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Edo Guber 2024: General Ahmed Seeks Adequate Security For Corps Members
Joel Ajayi
The Director General, the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has appealed for maximum security for all Corps Members and NYSC Officials who would work as electoral officers in the Edo State Gubernatorial Election holding tomorrow.
He appealed today during his advocacy visit to 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin City, where he was received by the GOC, 2 Div Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Major General OG Onubogu, who is on election monitoring in Edo State.
Also, at Edo State Police Command Headquarters in Benin, where he was received by DIG Frank Mba, who is coordinating policemen on election duty, the Director General said the Scheme holds the security and welfare of its Corps Members as top priority.
He added that Corps Members, being the majority of the ad-hoc staff for the election is a testament of the tremendous successes NYSC has recorded through its participation in previous elections in the country.
“I am here to solicit your support for the security of the Corps Members that will participate in the election.
We also seek assistance from other security agencies to oversee the Corps Lodges in the State up till after the election.
We have 2,550 Corps Members that were trained to participate in the election in all the 18 local Government Areas of the State”, he added.
General Ahmed also said the Corps Members have been fully sensitized and are ready to abide by the electoral laws.
In his response, Major General Onubogu commended Brigadier General Ahmed for his sterling leadership qualities and strong passion for Corps Welfare and Security.
He promised maximum security for the general conduct of the election throughout the State.
“We are beside you and we shall be there to ensure that nothing happens to any Corps Member”, he said.
Also in his response, Mr Frank Mba said the force is ready for a safe and crisis-free election while promising the Director General adequate security for Corps Members.
“I want to assure you that we will all work together and do everything within our power to ensure the safety and adequate protection of our Corps Members”, Mba added.
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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