2023: IBNE/SE HOUSE OF REPS HOPEFUL DR ADEKANMBI-AKINSEYE SCALE THROUGH PDP SCREENING

As the preparations for the 2023 general elections hot up, Federal house of representatives aspirant for Ibadan Northeast/Southeast constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday undergone screening processes in preparations for its primaries holding early next month. Southwest-frontier.com reports.

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Speaking with newsmen shortly after the exercise, which took place at the PDP secretariat in Ibadan, the aspirants Hon (Dr) Adegoke Adekanmbi-Akinseye described the exercise as free, fair and friendly. 

She expressed confidence in committee headed by the Former Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Senator Adolphus Ndaneweh Wabara.

Hon Adekanmbi-Akinseye added that the exercise went on smoothly and urged the leadership of the Party to continue in that direction. She said.

House Of Reps Hopeful, Hon (Dr) Adekanmbi-Akinseye Mourns Alaafin

House representatives aspirant, Hon (Dr) Adejoke Adekanmbi-Akinseye  has condoled with Governor Seyi Makinde, the Oyo-State government and people of Oyo Kingdom over the death of Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr) Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III.

While describing his death as painful, Hon Adekanmbi-Akinseye in a condolence message she personally signed and made available to Southwest-frontier.com in Ibadan condoled with the Oyo-State Council of Obas and Chiefs over the demise of it's permanent chairman, noting that his death is shocking.

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“The death of Alaafin of Oyo and the Parmement Chairman, Oyo-State Council of Obas and Chiefs, His Imperial Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has brought pains to the entire people of the state.

“I condole with the Oyo State Government and people of Oyo State and other family members on the transition to the eternal glory of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, after a long and glorious reign.

His Imperial Majesty had devoted his life and worked tirelessly for improvement of life of the yoruba people in particular and humanity as a whole. 

There is no doubt that his Majesty’s wisdom and devotion were an enduring source of strength and comfort for the people in Oyo Kingdom. Hon Adekanmbi-Akinseye concluded

2023: PDP presidential hopeful Tari-Oba promises purposeful leadership

Nigeria has been in a long search for women of honour, capacity, intelligence, boldness and integrity in governance.

The search has ended with the discovery of Mrs Tari Oliver - a social maestro, a political juggernaut, a woman with a guarded impulse to transform and re-engineer our nation for the good of humanity and the environment, an epitome of humility, resilience and sagacity, a gregarious and intrepid woman with the heart of a Lioness. 

Fellow Nigerians, let us count on Mrs Tari Oliver and entrust her with the destiny of our dear country in 2023, in order to end the suffering of the masses, embrace true leadership and foster better life ahead in our county.

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Let us deliberately welcome true leadership and support Mrs Tari Oliver.

Supporting Mrs Tari Oliver means promoting peace, progress, justice and national cohesion in our country. 

There is no better choice of a president of Nigeria in 2023 than Mrs Tari Oliver.

Defection crisis: Adamawa Assembly removes PDP member who defected to APC

The Adamawa State House of Assembly has removed a member, Ayuba Joseph Kwada who defected from the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the main opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Assembly effected the removal of Ayuba at its sitting on Wednesday, declaring his seat vacant by relying on Section 109(1g) of the Constitution.

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Ayuba had last weekend announced his defection from the PDP, saying he had been sidelined and he needed to join the APC where he expected to be better treated.

Talks that the House of Assembly was planning to declare his seat vacant became rife by the morning of Tuesday and newsmen thronged the sitting to witness the event.

The House however did nothing about Ayuba’s removal, possibly because pro-Ayuba youths had besieged the entrance of the Assembly Complex protesting the speculated anti-Ayuba plot.

Wednesday’s sitting of the House was however different, as after treating a couple of items on the agenda of the day, the Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon Pwamakweno Mackondo, raised the matter of Ayuba’s defection, saying that by leaving the party which sponsored his election, constitutionally, Ayuba had ceased to merit his seat.

The Speaker, Rt Hon Aminu Iya Abbas, put the matter to voice vote, which was supported by the members at the seating.

SOUTHWEST-FRONTIER.COM  reports, however, that the seating was poorly attended.

The 25-member Assembly had only 13 in attendance: 12 PDP members and one APC member.

House Majority Leader, Hon Japhet Kefas later addressed newsmen on the development against a precedent that an APC member, Musa Bororo was not removed last year when he defected from APC to PDP.

Kefas said there was a crisis In APC when Bororo defected, and so the House had no reason at that time to move against Bororo.

2023: Honour 35 per cent affirmation policy for women, aspirant tells Makinde

The female aspirant for the seat of Ibadan South East/North East Federal Constituency, Hon (Dr) Adejoke Adekanmbi-Akinseye, has urged the Executive Governor of Oyo State His Excellency Engr Seyi Makinde to comply with 35 per cent affirmation policy of according women their rightful place as their male counterparts.

Hon (Dr) Adekanmbi-Akinseye, made the appeal in a press briefing with Southwest-frontier News in Ibadan on Wednesday. 

