Tag: Southern governors

Southern Presidency Betrayal: Edwin Clark demands apology from Okowa 

Aminu Imam

…Asks him to step down Elder statesman, Edwin Clark asked the Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to withdraw from being the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s running mate and apologise to his southern governor-colleagues for allegedly betraying them by accepting the position. The former Federal Commissioner of Information, at a press conference yesterday accused Okowa of betraying the trust of his colleagues in the South by accepting the position, having hosted a meeting of southern leaders demanding for the presidency to come to the South. The…

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Southern governors demand State Police

Aminu Imam

…Say it’s the only solution to insecurity Governors of southern Nigeria under the umbrella of Southern Governors Forum (SGF) have demanded for the creation of State Police, noting that it is the only solution to the country’s security challenges bedevilling the country. The Ondo State governor and chairman of the Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, made the Southern governors demand known during their meeting in Asaba, Delta State, in an issued statement yesterday. According to him, the devolution of powers is the surest path to progress. The governors and key stakeholders have…

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2023: Adebanjo, Clark, S/East Govs. meet in Abuja today over Presidency

Aminu Imam

Leader of the Afenifere socio-political group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, and leader of the Southern and Middle-Belt Forum, Pa Edwin Clark, are set to attend the Greater Nigeria Conference, (GNC), in Abuja today, Monday, to deliberate on the emergence of the next Nigerian President from the South-East region. The GNC is a pan-Nigeria dialogue, organised by a global Igbo think-tank, Nzuko Umunna, to canvass support for a presidential candidate from the region during the 2023 general elections. The GNC, in a statement by its Media Coordinator, Collins Ugwu, said South-East governors…

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2023: War in PDP as Southern Govs dare Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal over zoning

Aminu Imam

Ahead of its presidential primary election fixed for May 28, a fresh crisis looms for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as governors from the South have insisted that the presidential ticket for the 2023 election must not be an open contest. This position has pitched them against two of their northern colleagues, in the persons of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Bala Mohammed, governors of Sokoto and Bauchi States; former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar; Ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki and banker-turned politician, Muhammed Hayatu-Deen, all of whom have since joined the presidential race on…

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2023: “It’s foolish to sit in Lagos or Port Harcourt and demand power shift” – El-Rufa’i

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Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed el-Rufazi has lashed out at his colleagues from the southern region of the country for the manner they are going about their demand for a 2023 southern presidency. The governor, who reiterated that any power shift or rotation for the presidency can’t come automatically, said negotiations should have preceded public demands by the southern governors. In a chat with newsmen yesterday, el-Rufa’i said no one should assume that they can sit in Lagos or Port Harcourt and decide what the North should do or who…

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2023 Presidency: Northern youths appeal to Southern, Northern Governors not to set Nigeria on fire

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Aminu Imam As the 2023 General Elections draws nearer, the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has cautioned Southern and Northern Governors to not drag the country into another avoidable crisis over zoning or otherwise of Presidency. An issued press statement on Tuesday, signed by its President, Isah Abubakar and Director-General, Media and Publicity, Mock Samuel Kure, the NYCN stated: “We noted with grave concerned the war of words over zoning or otherwise of Presidency, come 2023, between the Northern and Southern Governors Forum. “It has become necessary for us…

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2023 Presidency: “North is not for sale” – Northern Elders tell southern governors

Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has said that the North is not for sale no matter the pressure or antics from the southern governors to zone the presidency to the South.  The NEF spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, disclosed this at the weekend while delivering a keynote address at the inaugural ‘Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series‘, organised by the Student’s Wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG). According to him, “There are clearly Nigerians who believe that because the economy of the North has already crumbled, we are running away…

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2023 Presidency: ‘Southern governors will oppose any party that fields Northern candidate’ – Akeredolu reveals

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Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says southern governors have all agreed to oppose any political party that field a northern candidate for president in 2023. Akeredolu, who is the chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, made this known yesterday, in interview during a television programme. The governor said the Forum has unanimously agreed that the 2023 presidency must be zoned to the region for the sake of justice and fairness. He said, “There are about three political parties that are in the Southern Governors’ Forum, we have APGA, PDP and…

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APC, PDP Southern Governors declare support for collection of VAT by States

Aminu Imam

…Insist next president must come from South Governors from the southern part of the country have expressed their support for the collection of Value-Added Tax (VAT) by state governments. The governors stated these in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Enugu, the Enugu State capital, and signed by the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu said that the governors resolved and affirmed the position that the collection of VAT fell within the powers of State governments. The forum also charged governors to expedite action on the…

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‘Control of land doesn’t belong to Buhari’s administration’ – Southern Governors 

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…Kick against grazing sites The South-South Governors’ Forum has kicked against President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to review with dispatch the 368 grazing sites in 25 States across the country. The Forum said the law had given governors the control of land in their states and it is the governor who “gives the Certificate of Occupancy to every individual and allows them to have full ownership of the land.”  The Southern governors and groups expressed shock at the decision of the Federal Government to go ahead with the plan to review…

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