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Reps Speaker Abbas Tajudeen Hails Minority Leader, Chinda during thanksgiving(PHOTOS)

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6 months ago

March 29, 2024

…says he has stabilised the house and minority parties

The speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has lavished encomiums on the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Kingsley Chinda, member representing Obio/Akpor federal Constituency during a thanksgiving service organised in honour of the latter by the Elelenwo community in ward 5 of Obio/ Akpor federal constituency.

During the service held on Sunday, March 24,2024 at St Marks Anglican church, Elelenwo Speaker Abbas said he was proud to be associated with Rep. Kingsley Chinda.

According to him, from the first day he set his foot into the National Assembly, he has been giving Rivers State a credible representation.

” I want to urge you particularly those from Obio/Akpor federal constituency to continually support him. Not on sentiment, he is very credible. I want to inform you about something I have said before that Chinda is one of the very few persons I am proud to be associated with in the current leaderahip of the tenth House of representatives. He has done well to stabilise the house, he has done well to stabilise the minority parties. There is nothing I can say to qualify my gratitude to this gentleman “.

The celebrator who was also invested as grand patron of boys’ brigade Nigeria, Obio/ Akpor Battelion council, Rivers state thanked God for his mercies, electoral victory at the legislative houses elections and subsequent emergence as Leader of the House Minority of the tenth House of representatives.

While marking his birthday at the same occasion, Rep. Chinda expressed unqualified gratitude to the minister of the federal capital territory, Eze Nyesom Wike whom he said can hardly do wrong so far he(Chinda) is concerned and warned political jobbers from desisting from attempts to recruit him to fight Wike because such attempts will always fail.

He said, ” I will say again your excellency that I am grateful, myself, my family, Elelenwo community, Obio/Akpor and indeed Rivers State, we are grateful to you. Elelenwo community, I am grateful to you; I don’t believe in re-incarnation but if re-incarnation exists, everyone present here, I will want to come from Elelenwo again”.

Continuing, he said, ” Let me tell you a bit of my interface with the FCT minister started when he was Obio/Akpor local council chairman and in his second term bid, late Ovunda Nsirim of blessed memory asked me to work with him to actualise his second term and thereafter, he was setting up his cabinet and I was not interested in serving in Obio/Akpor then and he said one thing which perhaps today will make you understand why I agreed to work with him.

He told me before Chief Ovunda Nsirim that he wanted to leave a serious minded persons in Obio/Akpor during his second term.

“To me therefore he wanted a serious minded person to work with him and when I heard that and he was asking me to work with him, the implication was that he saw me as a serious minded person and because of that, I said I will take up that task and this assignment “. The occasion was attended by retinue of legislators state and federal with Royal fathers, community men and women and constituents

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Ecoparl: Speaker Ibrahima Reaffirms Parliament’s Dedication to Regional Unity

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4 hours ago

September 18, 2024

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By Gloria Ikibah

The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Rt. Honourable Memounatou Ibrahima, restated that the parliament remains committed to ensuring the unity and integration of the people within the subregion.

According to Speaker Ibrahima, the Parliament will continue to use parliamentary diplomacy to engage countries that are considering leaving the bloc due to political challenges, such as Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, as a result of military coups they experienced.

The Speaker stated this when she led a delegation of the ECOWAS Parliament on a working visit to the President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday in Abuja.

She highlighted that while countries may break formal cooperation, the people of the region remain interconnected, adding that the Parliament, as representatives of these people, will work to maintain the unity.

Ibrahima expressed gratitude to the Nigerian Senate for supporting ECOWAS by providing necessary facilities for their plenary sessions, even as she discussed the socio-political challenges facing the region, as well as how parliamentarians can contribute more to address these issues.

She said: “We strengthen parliamentary diplomacy, because we know that the countries might break cooperation but we cannot separate the population. The population always live together and we as representatives of the people, we are doing our best so that this living together will continue to be reality and even made better.

“We came to thank him for all the facilities that the senate has been providing to the ECOWAS Parliament to facilitate the holding of our sessions here in Abuja. We also discussed on the socio-political situation in the community. We also discussed on the ways parliamentarians can make more contributions on the various issues and the challenges that we are experiencing in ECOWAS”.

