-emerges-pdp-deputy-governorship-candidate/

powerfulguy:
https://www.newtelegraphng.com/presidency-buhari-wont-succumb-to-terrorists-activities/
Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Racoon:
-“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. -John C. Maxwell

-"Everyone appears to be courageous until bad weather arrives and then we know the true leaders" - Israelmore Ayivor.

-"The world doesn't care about the storms you encounter - it just wants to see the ship coming in."-Zig Ziglar

Omooba77:
More than serious my brother...

Omooba77:
The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, has said none of the Boko Haram suspects detained at Kuje prison in Abuja was found after the attack on the facilities on Tuesday night.

Sources had told Daily Trust that high-profile Boko Haram suspects and bandits escaped during the invasion of the prison on Tuesday night.

Addressing journalists after taking an assessment tour of the facility, the minister said, “The attack started around 10:30pm. They came in their numbers gained entrance into the prison and they released some of the inmates and which we are now following to see the kind of inmates that they have released.

“Very soon, we will give you the correct figure of the inmates that were taken. Aside that, we are trying to see what we can do to ensure that all escapees are returned back.

The prison is accommodating about 994 inmates and over 600 escaped. Many people have been recaptured and brought back to the prison. Maybe by the close of the day, more will have been captured and returned.

“I think everything is under control. The people who came to do this activity, from the records, we believe they belong to a particular group. Most likely, they are Boko Haram members because we have sizeable number of Boko Haram suspects in detention, and presently we cannot locate any of them.

“I think they are about 64 in the prison and none of them now is available they have all escaped.”

https://dailytrust.com/breaking-all-boko-haram-members-in-kuje-prison-have-escaped-defence-minister

Raph82:
He used a highly conservative figure (215 naira per Lagosian per day) no matter how people go to bed hungry in Lagos, they will still spend 215 naira on food per day, not taking into account that Lagos population is more than 21 million. 21,000000 x 215 naira per day = 4.5 billion naira per day on feeding. He's still on course.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says residents of the state consume about N4.5 billion worth of food daily just as he reiterated commitment to food security.

Sanwo-Olu said this at the opening ceremony of a two-day zonal sensitisation workshop with the theme: “Implementation of Food Systems Transformation Pathways in Nigeria 2022,” on Monday in Lagos.

The workshop was organised by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning in collaboration with Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Lagos Ministry of Economic, Planning and Budget.

Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti are participating with a Lagos as coordinating state for Southwest goepolitical zone.

The governor represented by Mr Sam Egube, Commissioner for Economic, Planning and Budget, said that the state had decided to take the bull by the horn in guaranteeing food security for people with different agricultural and food value chain.

According to him, Lagos has a rich history of economic growth and transformation.

“Although it covers only 0.4 per cent of Nigeria’s territorial land mass making it the smallest in the country.

“It accounts for over 60 per cent of industrial and commercial activities. Lagos is a coastal state and has an extremely limited arable land space and home to about 21 million people.

“Its residents consume about N4.5 billion worth of food daily and 50 per cent of beef produced in the country running into several billions in other trading activities with markets cutting across all the local government areas in the state,” he said.

He called for joint collaboration among Southwest goepolitical zone to implement the Food Systems Transformation Pathways 2022.

Sanwo-Olu added that improving the food systems would influence positive changes and as well address multiple challenges being experienced in the country.

He said that the state agric roadmap was a deliberate effort to develop the agricultural sector by way of interventions from the public and private sector, international technical and donor organisations.

“I am aware that the need for states across the six geopolitical zones to be adequately sensitised on the implementation of the National Food Systems Transformation Pathways is the basis for this workshop.

“It gives me great pleasure to note that Lagos State was selected to host the South West geopolitical sensitisation which I consider as an acknowledgement of the positive impacts our policies and efforts are making in the agricultural sector.

“As a state government, we will continue to provide infrastructure and incentives to support all private sector initiatives where required.

“History has shown that any society that is unable to provide food guarantee, its security is open to abuse and utmost danger,” he said.

The governor commended the efforts of the Federal Government on its unrelenting efforts to ensure that the food systems summit in conjunction with the United Nations is developed.

“I assure you that the Lagos State Government is fully committed to achieving a food secured Lagos and Nigeria through partnership with all national and sub-national entities as well as private sector and international technical and donor organisations.

He urged all participants at the workshop to show commitment by sharing ideas and opinions on the selected programmes slated to kick-start implementation.

Mr Mathias Schmale, the Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator, United Nations, commended the Federal Government for its consistent efforts toward sustainable food systems in the country.

Schmale who was represented by Mr Isiaka Ibrahim, UN Coordinator in Lagos, reiterated that the UN would continue to work with government and as well strengthen collaborations with all stakeholders in support of this transformational journey.

“Today marks another important step in the highly anticipated transformational change we have worked for in partnership.

“The zonal sensitisation workshop is designed to onboard all of us as we begin to bring synergy across states and regions.

“The momentum at which the Federal Government is accelerating the national food systems transformation pathways is highly commendable.

READ ALSO: Night Travels: Accident Claims 18 Lives On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

“Today, the government has identified three critical priority actions to be addressed at all levels to achieve food security and reduce malnutrition among the most vulnerable and at-risk populations in Nigeria.

“They are to achieve a sustainable food system that works for all; to ensure the achievement of all SDGs in the next decade.

Mrs Olusola Idowu, the National Convener/Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, said an implementation team made up of key stakeholders had been constituted to develop an implementation plan.

Idowu noted that the workshop provides an opportunity to present and discuss the identified priority actions selected for implementation from January 2022.

