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BREAKING : ALL SUPPORT GROUPS AND NATIONAL LEADERS CRY OUT FOR RECOGNITION AND ENGAGEMENT FROM PCC
..ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS RAISED BY All ASIWAJU SUPPORT GROUP NATIONWIDE, Says Sunday Obanubi
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate,
Distinguished Senator Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu
We wish to draw attention of your Excellency to the fact that up to this moment, the National Leaders of the support groups working at the grassroots for your success at the polls have not been recognized, or, assigned any role to play by the Presidential Campaigns Council, PCC.
We think, that this being a great disconnect between the groups, apart from having the potential of adversely affecting the campaign activities, could also jeopardize the much desired success for the principals and the party at the polls.
It would appear that little, or, no attention has been paid to the fact that the support group leaders occupy critical positions, who’s roles as supervisory bodies could go a long way in determining the success, or, failure of our party at the general elections. Nothing should be done to undermine them in this campaign project.
The level of trust and understanding between the State Coordinators and National Officers of the various support groups should be leveraged upon by the PCC for maximum impact, as against the current situation where the groups do not have proper supervision from their leaders at the national level.
There’s need for the PCC to workout a synergy between the support groups and their national leaders for seamless mobilisation activities at the grassroots.
This can be achieved by involving the national leaders of the groups by quickly setting up a Support Group Leaders Directorate within the Presidential Campaign Council, PCC.
We do note, that the PCC, has already created a support group directorate, but, the problem here, is that the national leaders of the various groups, have not been factored into this arrangement.
This is the great disconnect, which we feel can only be remedied by further creating a special directorate of the support groups leaders to feel the gap.
It is risky, to assume that the support groups at the states and grassroots, can be adequately deployed without direct supervision of the leaders of these groups.
This directorate will oversee the direct supervision of the support groups in the states, local governments down to the wards and polling units, where each group has set up structures for the campaigns and grassroots mobilization.
It is important to remind us all that these groups were formed and programmed under different templates and therefore can only function properly when the officials at the national levels are involved with their management.
The current situation where the groups are keyed into the campaigns at the states, without their national leaders, being part of the supervision process, tantamounts to trying to drive a car without its manual, the consequences of which can be better imagined.
The advantage of setting up the Support Groups Leaders Directorate, in addition to ensuring a seamless process of deployment of groups at the grassroots, will also ensure accountability with the application of resources and campaign materials.
It becomes very easy for the PCC, to hold the leaders of the groups accountable for the management and application of resources and campaign materials in the field.
These demands, are being made not out of the sheer scheming for personal gains, but, quite frankly out of our genuine commitments towards ensuring that the project 2023 succeeds.
At various times, we had tried to seek audience with PCC officials to lodge our complaints, it was always one excuse, or, the other.
Either, the relevant officials were too busy to attend to us, or, we were told to go back to our states to mobilize at the grassroots.
But to us, these are excuses that fail to take cognizance of the inherent complications in directing national leaders of the support groups to head back to their states to work.
The national officers, do not need to go back to their states to work, since, the responsibility for state coordination are already with the state officials.
The control system for the groups at the national level is necessary to ensure proper and effective coordination of the campaign activities. This fact, must be clearly understood and factored into the campaign plans and strategies.
We do not see how the PCC can effectively deploy the support groups without the active engagement of the founders, who exercise direct control and enjoy the confidence and trust of their officials at all levels.
Our members at the grassroots will be more convinced and ready to put in their best, when they see that their leaders are involved at the national level and can be reached at anytime for consultations on challenges that they may encounter in the fields.
It is our hope that these issues would be given the prompt and due attention for the collective good of all.
We are all great stake holders, as patriotic members of the All Progressives Congress, APC and are prepared to give our best towards ensuring that our party wins the 2023 general elections landslide.
It is critical to place issues in right perspective to achieve the desired aims and objectives of every project, most especially, the campaigns to usher in the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council has done its best in constituting the best campaign team in Nigeria, no doubt, every name can not feature on the very important list.
To the best way possible, the PCC has recognised and promised full working relationship with the *Network of National Coordinators of Support Groups for Asiwaju*. This has been confirmed by various engagements with different leaders of support groups committee of the Presidential Campaign Council.