She said the Governor should adhere to the gender-sensitive rule by giving women active participatory roles in governance and equal opportunities in other human endeavours like their male counterparts.

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She added that Oyo State women should continue to live in peace and harmony with their male counterparts as well as embarking on activities that would move the state to the next level.

She cmmended Gov. Makinde for appointing women in his cabinet and advised the female political appointees to continue join hands with Gov. Makinde led administration to succeed in the provision of dividends of democracy for the people of Oyo State beyond 2023.

Hon (Dr) Adekanmbi-Akinseye also urged women across the country to be sensitive in making themselves relevant in politics.

The female ferderal representative aspirant stressed that women could even aspire to be the president of Nigeria which she affirmed that it was very possible in the eye of the Almighty God.

2023: Tari-Oba Pledges to Lead Nigeria to Path of Economic Growth

I'm Mrs Tari Oliver, the only female PDP  presidential Aspirant, for 2023 presidential election. 

I'm not asking too much! Just give me Nigeria in 2023, and I will give it back to you in 2027 a revamped, restored and economically stable nation with a system that works for everyone irrespective of your ethnicity, religion, age or gender, through my 3-point agenda

1) SECURITY

Security is an essential factor of human life. A peaceful and secure environment is critical to every society, since it affects all aspects of economic and social developmemt in a country, and it is sine qua non to the realization of human rights. There is no development without security and there is no security without developmemt. 

2) ELECTRICITY

Electricity has historically been an enabler for industrial developmemt, social welfare and improved healthcare, and its role is only increasing in importance. The broad electrification of end-user sectors like mobility and heating has made electricity the growing backbone of the world's energy supply. Electricity (energy) leads to the creation of new markets, businesses and job openings, which provide more opportunities for individuals to earn an income and lift  themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty.

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3) TECHNOLOGY

The adoption of technology by developing countries has had profound effects on their economies, such as reducing the national costs of production, establishing standards for quality, and allowing individuals to communicate from a distance. Technology is the key driver of economic growth of nations and regions.

Give me Nigeria in 2023, and get prepared to see a new Nigeria. I won't disappoint you!

Mrs Tari Oliver

Presidential Aspirant(PDP)

2023 Work to win, not to participate – PDP Woman Leader urges female aspirants [PHOTOS]

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As the 2023 general election draws nearer, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Woman Leader, Prof Stella Effah-Attoe, has urged women aspirants in the party to work to win the election and not to participate.

PDP National Woman Leader charged the women during the 2022/23 PDP Female Aspirants Consultation at party headquarters in Abuja on Monday.

Prof Stella Effah-Attoe, who disclosed that women have put modalities in place on how to win the election, urged the aspirants to monitor the achievements of female aspirants and plan for the future.

She said the meeting was necessitated by my desire to leave no stone unturned to ensure that “women do not only come out to participate in politics but to also participate meaningfully and win elections”.

She added that women have always thought about women coming to participate, saying “We’ve been doing that over the years, we’ve been participating but the issue now is coming out to win elections.

PDP National woman leader continued “This kind of meeting is unprecedented. I deem it necessary to know our female aspirants across the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT. This gathering will afford us the opportunity to understand the role of the National Woman Leader in broadening the horizon for female effective participation in politics. To share ideas with veterans and tap from their wealth of experience.

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“Enhance our approaches and methodologies as we go to the field. Understand the pros and cons inherent in our political pursuits with a view to preferring solutions to them.

“I believe that at the end of this significant exercise, our female aspirants will rise from here in high spirits towards the business ahead.”

On her part, the former National Women Leader of the party and Minister of Women Affairs under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Josephine Anenih noted that women must work their way.

Josephine Anenih noted that the 35 per cent affirmative action for women in various offices is not automatic as women must work their way up, saying “If you are not qualified and nobody knows you in your place, you won’t get the seat you are looking for.

“The 35 per cent affirmative action we are clamouring for is not magic. We must work hard for it. Don’t give PDP a bad name by saying women are marginalized. If you are qualified you will be given a chance”.

2023: Give ticket to who will not run away after election – Wike tells PDP leaders

The governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyesom Wike, who is a presidential aspirant under the platform of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the weekend tasked stakeholders and founding fathers of the party to give the presidential ticket to someone who will not run away from the party.

The Presidential aspirant equally vowed to put David Umahi’s successor in Ebonyi State during the forthcoming 2023 general election.

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Wike made this known while addressing stakeholders and political leaders of PDP in Ebonyi State during his consultation visit to the people of the state.

According to him: “I’m here in Ebonyi State to let you know that you should not border on the setbacks you have, that the law must take its prepared place at the right time. I don’t want to send any delegation to the people of Ebonyi, I told Governor Ugwuanyi that I’m coming personally so that you look into my eyes and I will look at your eyes.

