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An Hour with Shekarau
By Dankano Auwal

I received a call informing me that our appointment with the former governor of Kano State had been approved from a buddy who also happens to be a Senator Shekarau aide.

Shekarau was chosen to provide his testimony in relation to the project I worked on, which involved compiling the positive deeds carried out by His Excellency Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Kano governor throughout his eight-year tenure.

The Senator's hour-long explanation of how Ganduje altered the status quo of government by carrying out the projects started by his predecessors—a departure from the customs of every Kano state governor before Ganduje—was what shocked me the most.

The Senator said that two hospitals in Kano Metropolis, located on Guginyu and Zoo Road, were among the projects he left unfinished. Ganduje not only finished these projects, but also outfitted them with cutting-edge amenities.

In addition, Kwankwaso started road construction and finished the unfinished bridges, leaving them halfway completed.

Ganduje's record as a governor is inspirational, and he possesses extraordinary humility.

BREAKING NEWS:
APC ON COURSE TO WINNING 27 OUT OF 27 LGAs IN IMO GUBER POLL
From the results so far declared by INEC, 90.37% of the election results show the APC are in clear lead.
Ojiaku, Imo Media House International
*November 12, 2023.
*Live Owerri Imo State

Orsu LGA = APC ✅
APC 18,003.
LP 813.
PDP 624.

Okigwe LGA = APC ✅
APC 55, 585.
LP 2,655.
PDP 1,688.

Nwangele LGA = APC ✅
APC 29,282.
LP 895.
PDP 2,132

Mbaitoli LGA = APC ✅
APC - 12,556
APGA - 222
LP - 4007
PDP - 5,343

Ideato South = APC ✅
APC 16, 891.
LP 1, 649.
PDP 2,469.

Onuimo LGA = APC ✅
APC 13, 434
LP 1, 753
PDP 2,676.

Ngor-Okpala LGA = APC ✅
APC 14, 143.
Lp 2,716
PDP 3,451.

Orlu LGA = APC ✅
APC 67, 315.
LP 443
PDP 2, 202.

ISU LGA = APC ✅
APC 11, 312.
LP 1,253.
PDP 2,508

Ahiazu Mbaise = APC ✅
APC 8,369.
LP 2,214.
PDP 3,507.

Nkwerre LGA = APC ✅
APC 22,488
LP 1,320.
PDP 2,632.

Aboh Mbaise LGA ✅
APC 9,638.
LP 2,455.
PDP 1,724

Owerri West = APC ✅
APC 9,205.
LP 2,592.
PDP 3, 305.

Isiala Mbano = APC ✅
APC 10,860.
LP 2,419.
PDP 1,659.

Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA = APC ✅
APC 8,473
LP 3,332
PDP 2,737

Oguta LGA =APC ✅
APC 57,310
LP 1,941.
PDP 2,653

A UNIQUE, REMARKABLE AND JUSTIFIABLE GESTURE TO KANO STATE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

APC Intellectuals Forum lauds the Federal government commitments for its remarkable and commendable effort by bringing in 50m dollars grant from a donor agency to tackle malaria and other diseases in Kano State.

The forum appreciates the minister of health Prof. Ali Pate for choosing Kano state as a pilot state of the program, initiated and to be financed by a donor group called Global Fund.

AIF further noted that, the choice of Kano state was as a result of healthcare programs and unprecedented achievements in that area going by the uncountable projects executed by the past administration of His Excellency Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

The AIF urges the Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to keep sentiment aside and emulate the good works of the past governor, and use the fund judiciously for the betterment of the state.

AIF also wants to thank their Grand Patron, Eng, Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, who led the delegation of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, Executive Director of Global Fund, Mr. Peter Sands and their entourage to Kano State


Chairman, APC Intellectuals Forum
A.K. Mustapha

List of 25 Governors Tribunal May Remove Before End of September and Why
LegitSept 10, 2023Read original

There is anxiety in some states as no less than 25 governors in Nigeria are expected to receive their verdicts from the tribunals hearing the governorship election petitions in their respective states.
According toThe Punch, verdicts on the petitions are expected to be delivered before the end of September.

Of the 28 states where the March 18 governorship elections were held, at least 25 of them were being contested at the tribunal.

The tribunals in the affected 25 states have reserved their judgments after the parties are done with their hearings and adopted written addresses in compliance with the Practice Director of the petitions issued by Justice Monica Dongban-Mensen, the president of the court of appeals.

Below is the list of the governors and their states:

Governor Nwifutu of

Ebonyi State
was one of the Nigerian governors whose fate would be decided before the end of September.

This is as the state governorship election

petition
sitting in Abuja had reserved its verdict on the petition to sack him as the winner of the March 18 governorship election.

Chief Ifeanyi Odii and Prof. Benard Odoh of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) filed the petition against Nwifuru and the All Progressives Congress (

APC
).

Also, the APC Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State would know his fate this month over the petition filed against him by Sa’idu Umar of the PDP against his victory in the March 18 governorship election in the state.

The petitioner has argued that there were gross irregularities in the election and that the governor had some discrepancies in his secondary and university certificates.

Governor Yusuf of

Kano state
has gone spiritual over the petition filed by the APC as the tribunal has reserved its judgment for this month.

There is tension in the state ahead of the ruling as supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the

APC
have alleged some external influences on the court.

