Speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Lokoja, the State capital, the spokesperson for Ilonah/Bawa APGA Campaign Council in Kogi, Mr Aliyu Ibrahim, said the party’s candidate remained the most qualified and suitable among others.

“Ilonah is a man of capacity and has the ability to harness the fortunes of Kogi to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths, provide quality functional education with improved Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the State.

“Our candidate has capacity. He is a man of integrity and competent to bring the desired development to Kogi.

“Ilonah is the most sellable among all other candidates presented by other political parties,” Ibrahim said.

He assured that an APGA government in Kogi would not rely on monthly allocations from the Federal Government to develop the State, if voted into power.

The spokesperson emphasized that the party was adequately prepared for the governorship election and urged the electorate to come out en masse to cast their votes for APGA.

“Kogi has huge challenges of unemployment, infrastructure deficit, youth restiveness, and low IGR that require urgent solutions.

“The rate of unemployment is very high in Kogi with prevalent poverty which must be urgently addressed.

“The citizens are suffering in the midst of plenty; Kogi is richly endowed with human and mineral resources.

“If elected as Kogi governor come November, our administration is poised to change the narratives within the shortest period,” he said.

He assured the people that under the APGA government, Kogi would largely depend on the internally generated revenue for its  development.

He stressed that an APGA administration would establish a fashion or garment industry in the State and explore several other avenues to avoid waiting for monthly allocations, promising to make youth empowerment the party’s focal point.

The spokesperson, therefore, urged the electorate to choose wisely and vote for Ilonah/Bawa APGA ticket in the forthcoming election in the State.

Also speaking, the APGA chairman in the State, Mr Moses Ajodo, affirmed that Ilonah has the capacity which he has proven over time in his private businesses.

“If Ilonah is given the opportunity to govern the confluence State, he would adequately utilize its numerous resources to the benefit of the people,” Ajodoh added.

For his part, the Director General, Ilonah/Bawa APGA Campaign Council, Abdulaziz Arikora, enjoined the party leaders and members to go back to their various local government areas and mobilize total support for the candidate.

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‘We are already talking to and want to collaborate with the traditional institutions very importantly to curb insecurity.

‘We have travelled around Niger state for the campaign, and we’ve seen how people live and how our bushes are, and how our local governments are.

‘There is need for the government at the centre of the state to connect with traditional institutions and the local institutions to curb insecurity, and by the grace of God it will be a thing of the past,’ the APC governorship candidate assured.

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Similarly, the PDP acting state chairman, Barrister Ifeanyi Nworie, also called on Ebonyi citizens to support the PDP in winning all elective positions in the state in the forthcoming general election.

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The Igbo, Idoma and Gbagyi communities in Nasarawa local government area of Nasarawa state, North-Central Nigeria, have pledged their total support to Abdullahi Maidoya, the gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).

Speaking on behalf of the Igbo community, the traditional ruler, Igwe Eze Igbo the fifth, Mr. Nnameka Christopher, pledged their support when the NNPP gubernatorial candidate, Abdullahi Maidoya, visited him at the palace, seeking his royal blessing and the support of the Igbo community in Nasarawa local government area of the state.

Eze Igbo advocated the need for peaceful coexistence among communities and urged politicians to shun “politics of drawback syndrome.”

 

For his part, the NNPP gubernatorial aspirant promised to promote policies and programmes that would improve the security and socio-economic well-being of the citizens, if given the mandate.

Maidoya, who was overwhelmed by the turnout of Igbo supporters, described the NNPP as a replica of the defunct Nigeria People’s Party (NPP) of the Nigerian Second Republic, 1979-1983, which tried to promote social justice and social change as vital ingredients of its mission as well as create a national outlook.

Similarly, the Gbagyi community in the Nasarawa local government area also pledged its support to the NNPP gubernatorial candidate.

The youth chairman of the Gbagyi community, Moses Kuku, described the Gbagyis as a community of peace-loving people and stressed the need for harmony to ensure the progress and development of the state.

While appreciating Maidoya for the visit, Kuku called on the Gbagyi people to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to enable them to exercise their franchise in next month’s elections.