The network comprises of National Coordinators, Director Generals and Founders of Support Groups across Nigeria and growing by the day. The Network comprises of leaders cut across the six geopolitical zones, based on their state of residence.
The Network uses this medium to charge all National Coordinators of Support Groups to be more selfless and cooperative like our Principal mandate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has exemplified over the years.
The roles, essence and importance of National Coordinators have been amplified and cannot be undermined ahead of the general elections. The National Coordinators have National duties and responsibilities, to galvanise their leaders across the various states and regions they are present to guarantee maximum and effective delivery of the mandates from the 176,846 Polling units in Nigeria.
The Network of National Coordinators of Support Groups for Asiwaju has also discussed and is promoting unity and harmony amongst structures of support groups. Conflicts are bound to happen amongst people, but the PCC has even organised training on handling such amongst groups, ensuring easy and harmonious working relationship amongst the structures.
We charge all National Coordinators and Group leaders to promote peace, trust and understanding between themselves and the various state Coordinators.
Calls for creating Support Group Leaders Directorate is a welcome idea, so long it will further strengthen the campaign goals and further help us widen the electoral victory in our favour.
The roles and importance of National Coordinators on this election has become very cogent and must be seriously prioritised and the Network of National Coordinators for Asiwaju is working round the clock to fill the gap.
Elections are done bottom up, hence everyone is very important on the project right from the Polling units to Wards to local government level, states, region and the national.
The Support groups are no doubt very critical and must be well managed by all persons and leaders with the responsibilities and opportunities at hand.
The Network of National Coordinators for Asiwaju is available to support and encourage all National Coordinators and others as necessary to ensure the victory of our Principal, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his vice, Senator Kashim Shettima and other candidates of the party.
Feel free to reach out and let’s make the success a resounding victory for us all.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy Governorship Candidate in 2023 general election, in Cross River State, Dr Emana Duke Ambroose-Amawhe, has resigned her membership from the party.
In a letter dated
march 28,2025, and addressed to the chairman of Edem Odo Ward, in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River State, the former Deputy Governorship Candidate,explained that the resignation was with immediate effect.
She said her decision to leave the party was not made lightly, but she remains committed to serving her community and contributing to the progress of Cross River state and nation in other capacities.
In her words, “i am writing to formally resign my membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect.
” I sincerely appreciate the opportunity given to me over time to contribute my quota to the growth of the party and the chance to serve as the Deputy Governorship Candidate in the last general elections.
” It was a privilege to be part of the PDP’s vision and engage with our people in meaningful ways. However, after much reflection in light of the current state of affairs within the party, I believe it is time for me to move on.
“This decision was not made lightly, but I remain committed to serving my community and contributing to the progress of our state and nation in other capacities.
Continuing ” I appreciate the relationships and experiences gained during my time with the party and wish the PDP success in its future endeavours.
Amawhe, an embodiment of competence, capability and capacity,
was the Deputy Governorship Candidate to Senator Sandy Onor in Cross River State during the 2023 elections.
She was also an aspirant to the House of Representatives for the Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South Federal Constituency on the platform of the PDP.
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Breaking : Sule Lamido blasts El-Rufai over call to join SDP, Says how can a grandson claim his grandfather knows nothing’
Former Governor of Jigawa State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, has fired back at former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, over his call for opposition politicians to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
El-Rufai, who recently announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to SDP, urged opposition leaders including Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola to join him in his new political movement.
However, Lamido in an interview with BBC dismissed El-Rufai’s invitation, questioning his political ideology and commitment to national development.
“With all due respect, how does he expect us in PDP to leave and join another party? The PDP that we built is the same party that made him who he is today. How can a grandson claim his grandfather knows nothing?” Lamido said.
He recalled that El-Rufai once declared there were no political elders in Nigeria, insisting that he and his allies were the true power brokers.
“But now he claims he advised Buhari. If he truly had the power he once boasted of, why did he have to seek Buhari’s counsel?” Lamido asked.
The former governor stressed that, despite PDP’s internal challenges, it remained his political home.
“If PDP is struggling today, it is still the party that nurtured El-Rufai. If he claims PDP is dead, then he must remember that it is the party that gave him his political foundation. Whatever he has achieved today, PDP made it possible.”
“If I didn’t join APC in 2014 when I was invited, and they left PDP out of anger, why are they now leaving APC? What has APC done to them?” he asked.
