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Tinubu vows to turn C’River to wonderland of tourism

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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has promised the people of Cross River that he would change the state to wonderland of tourism if he is elected President.

He made the promise, on Tuesday, during the APC presidential campaign rally at the U.J. Essuene Stadium in Calabar.

He also promised to create jobs for the teaming youths.

“Money will come in, you will enjoy my government. This state will become a wonderland of tourism. We will create jobs.”

Tinubu, who accused the Peoples Democratic Party of not providing electricity for 16 years while in power, said his government would make Nigeria a better country by turning things around for the benefit of all citizens.

He said: “Today, they have changed the exchange rate from N200 to N800, don’t mind them, I say follow me, we will turn things around just as we did it in Lagos.”

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Earlier, Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign in Cross River State, Senator John Owan-Enoh, had said Tinubu has high prospects in the coming election due to his track records.

Enoh, who stated this, yesterday, during a media chat at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Etim Bassey Press Centre in Calabar, also said Tinubu is the most preferred among other presidential candidates.

While speaking on the level of preparedness of his committee in anticipation of the presidential rally, slated to hold yesterday in the state, Enoh expressed optimism that the APC would not only win the presidential polls, but other position, across levels.

“Our candidate will do well and we want NUJ to be part of this propagation. The narrative out there has been a little bit faulty and a little bit misplaced. The defining thing about the next election is not about religion, not about Muslim-Muslim; it’s about whether after six years of Buhari, would it be fair to the unity of this country to still allow presidential power to reside in the north,” he stated.

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NLC kicks against Abure’s re-election as LP chairman, says ‘it’s an illegality’

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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), on Wedenesday, said Julius Abure’s re-election as chairman of the Labour Party (LP) is “an illegality”.

Abure was re-elected LP chairman on Wednesday at the party’s national convention which was held in Nnewi, Anambra state.

Ikechukwu Emetu, deputy governor of Abia state and chairman of the convention, declared Abure as the winner.

 

The convention was attended by party chairmen from the 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory (FCT), members of states and national assemblies as well as representatives from LGAs.

 

The re-election of Abure came a week after members of the NLC picketed the LP secretariat in Abuja.

 

The protesting NLC members demanded the postponement of the party’s national convention.

 

The labour body accused Abure of “financial rascality and contempt for the leadership of NLC”, and of “unilaterally trying to hold a national convention in contravention of the constitution of the party”.

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Reacting to Abure’s re-election, Benson Upah, spokesperson of the NLC, said “the whole exercise was a charade”.

 

“It is an illegality, a nullity. The whole exercise was a charade! Nothing can legitimise such brazen impunity,” The Punch quoted Upah as saying.

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LP re-elects Abure as national chairman amid NLC opposition

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Julius Abure has been re-elected as the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP).

 

Abure was re-elected on Wednesday at the party’s national convention held in Nnewi, Anambra state.

 

Ikechukwu Emetu, deputy governor of Abia state and chairman of the convention, declared Abure as the winner.

 

The convention was attended by party chairmen from the 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory (FCT), members of states and national assemblies as well as representatives from LGAs.

 

The re-election of Abure came a week after members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) pocketed the LP secretariat in Abuja.

 

The protesting NLC members demanded the postponement of the party’s national convention.

 

The labour body accused Abure of “financial rascality and contempt for the leadership of NLC”, and of “unilaterally trying to hold a national convention in contravention of the constitution of the party”.

 

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The election of a new chairman to elect a new chairman was part of the convention’s agenda.

 

Others are the amendment of the party’s constitution and the dissolution of the national working committee (NWC).

 

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APC constitutes nine-man committee for Ondo governorship primary

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The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress has set up a nine-man committee to oversee the primary election for Ondo governorship aspirants.

 

This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.

 

The development comes barely a day after 15 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, including the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, endorsed the governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to clinch the party ticket and win the November 2024 governorship election.

 

The APC statement partly read, “By a resolution adopted at its 144th meeting held on March 6, 2024, the National Working Committee of our great party constituted a governorship primary election committee of its members for the smooth running of election processes in Ondo State.”

 

However, the primary election committee members comprised only the APC NWC members.

 

They include Emma Eneukwu (Chairman), Festus Fuanter, Victor Giadom, Prof. Abdulkarim Kana, Sulaiman M. Argungu, Dr. Mary Alile Idele, Aare Durotolu Bankole, Nze Chidi Duru and Morka.

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