“And nobody born of a woman shall tell me not to enter Ebonyi, I say nobody. I’m a full committed party member of PDP. I joined PDP when it was founded in 1998. Anything I’m today by the special Grace of God, as chairman of LGA to governor, Minister and it is PDP that gave it to me.

“Therefore, I owe PDP a lot and I will continue to support PDP. I’m not one of those who will reap and abandoned those who helped him. Go and tell whoever that is anywhere, that whatever you sow, you will reap. All those that PDP helped to be in power and have betrayed PDP, the judgment will come one day.

“I told Ebonyi people that you must take back your party secretariat and to the glory of God, we are here today. Let me tell you the truth, nobody can intimidate me, Not one. And I want my colleague in Ebonyi, David Umahi to hear me well. Wherever you are, wherever you may be, hear me now.

“PDP laboured and put their sleepless night and PDP won the election and you took the mandate of our people and go to another party, anybody who has conscience’, if you know you are a man and very strong and any day they put election you will win, I challenge you to resign and then come and contest election to know whether you will win again.

“We will continue to fight against injustice, we will fight for democracy. I’m making myself available to defeat APC in the forthcoming 2023 general election. My dear Ebonyi people, I’m here to tell you, I will stand by you, I will support you any day anytime.

“What PDP want is who will win election, give me this ticket, let me go and defeat APC for you. I’m not running for president to be given vice president. I’m not running to be called former presidential aspirant. I didn’t buy another form, Incase this one didn’t work, I will go back to it. If you have told Ebonyi people and Nigerians that you are running for president, why are you collecting another form for other positions” he stated.

In a swift reaction, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi who is equally a presidential aspirant under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, challenged him to a debate.

Umahi cautioned Wike for saying that he will not win elections without PDP, describing him as a lawyer that does not know the law.

“I am calling him to debate, he wants to be President, I want to be President, let us do a debate so that the world would see how intellectual property would be deployed,” he noted.

Confusion as Osun APC members disrupt stakeholders meeting over senatorial ticket zoning

There was confusion on Sunday as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun West protested the zoning formula adopted for the Osun West Senatorial ticket in the 2023 general elections.

The party had adopted to zone the senatorial ticket in the district to Iwo.

The commotion started when the party chairman for Osun West Senatorial District, Omolaoye Akintola, announced during a stakeholders meeting of the party that the ticket had been zoned to Iwo.

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The adoption made party members campaigning for the senatorial ticket be zoned to other federal constituencies in Osun West to disrupt the proceedings.

They claimed that the party was acting out a script by zoning the senatorial ticket to Iwo which already had about eight contestants vying for the ticket.

Reacting, they also maintained that the party leaders within the zone and in the state cannot impose any candidate on them.

While insisting that it was the town of constituencies like Irewole and Ejigbo, the meeting was abruptly brought to an end.

It was gathered that other candidates who were interested in contesting for the ticket are Ayo Omidiran, a former member of the House of Representatives, for Ayedade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency.

Recall that political appointees in Osun, including Dr Tadese Raheem, Commissioner for Water Resources and Energy; and Lateefat Giwa, Commissioner for Human Resources and Capacity Building; had resigned from the Osun State Executive Council.

The duo, who both hail from the Osun West Senatorial District, is also vying for the Senatorial ticket of the APC in the 2023 general elections.

The resignation was due to the directive of the state government to all political appointees interested in contesting the 2023 elections to resign

JUST IN: Oyo PDP Stalwart Rotimi Johnson (Ojasope) Withdraws Party Membership

Honourable Adeniyi Rotimi Johnson popularly known as Ojasope has withdrawn his membership from the People’s Democratic Party Oyo State chapter on Monday 25 April, 2022.

The media practitioner and member of the Association of Nigeria Public Relations (ANIPR) took to his Facebook page to make the announcement on Monday morning. Ojasope stated that; I was living in denial and dreaded this moment but it's a sad reality; I struggle so hard to climb the ladder but only got to the last step before discovering the ladder was leaning on the wrong building.

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Today, I withdraw from the Oyo State PDP and step aside from partisan politics until I am fully persuaded otherwise. I know thousands of you look up to me, particularly the young folks but according to Bishop David Oyedepo; "How long you've been on a wrong journey doesn't guarantee arrival at the right destination"

I apologize for the pains, disappointments and inconvenience this decision might cause many of you; forgive and just pray for me but please don't pity me. I also apologize for the quarrels, disputes, unpleasantness that happened in the cause of working and loving someone who despises me; I am very sorry for being blinded and deafened by passion and love, howbeit unappreciated, so much that I ignored your warnings and admolitions. I take full responsibility for how it has turned out and pressing the exit button is a self preservation move.

I will remain my political self but without party affiliation for now.  

Thanks for the love and support I have enjoyed from all of you, which you generously expressed irrespective of political and religious affiliations; I hope these won't wean in the coming days.

QUOTE: "One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” —Anonymous

The Lord is the Almighty; he's my portion in the land of the living.

Signed. 

Rotimi Johnson -Ojasope ANIPR, FPD-CR, MOG