He maintained that governance should not be driven by emotions or personal grudges.
“Leadership is about patience, foresight, and working for the peace of the people and the nation. If you allow emotions to dictate your decisions, you will never lead objectively.”
He stressed that if the goal is to unseat President Bola Tinubu, it should not be based on personal grievances but on national interest.
“We should not fight Tinubu just because we are angry at him or seeking revenge. Leadership should be about prioritizing the country’s well-being rather than personal emotions.”
Lamido concluded by urging politicians to focus on strengthening the country rather than making decisions based on resentment.
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Breaking : Rivers State House of Assembly Gives Governor Fubara, 48 hours to present 2025 Budget
….I’ll obey Supreme Court judgment, says Fubara
Forty-eight hours after the Supreme Court handed down two judgments that threaten the soul of the Siminalayi Fubara Rivers State government, the governor yesterday announced his intention to fully obey the orders.
In a twist, described by observers of the Rivers State politics as unexpected, Fubara told Rivers residents that he expected to get the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgment by Friday to enable him to take the necessary action.
He ordered the 23 local government chairmen, whose election was voided by the judgment, to quit today after handing over to heads of personnel.
The apex court on Friday gave two judgments – one by Justice Akomaye Agim, which recognises the Martins Amaewhule-led 26 members of the state House of Assembly, and the second by Justice Jamilu Tukur, which declared as invalid the election conducted on October 5, 2024, that led to the emergence of 23 chairmen and 319 councillors.
The apex court further invalidated the state budget and ordered the Central Bank and the Accountant-General of the Federation to stop releasing funds to the state government pending when Fubara would re-present the budget to the authentic House of Assembly led by Speaker Amaewhule.
In a broadcast yesterday, Governor Fubara said: “I have had a meeting with my team of lawyers and they have assured me that the certified true copy of the judgments may be available to them by Friday 7th March 2025.
“I assure you that upon the receipt of certified judgments, we shall study their ramifications and implement them without reservations to move the state forward.
“Furthermore, given the outlawing of caretaker arrangements in the local government system, I hereby direct the heads of personnel management to immediately take over the administration of the 23 local government councils pending the conduct of fresh elections by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission.
“I further direct the outgoing local government chairmen to formally hand over the levers of power to the heads of personnel management by Monday, 3rd March 2025.”
Fubara said since its inception, his administration conducted the affairs of government within the framework of the constitution, due process and the rule of law.
The governor noted with regret the trying times the state had been plunged but urged everyone to remain calm and peacefully go about their legitimate daily activities and be sure that his administration would continue to do everything in meeting their aspirations.
Fubara said: “We are all aware of the recent Supreme Court judgments and pronouncements regarding aspects of the lingering political disputes in our dear state.
“Although we disagree with the judgments, we are bound to obey the orders made therein as a law-abiding government.
“Since inception, we have conducted the affairs of government within the framework of our Constitution, due process and the rule of law.
“While we are not above mistakes because we are humans, we believe that we have not, as a government, done anything deliberately to trample on the rule of law or the hallowed principles of constitutional governance.”
Fubara, Amaewhule should work together, say elders
The Rivers State Elders Council (RSEC) called on Fubara and Speaker Amaewhule, to prioritise the interest of the state and work together in line with the Supreme Court judgment.
Referring to Fubara and the lawmakers as one political family, the elders in a statement signed by its Chairman, Chief Ferdinand Alabraba, said there was no more case standing between the both parties.
The elders congratulated the people of Rivers State on what they described as the well-rounded pronouncements of the Supreme Court oon the political crises.
The statement said: “The Elders Council further commends the people of the state for their resilience, patience and peaceful disposition throughout the period of the crises in the state while awaiting the final verdict of the apex court of the land on all the matters.
“Now that the Supreme Court has spoken unequivocally on all the matters, we believe strongly that nothing now stands in the way of His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Governor of Rivers State and Rt Hon Martin Amaewhule, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, working together in the best interest of the state and her people.
“We are, therefore, calling on the Governor of Rivers State and the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who both emerged from the same political family in the state, to put Rivers State above all other considerations, personal or otherwise, and ensure urgently that all necessary steps are taken in conformity with their constitutional responsibilities.
“We give God Almighty all the glory for granting Rivers State this unique opening for peace to return to our dear state.”
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