Politics
2023: I Will Fight Insecurity To A Standstill, Says Amaechi
…Woos Bayelsa Delegates Ahead Of Party Primaries
In continuation of his nationwide consultations, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential hopeful Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has reiterated his commitment to vigorously fight crime and criminality to a halt if elected President next year.
Amaechi believes that the rising cases of criminality is necessitated by the high level of unemployment assuring that he would address the menace and make the country a safe haven for all.
The outgoing Minister of Transportation, spoke during his visit to the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council at the Palace of HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo Agada, the 10th, Ibenanaowei of Ekpetima Kingdom in Yenagoa, Sunday.
Amaechi also met with party delegates in the State and solicited their support in the forthcoming Presidential primaries.
Addressing the Traditional Rulers, Amaechi said, “For me the solution to crime is to give people responsibility and make them have a source of revenue. Once people have a source of income, crime will reduce. So, the solution to crime is to create jobs and create source of revenue because if you don’t create that source of revenue for them, they would create for themselves, if you don’t grow an economy that accomodates the people, that is inclusive and accommodates everybody, somebody who isn’t part of that economy will create one for himself.”
Amaechi who also identified land reclamation as a key factor in the development of Bayelsa State, disclosed that he would massively reclaim land to attract development in the region.
“Your Majesty, I’m from the Niger Delta, I know the problem of the Niger Delta and I governed one of the States of the Niger Delta. So I come to you with the full knowledge of the Niger Delta with one who has governed the Niger Delta. If given the opportunity to be President of Nigeria, I will reclaim land in Yenagoa to enable the people of Bayelsa own lands with the support of the federal government. Your Majesty, I am home and I want your blessings, I want you to talk to our people to support me to be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I assure you that if given the opportunity to serve our country, there shall be changes and there will be progress. I assure you that you’ll be of special interest to the Federal Government,” Amaechi said.
In his remark, Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo Agada the 10th said, “We are delighted to have you. You are an aspirant who has come to do the needful and become the candidate of APC and the President of Nigeria. You are our son, I have never seen a resume or profile of your type. Two times Speaker, two times Governor and two times Minister, we must give you the needed support.
“When you became Governor, I admired the way you faced the security challenges in Rivers State and brought everything to control, your pedigree, your profile says a lot,” he said.
Similarly, the Bayelsa State APC Chairman, Chief Dennis Otiotio, said they were happy to welcome Amaechi because he stood for them in their days of challenges.
“It is a great pleasure to welcome our leader, our big brother to Bayelsa State. Rivers and Bayelsa are one, so when we have a son of Rivers State, he’s also a son of Bayelsa. We are happy to receive you here because at the beginning of the formation of APC, you were there, when Bayelsa State was having challenges, as Governor you were there for Bayelsa State APC and that is why we are here to happily welcome you. You don’t need to campaign to the Bayelsa State statutory delegates because we know your record as two time Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, we know your record as two time Governor of the State and we also know your record as two time Minister of Transportation,” Otiotio said.
Politics
Kaduna LG poll: Election didn’t hold in Kagarko, Gov Sani should investigate, cancel exercise- PDP candidate Yusuf
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) chairmanship election in Kaduna State, Yunusa Ahmadu Yusuf, who is the Buhun Barkonun Abuja and Sa’Snusnugye (Sarkin Tausayin) Dnata, has described the outcome of the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections held in the state on Saturday, October 19.
The Chairman of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM), Hajia Hajara Mohammed, announced that elections took place in all the 255 wards of the state and 23 LGAs.
She said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won all the 23 LGAs Chairmanship positions and all the 255 Councilors’ seats.
However, in a statement he signed and made available to journalists in Abuja on Monday, Yusuf, who resigned his position as Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Revenue and Security Taskforce ahead of the election, said he would have won massively if the election was free and fair.
He said that what happened at Kagarko Local Government Area was not an election, but a charade, adding he remains the popular candidate and choice of the people.
He called on Governor Uba Sani to critically look at what transpired over the weekend and cancel exercise.
He said: “I sincerely want to appreciate my people of Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State over the massive love and support shown to me during the Kaduna State Local Government Area election.
“However, I want to use this opportunity to tell the whole world that election didn’t hold in Kagarko LGA, where I was the candidate of the PDP and the popular choice of the people.
“Of a truth, if election was conducted, I would have won overwhelmingly and congratulated by the people of Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State as I remain their popular choice.
“I want to place it on record that election did not hold in Kagarko and other LGAs in Kaduna state. In fact, election materials arrived late and came without results sheets, so the electorates, who were rightly suspicious of an untoward game, refused to vote.
“There is a saying that you can’t put something on nothing and expect it to stand. In other words, since the election did not hold, there is no way that results would have been announced to declare winners at the ward levels (Councillors) and at the Local Government Headquarters (Chairmen) as mandated in the KAD-SIECOM law, PART VI Section 23 (1) and (2).
“I have viewed documents on the social media purported to be KAD-SIECOM results sheets, apportioning votes to candidates of political parties, when clearly no such results were collated at the polls.
“Therefore, I side with the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Kaduna State Chapter, in condemning the sham conducted by the Chairman of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM), Hajia Hajara Mohammed, by claiming that elections took place in all the 255 wards of the state and 23 LGAs, whereas reverse was the case.
“I also call on Governor Uba Sani Gov UBA Sani to critically look at what transpired over the weekend, especially the massive rejection and condemnation of the charade called election and call for the cancellation of the exercise.
“People are supposed to have faith in the governor, so he should not betray the trust of the people, but should do the right thing by calling for a fresh election in order to strengthen democracy in Kaduna state and increase the love, trust and hope people have in him.”
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