Meanwhile, the NNPP deputy governorship candidate, Adams Nyisina Gwamna; and the NNPP state chairman, Sidi Bako, among others, stressed the need to collectively close ranks in the interest of the party, noting that the party has a good plan for the people.

Maidoya also visited the officials of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa local government area to seek moral support.

Prayers were offered for a peaceful conduct of the 2023 elections.

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(The Igbos are one of the major ethnic groups in the country. They are indigenous to South-east Nigeria)

Adediran in company of other party leaders and candidates on Thursday assured the people of his resolve to respect the rights of everyone in the state whether indigenes or non-indigenes.

He said he is committed to taking back the government of the state and returning it to the masses.

Adediran, in his grassroots engagement with Igbo traders and leaders,  promised to treat them and other ethnic nationalities residing in the state fairly.

“Your rights are no longer going to be infringed upon.

“We know that you play a huge role in the economy of our state. Nobody will harass your business premises when I emerge the governor of Lagos state.

“All the money that you bring into our economy is doing so much. I thank you for that.

“Anyone who appreciates the role you play in the economy will ensure that nobody harasses you in your businesses.

“We will ensure that vehicles conveying your containers are given free passage to your business premises because the goods are for the growth of the community where you are located.”

“I assure you that your businesses and investment in the state will be protected.

“I will make sure that you are comfortable in Lagos state because you consider Lagos state as your home. Be rest assured that I would consider you as one of us in Lagos,” he said.

While expressing appreciation to Adediran for personally coming to them to solicit for their support, Christopher Eluu, the President of Mega Auto Parts, Allied Traders Association (MAPATA) said that they were satisfied with the action of the PDP candidate.

Eluu assured him that the group would vote for any candidate who showed concern about their welfare and would not disturb them in their business premises.

“We have mobilized our members and have told them to get their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and we have also taken a decision on who we are going to vote,” Aluu said.

Similarly, in another interactive session with residents of Nigeria Railway Compound in Tejuosho Estate, the PDP candidate assured them that he would run a humane government and put the people first in all policies and programmes.

Adediran said that his grassroots engagement at various wards in each of the local government areas was necessitated by the need to have a first hand information on the challenges facing the people and how to address them.

He said that his choice of a woman, Funke Akindele, as running mate was to see to the needs of women and their children and give attention to them.

“It is time to have a Lagos that would appreciate the contribution of non-indigenes; we would take them as one of us and anywhere they trade, we would stop any form of harassment,” he assured.

Adediran and his campaign train also engaged different other socio-cultural, community and trade groups, soliciting support.

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Otti also inaugurated his Campaign Council, with a former House of Representatives member, Chief Nnanna Ngwu, as the Chairman.

In a speech at the event in Umuahia on Tuesday, the governorship hopeful said that Emetu satisfied his desire for youth as a running mate.

According to him, the choice is to give the Abia youths a sense of belonging in the political space. Otti also said that he got attracted to Emetu because of his antecedent as a philanthropist.

“He is renowned in Ohafia Local Government Area for his outstanding community development service and humanitarian gestures.

“He fits squarely into the character and quality of the deputy that I yearned for,” he said.

Speaking also on the campaign council, he said they constituted the team to drive a robust and result-oriented campaign that would ensure victory for the party.

In an acceptance speech, Emetu thanked Otti for finding him worthy of such an exalted position.

“This opportunity is not only for me but millions of Abia youths.

“You have made us believe that the future truly belongs to the youth,” Emetu said.

He promised to mobilise the youths for their collective victory at the polls, adding that they would not betray the confidence reposed in them.

Also, the Chairman of the campaign council promised the team would leave no stone unturned to ensure victory for the party.

He appealed to members of the council to be committed to the project and shun divisive tendencies, such as gossip and backbiting.

The State Field Coordinator of the campaign and former House of Representatives member, Chief Acho Obioma, described Otti as “a good product that sells itself.”

Obioma said the people love and admire the former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Diamond Bank.

In a remark, the Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia Diocese, Most Rev. Chibuzo Opoko, said he was satisfied with the high political consciousness sweeping through the country ahead of the General Elections.