She added that it would help to define and assign roles and responsibilities for effective implementation of the priority actions.

Idowu noted that the workshop was being held in all the six geopolitical zones concurrently from July 4 to 8, focusing on three low hanging fruit programmes and 80 priority actions.

“Please, I make this passionate appeal that we all ensure that this implementation stage is truly for implementation.

“Wherein, we do less talk and more action so that we can impact lives of Nigerians,” she said.

M. Abisola Olusanya, the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, said that food systems remained an important part of the national economy.

Olusanya said that effective food system had contributed to a variety of solutions to developmental challenges.

She said that there had been dialogues amongst all relevant stakeholders across the six geopolitical zones of the country since 2021 which gave birth to the National Pathways for Sustainable Food Systems. (NAN)

gaskiyamagana:
Empty threat .

kponkedenge:
Tinubu is stubborn, he won't listen.... He's desperate to become president, so at this point, he can do anything.

Truthisunique2:
The north it want to appease with it have been rejecting it for "one nijeria" balance

Adamawa is about to elect christian deputy, kaduna is going back to christian deputy, gombe already have christian deputy alongside nassarawa, kwara, kogi

Plateau is going christian christian, taraba, benue full christian govs

All states christian have significant population up north are sensitive to the times

But Tinubu begs to differ with the logic nationally

Totilopussylick:
If at all he hates christians

How is he supposed to rule the nation

With hatred

A former Special Adviser on Islamic Matters to late governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State, Sheikh Haliru Abdullahi Maraya, has opined that those promoting the idea of a Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian presidential ticket, in today’s Nigeria, do not wish the country well now that it is divided along religious fault lines.

Speaking on “Islamic view on same-faith presidential ticket in today’s Nigeria”, the former Special Adviser stated, “Those promoting the idea of a Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian presidential ticket, in today’s Nigeria, do not wish the country well especially now that it is divided along religious fault lines.”

He explained that it’s wrong for a Muslim to support a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket as it is at variance with the spirit of justice which the religion of Islam promotes and defends at all times.

“I don’t think there is a Muslim who will support a Christian-Christian presidential ticket. Undoubtedly, the Muslims would cry out for the perpetration of injustice against them,” he said.

Sheikh Maraya further explained, “The combination of a Muslim and non-Muslim, in a presidential ticket, in Nigeria of today, also gives vent to the spirit of justice, fairness and equity as enshrined in the religion of Islam. Remember, the country is for the Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The religion of Islam orders the sincere administration of justice, on all, regardless of any distinction, be it religious, ethnic, geographical, tribal, inter alia.

“The religion enjoins its adherents to always stand for justice as a matter of principle, whether for Muslims or non-Muslims, even if justice should side against them. The Quran says: “and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just” (Q5:8 ). As a Muslim, one is enjoined by the religion to only love for mankind, regardless of any social difference, what they love for themselves.”

He said that Nigeria is a multi-religious country of more than 200million people who are Muslims and non-Muslims, saying that the country is owned by more than 200million citizens who are of diverse religious background.

Sheikh further Maraya advised, “In order to be just to all the citizens of the country, and also to balance the apparent religious sentiments prevalent in the country, Nigeria’s politicians and its major political parties have avoided fielding same-faith presidential candidates since the present political dispensation from 1999.

“In any event, the combination of people of different religious background, on a presidential ticket, appears to give vent to the constitutional requirement that the composition of the federal government and its agencies should reflect the federal character of the country, and the need to promote national unity, thereby ensuring that there is no predominance of sectional groups in the government, as enshrined in Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria as amended.”

He stated that he wondered what the country would be should the various agitations in the land assume a religious dimension, stressing that no religion has the monopoly of qualified people who have the capacity to serve as running mates to presidential candidates if merit should be the parameter for the nomination of running mates.

“Undoubtedly, both Muslims and non-Muslims, in Nigeria of today, are endowed with capable and qualified persons for the offices of the President and Vice-President alike. Consequently, justice, fairness and equity, as enjoined by the religion of Islam, demand that a Muslim presidential candidate should nominate a non-Muslim as their running mate, and a non-Muslim presidential candidate should nominate a Muslim as their running mate, in Nigeria of today, for the sake of the promotion of national unity and cohesion,” he stressed.

To balance the geographical and ethnic sentiments in the country, he opined that the politicians and major political parties have never contemplated fielding candidates of the same geographical and ethnic leanings, saying that they have never fielded a north-north or a south-south presidential ticket.

He added that it is common sense and the appreciation of Nigeria’s religious diversity to abhor and discourage a same-faith presidential ticket, stressing, “The unity of our beloved country, Nigeria, should be the priority of all Nigerians, not winning elections at all costs. It is a very disheartening commentary on our politics that some of our politicians are thinking of strategy and strategy to win elections, even if they lose the country in the end.”

He opined that there should be no desperation to use sophistry to win an election and lose the only country Nigerians have, observing that presently, the level of distrust and suspicion between the Muslims and non-Muslims, in Nigeria, has become very high as to make it implausible, unrealistic and unwise for any political party and presidential candidate to field a same-faith presidential joint ticket.

He emphasized, “Allah (S.W.T) has forbidden any form of injustice for Himself, and has also forbidden it for His servants. Hence, our politicians should, at all times, make concerted efforts to be just to all groups of people with a view to defending the unity of our dear country, Nigeria. For a political party to have Muslims as its National Chairman, Presidential candidate and Vice-Presidential candidate, such a party is indeed not in a position to say it promotes and defends the spirit of justice, fairness and equity.”