Democracy Day: Gov Bago pardons 80 inmates

1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He appealed to the inmates to make use of their freedom by engaging in useful ventures and shun any act that could lead them back to correctional facility.

Alhaji Usman implored the inmates to be law-abiding citizens and engage in legitimate endeavours by taking advantage of various empowerment windows.

In a similarly, the Secretary to the Government of Niger State (SSG), Alhaji Abubakar Usman has called on the people of the State to use the period to reflect on their roles in peace building and support for good governance.

Alhaji Usman implored the people of the State to renew their commitment to strengthening democratic institutions by imbibing values that will promote democracy such as tolerance, patriotism and discipline.

The SSG stated that, Government noted with deep concern the security challenges in the State but assured citizens that all forms of criminality will soon be nip in the bud.

Nasara urges Tinubu to re-sign Musa Bello as cabinet appointee again

From Umar Dankano,Yola.

Aparty chieftain of the All Progressives Congress,APC, and former Senatorial candidate in Adamawa state,Alhaji Ahmadu Hamman Nasara has urged president Bola Ahmad Tinubu to appoint Nigerians with impeccable character, patriotism and capacity to deliver in to his cabinet.

Hamman Nasara who holds the traditional title of Dan-Majen Adamawa gave the presidential advise while bearing his mind on the future of the country, suggesting that, personality like the immediate past Minister of FCT, Mal.Muhammad Musa Bello are the type of people needed for the job.

Nasara in the interview in Yola yesterday said president Tinubu need to consider reappointing Mal.Musa Bello in to his new administration with a view to moving the country forward as he has exhibited in the last former president Buhari’s era where he held sway as the FCT Minister.

He noted that the records of the Minister speaks volume for himself.

He stated that,Bello as Minister has proven his worthiness by maintaining the FCT Abuja master plan and texture without tempering or compromising it (Master plan) for favours or gratifications to cronies which was order of day before his appointment as the Minister.

“We are proud of our brother as Adamawa state nominee in the last President Buhari’s administration,who happens to be the only one that left office with clean hands with out any form of query or questioning by anti-craft agency .

“He (Musa Bello) vehemently maintained the FCT Abuja master-plan and it’s texture without compromising it which gave the desired results of standard infrastructural development and beautification of the capital city of Nigeria.”

June 12: Uba Sani urges Nigerians to build trust in government

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Kaduna State Governor Senator Uba Sani, has said the lessons of the June 12 incident should be used to build and renew people’s trust in government.

He asserted this in his message to mark the 30th Anniversary of June 12th in Kaduna yesterday.

The Governor recounted that late MKO Abiola’s sacrificed a lot to ensure that democracy thrives in Nigeria.

Uba Sani added that Nigeria has come a long way in its practice of democracy which has been a mixed bag of successes, failures, unmet expectations and rising expectations.

“It is also a story of heroes and villains,”

Governor Uba Sani lamented.

He noted that Nigeria’s founding fathers, labour leaders, civil society and pro-democracy activists have made remarkable contributions to the growth and development of democracy and the nation owes them a debt of gratitude for their labours of love.

“The last few years of our practice of democracy have been full of challenges. Our people’s trust in democracy and government waned considerably due to economic, social and political crisis, with their debilitating consequences.

“Many of our people feel the country and its leaders do not care about them. The youths feel the country does not care about their future. Many parts of the country feel they have not been given a sense of belonging. These sentiments and anxieties threaten our country’s economic prospects and our desire for national unity,” the Governor said.

He lamented that the way policies are designed and implemented in Nigeria without adequate consultations and scrutiny have tended to alienate the people while corruption has worsened the trust deficit.

The challenge before us therefore is how to restore the people’s trust in government and effectively mobilize them for the important task of national renewal.

“Our country must move in a new direction. We must put in place measures to ensure inclusiveness, responsiveness, fairness and integrity in policy making and service delivery. Devolution of powers is the way to go. More powers must be given to the states to take care of the needs of the people at the grassroots. Decentralization of power will unleash the potential that exists everywhere in Nigeria,” he said.

Kaduna State, the Governor said, is making conscious and deliberate efforts to spread development by focusing on the rural areas and his government is determined to reinvent and re -energise the rural economies through the massive infrastructural development.

“When we make the grassroots attractive to our people, rural - urban migration will be checked and our people will fully embrace democracy as a system that caters for their welfare and enables them to realize their full potential,” he said.