Opoko, the Special Guest of Honour at the event, said that even clergymen could no longer afford to be apolitical at such a critical period in the nation’s political history.

“I am happy over the active involvement of the nation’s youths to take back their country,” he said.

He said all hands must be on deck to salvage Abia and the country from economic retardation, widespread poverty, infrastructure deficit, unemployment, and general insecurity.

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The election was conducted for substitution following the new Electoral Law.

The YPP National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ogbeola Olawale Martins, stated this while announcing Mr. Opoke’s winner of the substituted election at the party Secretariat in Abakaliki, the State Capital.

Ogbeola said the election was hitch-free “following the guidelines of the new Electoral Law, it stipulates that every political party must organise Primary Elections and that is what we have just done.

“A total number of 26 delegates, two from each of the 13 Local Government areas of the State.”

He said the election was free and fair and advised other parties to emulate the peaceful nature of conducting elections.

The YPP flag bearer, Engr Sunday Opoke, expressed joy over his emergence as the party’s candidate in the 2023 general election.

“We are going to prove the point that we can turn Ebonyi into a place of wealth Creation, learning, and earning because as our youths are learning, they will earn.

“In Ebonyi, there will be genuine employment, and we are going to make our Youths productive because if we cannot have productive youths today, we will have unproductive old men tomorrow.”

He thanked the journalists, security operatives, and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for coming to witness the poll.

Mr. Opoke’s running mate, Mr. Ogbonnaya Sunday, solicited the support of the Ebonyi People as everyone in the State would enjoy the Government if elected into power.

The State YPP Chairman, Mr. Stanley Oyibe, said the election is an example of how every other election should be in Nigeria.

“It was free, fair and credible,” he added.

Oyibe used the opportunity to urge the YPP’s National leadership to assist them in securing ward offices across the 171 wards in Ebonyi State and finish the ongoing works at the State Secretariat.

He thanked everyone who had done everything possible to ensure the election’s success.

The YPP Chairman of Ebonyi Central Zone, Mr. Sunday Nwonu, encouraged everyone to map out campaign strategies for victory in the forthcoming general election.

The highlight of the election was the presentation of the Certificate of Return to the Party’s Gubernatorial Candidate Mr. Opoke.

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The state Chairman of NNPP, AbdulRazaq Abdulsalam, announced this in Ilorin, the state capital, on Monday shortly after the party stakeholders’ meeting with AbdulRaheem.

According to him, the party picked Professor Oba Abdulraheem as its governorship candidate, stressing that he is now a full-fledged member of the NNPP.

Abdulsalam disclosed that AbdulRaheem would attend the meeting of all the NNPP gubernatorial candidates in Abuja on Tuesday this week.

In his reaction, the endorsed gubernatorial candidate, AbdulRaheem, confirmed he has wholly joined the NNPP.

He expressed his preparedness to join with other eminent Nigerians and Kwarans to take the party to a greater height.

He added that the leadership of the party, particularly Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate, is a politician with a high level of integrity that one can reckon with.

Abduraheem, who is the Talba of Ilorin, disclosed he has moved around most political parties after he retired from public service and realised that the NNPP is the only party that has people with integrity and genuine love of the people at heart. Not politicians that are greedy, self-centered, and opportunistic.

He, therefore, urged Nigerians to embrace the party and vote for its candidates massively during the 2023 general elections, boosting that the Kwarans have already accepted the party and his candidacy.

In his remarks, the Kwara North Senatorial candidate of the NNPP, Dr. Kolo Baba Jiya, said the party will form government in Kwara State come 2023, describing it as a credible party that the electorate should join.

He expressed confidence in the ability of AbdulRaheem to lead the party to victory in the forthcoming elections and return Kwara to the path of progress and greatness.

Kolo added that they would soon hold a more elaborate event where the party’s gubernatorial candidate would be presented to the public.

Another party member in the state, Ope Saraki, described the coming and endorsement of Professor Oba Abdulraheem as a significant assertion to the party.

According to him, the former Vice-Chancellor and Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, FCC, had touched many lives positively when he held those positions and therefore enjoined Kwarans to support him in his gubernatorial ambition.

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