The tribunal sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, was yet to fix a date to give its verdict on the petition filed by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege of the APC against Oborevwori of the PDP over his victory in the March 18 governorship election in the state.

Both the APC and

PDP
have expressed optimism of winning the tribunal.

The camp of the

APC Governor Dapo Abiodun
of Ogun State and his major challenger, Ladi Adebutu of the PDP, hope to secure victory at the tribunal.

Adebutu has alleged that the victory of Abiodun was full of irregularities, rigging and violence.

Other governors whose fate could be decided at the tribunal in September are listed below:

S/N State Governor Ruling Party
1 Abia Alex Otti Labour Party
2 Adamawa Ahmadu Fintiri PDP
3 Akwa Ibom Umo Eno PDP
4 Bauchi Mohammed Bala PDP
5 Benue Hyacinth Alia APC
6 Borno Babagana Zulum APC
7 Cross River Bassey Otu APC
8 Enugu Peter Ndubuisi Mbah PDP
9 Gombe Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya PDP
10 Jigawa Umar Namadi APC
11 Kaduna Uba Sani APC
12 Katsina Dikko Umar Radda APC
13 Kebbi Nasir Idris APC
14 Niger Mohammed Umar Bago APC
15 Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu APC
16 Nasarawa Abdullahi Sule APC
17 Plateau Caleb Mutfwang PDP
18 Taraba Agbu Kefas PDP
19 Yobe Mai Mala Buni APC
20 Zamfara Dauda Lawal PDP
Earlier,

Legit.ng
reported that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the majority of the seats in the Senate in the February 25 National Assembly election.

Being the party with the highest number of senators in the red chamber, the APC took over the principal officers' positions in the senate.

Go And Register Your Own Party, NNPP Founding Fathers Tell Kwankwaso As Crisis deepens

The crisis rocking the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has taken another dimension as the faction of the party loyal to the Board of Trustees pulled out of the memorandum of understanding signed between the party and Kwankwansiya Movement in 2022.

The memorandum of understanding which was signed in February 2022 saw the emergence of former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwakwanso as the national leader of the party, while the founder of the party, Boniface Aniebonam was named the chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Aniebonam and the erstwhile National Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, were expelled from the party on Tuesday by the National Executive Committee, while the BoT also announced the suspension of Kwankwaso for three months.

However, in a statement on Thursday, August 31, Mohammed Abdullahi said to be the Secretary of the BOT announced an end to the romance between the NNPP, The Nigeria Movement and Kwankwansiya Movement.

Abdullahi said leaders of the TNM and the Kwankwansiya Movement have been informed of an end to their MOU which he said was signed with the sole purpose of winning the election.

While wishing them well in their future endeavour, he asked them to approach the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for registration as a political party.

He said: “Wearing a red cap as a member of the New Nigeria People’s Party is a very big embarrassment and avoidable violation of terms of understanding between NNPP and the Kwankwasiya movement. This is because the Kwankwasiya Movement is not a political party other than the New Nigeria Peoples Party.

“For the avoidance of doubts, Kwankwasiya movement, TNM are mere pressure groups under the canopy of NNPP and for the purposes of elections in Nigeria.

“Therefore and henceforth, wearing of red cap is not an appropriate dress code of NNPP during political activities. At this point, all members of the Kwankwasyia Movement are hereby informed that other than being deceived by their leaders, NNPP was not sold to the Kwankwasiya Movement or anybody or a group of persons.

“What we had was a mere memorandum of understanding with Kwankwasiya and TNM to work together for the purposes of winning elective positions. It is not an alliance because none of the group is a political party.”

He said further that the need to end marriage became necessary as parties in the memorandum of understanding have since withdrawn.

He named those who were party to the MOU as Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi who served as National Organising Secretary and Prof Angwe who served as National Legal Adviser and signed on behalf of TNM, while Dr Aniebonam and Dr Agbo Major signed for the NNPP.

He said further that the exit of these people left “Senator Kwankwaso and elder Buba Galadima floating and swimming in violations of the memo of non-existing understanding.

“It is on record that Prof Alkali who also represented TNM and served as National Chairman of the party had since stepped aside as the chairman of the party to avoid destroying his political career.

He also said that another member of the alliance, Avm Ihemeje, who served as the Deputy National Chairman “equally resigned due to high handedness, constitutional violations, anti-party activities and all sorts of arrogance and avoidable self-pride of senator Kwankwaso and elder Buba Galadima”.

He appealed to all members of the New Nigeria People’s Party from 2001 to date who, out of anger left the party to return and help in the rebuilding process of the party.

He said: “We made an honest mistake but we did not lose out entirely. Today we have one Governor, two Senators, over fifteen House of Representatives and several House of Assembly. We won elective positions as NNPP and not Kwankwasiya Movement and we are very proud.

“It is most unfortunate that NNPP went into political understanding with Kwankwasiya group, but unfortunately it is apparent that a case of highjack from the backdoor may have been established against Senator Kwankwanso and elder Buba Galadima.

“In the opinion of the leadership of NNPP, founder and founding members, the duo of Senator Kwankwaso and elder Buba Galadima may be better described as cowards and gold diggers.

“It is unheard of that a tenant can eject a landlord from his home. We can only put Elder Buba Galadima and Senator Kwankwaso into prayers and ask God to have mercy upon them and forgive their sins against humanity”.