Victory is assured by what we saw campaigning across Nigeria - Peter Obi

and without harmony among the people, there can not be meaningful progress.

“I am grateful for the show of love from all the states and I appreciate and assure the people that Datti and I will not disappoint them. We will deliver exactly what we have promised.”

The LP standard bearer charged the people to activate the, “take back Nigeria project” by ensuring that they come in their numbers to cast their votes for character, competence, capacity, and capabilities and to reject any sentiment of tribe, religion, or my turn because it’s indeed the turn of Nigerian youths to take back their country and rebuild it.

Naira redesign: El-Rufai, APC Governors desperate to buy votes in 2023 - CNPP

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on Nigerians not to fall for ‘antics’ of the Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying they are not fighting for the wellbeing of the people.

CNPP, in a statement issued yesterday by the National Secretary, Willy Ezeugwu, said “opposing APC leaders are attacking President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele because they are desperate to buy votes knowing that APC has failed.”

Asking President Buhari to call Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State to order “for declaring Kaduna State a sovereign by ordering the residents to continue to recognise old N500 and N1,000 banknotes as legal tender contrary to presidential directives”.

CNPP therefore urged Nigerians in Kaduna and elsewhere to ignore Governor El-Rufai for their own good, as only CBN can issue directives on legal tender in Nigeria on behalf of the President.

It also reiterated its call on the CBN to set up modalities for swapping old Naira notes for the Nigerian masses who may have been deceived by the APC Governors to keep their cash until the expiration of the naira swap deadline.

The CNPP noted that the presidential directive on temporary recirculation of old 200 naira notes as legal tender until April 10 was commendable in view of the obvious sabotage of the distribution of the redesigned naira notes by unpatriotic politicians conniving with commercial banks.

“Unpatriotic politicians who cannot win elections without vote buying are bent on stockpiling the new naira notes in their desperation to rig the 2023 general elections. This is the real reason for the cash crunch in Nigeria.

“For us, President Muhammadu Buhari would be declared a 2023 hero of democracy, and his administration’s many failures forgiven, if he sees through a free, fair, and credible 2023 general elections.

“We urge Nigerians not to allow themselves to be deceived by the APC Governors who never took the Federal Government to court over police brutality (which culminated in the #EndSARS protests).

“Nigerians have experienced uncountable lose of lives and property as a result of insecurity, the pains of the perennial fuel scarcity and many other failed policies of the APC-led federal government but the APC Governors never made a statement but they were quick to drag the federal government to the Supreme Court for implementing its own cashless policy because of obvious vote buying agenda of the party.

“The CNPP will continue to stand on the side of the masses on the naira redesign policy which is part of Nigeria’s cashless policy implementation because of the overall benefits of the policy in the long run. A stable economy and better life for the average Nigerian in the future is worth the sacrifices and the temporary pains.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde acknowledging the people of Ogbere IdiOsan, Ibadan during his campaign for second term at Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State yesterday

Tinubu towers heads and shoulders above all presidential candidates - Arewa group

By Christiana Ekpa

Arewa New Agenda (ANA) has said the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu towers heads and shoulders above all other presidential candidates in other political parties, given his remarkable accomplishment as both Lagos governor and political mentor.

Speaking in Abuja during a media parley to discuss issues around the 2023 presidential election, National Convener of Arewa New Agenda, Senator Ahmad Abubakar MoAllahyidi, challenged other contestants in the election to show what they have done rather than telling what they will do if elected into office.

He said with regards to infrastructural development, on assumption of office, Tinubu took on the gory sight of Lagos environment occasion by pollution from different sectors, by setting up the 40-year development plan which has been followed diligently over the years culminating in the on-going transformation of Lagos.

According to him, “He set up the mechanism for revenue generation that has moved Lagos from a 600 million Naira economy to over 50 billion and counting. He engineered the Inner-city metro line project that is currently moving commuters within the metropolis.

“He frontally set to combat the situation by creating The Ministry of physical planning to combat flooding and coordinate waste management disposal. He floated the free medical policy for children below 18 and adults over 65 years with heavily subsidized drugs for others”.

Speaking further, the ANA Convener said Tinubu’s administration provided the Lekki corridor as a fast-growing real estate, making it one of the wonders of urban renewal that has become a model in Nigeria by producing 500 units of houses yearly.

“Under him, as Governor of Lagos State he pioneered the development of modern water transportation and BRT. The independent power project was a trail blazing endeavor that contributed

270 megawatts into the national grid.

Speaking against other aspirants whom he accused of swinging from one party to the other, MoAllahyidi said his opponents swing with the tide; drifting as the current takes them. “If it is rosy today in one party you find them there, as soon as it becomes hot, they leave and nest in the next area of comfort”, he said.

He said though ANA is an apolitical association, it chose to support the APC candidate because of its conviction that Tinubu is on record as a person who sees service as a call to duty, by delegating to and trusting persons around him with responsibilities that enables them grow, strengthen internal capacities to become assets to the nation.

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi

National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, yesterday held a marathon meeting with Governors of the party, where he appealed to them on the need to accept and corporate with President Muhammadu Buhari over the cashless and naira redesign policy.

According to Adamu, who spoke before the meeting went into closed session, he summoned the APC Governors to have an objective interaction with them, with a view to understanding where and how things stand, regarding the cashless and naira redesign policy.

“You will recall the recent developments that have necessitated the need for this invitation. We do not want to sit in judgment of anybody in regard to where we are today in the country as it affects our great party.

“I thought the best thing to do is to get all those who are holding forth in their respective positions and who were elected on the platform of the party to get together and have some interaction so that we can have a better understanding of what situation we are in.

“That is the essence of this invitation. And it is my pleasure to welcome you most sincerely to this interaction”, Adamu said.

Speaking also, chairman of APC Governors Forum (PGF), Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, said the governors and the party are one and the same.

“Once the chairman spoke, the governors and the party are one and the same. And I am very proud about the conduct of our campaign by our presidential candidate.

“Director General of the campaign and indeed, governors and the candidate across the country have been doing a tremendous job of mobilizing the Nigerian populace and we are very, very impressed with the support of the majority of Nigeria.”

He said “I am sure you are quite aware of the fact that a meeting comprising of APC governors was held today and the leadership of the NWC of our great party was summon for this afternoon and we had discussion and at the end