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Tinubu Will Meet Yearnings Of Nigerians – Grace Bent

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4 years ago

November 15, 2022

….Pledges 20 Million Votes

The Coordinator of the Stakeholders Special Duties Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Grace Bent has said that the major focus of the Directorate was to manage and resolve the public religious outcry against APC ‘s 2023 same -faith Presidential ticket and buy back the affection of some Nigerians upset with the candidature.

Senator Bent stated this during the Inauguration of the Directorate by Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru in Abuja.

Senator Bent urged Nigerians not to waste their votes and stressed that Tinubu remained the only one that can meet the yearning of the under privileged, the downtrodden and the average Nigerians and the rich.

She said there was no way to separate Asiwaju from being a success in whatever he does.

“Having been a grassroot politician, contested elections and won, I look at products, I don’t look at the bottle carrying products. Asiwaju Bola Amhed Tinubu and Shettima are two formidable products am convinced Nigerians have been yearning for”.

“They have the capacity, ability, very very sound and articulate knowledge of the problems in Nigeria. And has rolled out very expressive manifesto that he has used as a template on Lagos and it worked so successful, why do we think this product will not work in Nigeria as a whole”.

Inaugurating the Directorate, Governor Muhammadu Badaru of Jigawa State described the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Amhed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, as the best team to deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians.

The Governor expressed the belief that the Directorate would deliver twenty million votes in favour of the APC.

The Governor advised Nigerians to ignore the religious sentiment in some quarters regarding the same faith Candidature of the Party’s Candidates.

Governor Badaru explained that Asiwaju Tinubu had impacted on individuals, groups and States and expressed the belief that he would improve the lives of Nigerians.

The Secretary of the Directorate, Pastor Timothy Ademola stressed that the Group would hit the ground running to achieve it’s mandate.

Religious leaders from Christian and Islamic faiths gave goodwill messages urging Nigerians to avoid sentiments capable of bringing disunity in the Country.

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Alake Inaugurates Nigeria-US Solid Minerals Committee, Dismisses $700bn Claim, Says No Assets Sold

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2 days ago

October 28, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, on Tuesday inaugurated the Nigeria-United States Committee on Strategic Cooperation in the Solid Minerals Sector in Abuja, dismissing reports that Nigeria sold $700 billion worth of solid minerals to the US.

The inauguration followed the strategic cooperation framework established between Nigeria and the United States during the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Head PRESS and Public Relations Department Mrs. Kania Maliki Andeyaba stated that, Alake in the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed with the US is a government-to-government platform to facilitate business-to-business engagements between American investors and Nigerian local operators, not a sale of assets.

Harping on the importance of the solid minerals sector to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic diversification agenda, he noted that the administration was committed to reducing dependence on a mono-product economy through the sustainable development of Nigeria’s vast mineral resources.

According to him, the Nigeria–US partnership as a strategic initiative to attract investment, promote technology transfer, strengthen local mineral processing and create employment opportunities.

“There is no sale of any Nigerian asset. There’s nothing exchanging hands,” Alake declared.

“We created a platform to facilitate mingling of US investment ventures with Nigeria’s local operators. It is in the public domain. We signed it in public and published it in four or five national newspapers.”

The Minister said reports claiming the US was coming to take over Nigeria’s minerals and security architecture were untrue at best and products of riotous imagination at worst.

Explaining the policy thrust, Alake said Africa has historically held the short end of the stick in global economic transactions, and Nigeria is determined to change that model.

“We have the resources, the critical elements the world needs to transit to clean energy. So we are creating a new paradigm — you bring your capital, expertise and technology, to match with our natural resources and create a win-win situation . The investor gains, Nigeria gains.’’he said.

Nigeria, he stressed, had operated a mono-cultural economy dependent on oil, while solid minerals were exploited informally — with ores taken “from pit to port” without value addition.

Alake said government has now made local processing mandatory, refusing to grant mineral titles to investors without a clear pathway to processing in Nigeria.

He said the policy led to the springing up of processing factories, including the largest lithium processing plant in West Africa commissioned recently in Nasarawa by the Vice President, and informed the formation of the African Minerals Strategy Group.

Alake noted that investor confidence has returned due to macro-economic reforms by President Bola Tinubu that guarantee security of tenure and repatriation of profits.

He charged the committee to discharge its assignment responsibly, saying its work is strategic to achieving the President’s $1 trillion economy target.

To this end, he told the Committee to ensure effective coordination, identify investment opportunities and translate the framework into measurable outcomes capable of positioning Nigeria as a competitive player in the global solid minerals industry.

In his welcome address, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr. Faruk Yusuf Yabo, said the inauguration translates growing bilateral engagements into a structured framework for practical cooperation and investment mobilization

Economic Officer at the US Embassy, Jonathan Baas, said President Donald Trump has prioritized three areas for US embassies — energy, artificial intelligence/super intelligence, and critical minerals.

Baas said Washington’s direction is to work with partners to secure critical supply chains while ensuring partners capture value.

“We just signed a contract today on looking into building AI data centres in Nigeria at the Nigerian Economic Summit. That’s the direction Washington wants us to go,” he said.

In his vote of thanks, CEO/Managing Director of Nigeria Solid Minerals Company, NSMC said that the committee

is expected to coordinate implementation, facilitate investment and monitor progress towards achieving the objectives of the Nigeria–US cooperation framework.

The inauguration reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to repositioning the solid minerals sector as a key driver of economic diversification, industrial development and national prosperity under President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

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