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2023 Presidency: Try South-East For 4 Years – Umahi Tells APC

27Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

2023 Presidency: Try South-East For 4 Years – Umahi Tells APC

Chairman of South East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, at the weekend, appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the geo-political zone to produce next president of the country in 2023. Umahi assured that any Igbo man, who mounts the presidency would fix the problems of the country in four years and make the nation proud. He said Igbo people love the nation and want to be part of its development and transformation contrary to the opinion being expressed in some quarters that the Igbo people were hellbent on breaking away from the country. He said Igbo people were only passionate about taking their fair share of the opportunities available in the country, and not leave the country. He spoke when he received Kebbi State Governor, Atiku...

Governor Bala Mohammed Distances Self from Dogara’s Defection to APC

Bala Mohammed, Bauchi State Governor has distanced himself from the defection of erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) describing him as a “pandemic” in politics. The governor also alleged that Dogara was involved in constituency project contract inflation. He disclosed these on Tuesday at the Government House, Bauchi when a multitude of party faithful from Dogara’s constituency - Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro local government areas paid him a courtesy visit. He said, “Besides the Bauchi LGA, there is no place that gave me many votes like Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro and in the past; these same votes were given to me at the time I contested under the ANPP; the votes I got then were 20 times more t...

Opinion: 2023, Bola Tinubu and the Cost of Political Miscalculation by Sanusi Muhammad

The godfather of Lagos politics, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2015, led the Southwest into an alliance with the north to birth the All Progressive Alliance (APC). His decision, evidently, was informed by the expectation that the two geopolitical regions will share power, invariably to the exclusion of the Eastern bloc. And ultimately that he, or the Southwest will take power by the time the north completes two terms in 2023. But it has proved to be a miscalculation. Certainly, power play is about conspiracies and alliances. Tinubu is well within his right to do what he thought would best advance his political interest and that of his region. However, in backing President Muhammadu Buhari, he cut his nose to spite his face. It may not have seemed obvious to many, but once Buhari took...