The President of the Senate,

Senator Akpabio, who was represented by his Deputy, Senator Barau Jubril, commended Ibrahima’s leadership and her efforts in using parliamentary diplomacy to foster cooperation within ECOWAS, especially in light of the challenges posed by countries considering an exit from the bloc.

He noted that since Speaker Meimounatou assumed office, she has deployed enormous parliamentary diplomacy to bear not only on the level of cooperation with institutions in the region but also on those that have expressed the wish to quit the regional block.

Naijablitznews.com reports that Senator Jubril is the First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.

He said: “Since she was elected the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, she has been up and doing in terms of giving leadership to the parliament. It is in that regard that she is here trying to chart a better course for the parliament to make sure that she brings parliamentary diplomacy to bear in terms of our cooperation not only with those who are within the community as we speak but also even those who are attempting to leave the community.

“It is in that respect that she is here, and what she is doing is commendable. She has come to strengthen her idea and initiative of making the parliament stronger and more effective”.

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Air Force Begins Moving Electoral Materials For Edo Guber Election

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7 hours ago

September 18, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has began airlifting the sensitive election materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Benin, Edo State, ahead of the upcoming governorship election scheduled for September 21, 2024.

This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Kabiru Ali.

The operation is part of the NAF’s efforts to ensure the timely and secure delivery of materials necessary for a smooth electoral process.

This development reinforces the collaboration between NAF and INEC to facilitate logistics and ensure a peaceful election in Edo State.

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, had previously reiterated NAF’s commitment to providing airlift support for the swift movement of electoral materials during a meeting with INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.

This airlift operation is a crucial aspect of NAF’s constitutional responsibility to provide Military Aid to Civil Authority, underscoring the force’s dedication to supporting democratic processes in Nigeria. With the election just days away, the NAF’s timely intervention will help ensure the successful conduct of the governorship elections in Edo State.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State had earlier accused the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, of working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to hunt the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members and supporters in the state and force them into hiding ahead of September 21 governorship election.

Obaseki, who made the allegation when a delegation led by the former Head of State, Abdusalam Abubakar, met with him to get the governor and his party to sign peace accord, said that the IGP had made nonsense of his (Obaseki’s) role as the chief security officer of the state.

The governor had said that the police chief obtained a warrant to arrest 60 members and supporters of PDP in Edo and that the IGP sent an armed “gang” of policemen who invaded the state, attacked PDP members, shot at a local government chairman and arrested 10 persons who are currently being detained in Abuja without charges.

Asked by the former head of state if his party would sign the peace accord, Obaseki said, “The person who is supposed to enforce the peace accord is now an active participant in creating a destructive environment.

“We are now in a situation where from the Inspector General’s office, there are armed gang policemen who came into Edo State, invaded, arrested and took away PDP members.

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“Dancing gives me abundant joy and peace of mind”-Gov Adeleke

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7 hours ago

September 18, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has given reasons why he loves dancing.

The ‘Dancing Governor’, as he is fondly called, revealed this on Wednesday while responding to a tweet on X.

An X user, @Iwogoke, while praising the governor, stated that Adeleke has been busy fulfilling his electoral promises to the people of Osun State, while his political opponents believe he is only good at dancing.

Iwogoke tweeted, “I’m not flattering you, Your Excellency, your opponents think you can only dance but while they are busy shouting and calling you ‘Dancing Governor’, you are busy fulfilling your electoral promises to the people.”

Responding to the tweet via his verified X account, Adeleke explained that he loves dancing because it brings him joy.

Speaking further on his love for dancing, Adeleke highlighted that while dancing brings him immense happiness, his greater fulfilment comes from delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of Osun.

Outlining his administration’s efforts to enhance the state’s infrastructure, he noted that primary health centre rehabilitation is underway in at least 200 out of the 332 wards across Osun State, adding that road construction projects are also progressing in every local government area.

He wrote, “Dancing gives me joy, but delivering on my electoral promises and providing the dividends of democracy to the good people of Osun gives me even greater joy. Rehabilitation of primary health centers is ongoing in at least 200 out of 332 wards, and road construction is progressing in every Local Government!”