President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday confer with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President returned to Abuja last Friday after 18 days in London, during which he attended an education summit and did health checks.
The security forces have in the past few weeks taken the battle more robustly to insurgents, bandits, and all other criminals troubling the country, and they are now surrendering in droves.
The President will be brought up to speed on developments at the Thursday meeting, while plans to bring a decisive end to the challenges will be formulated.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
August 17, 2021
PRESIDENT BUHARI GREETS PRESIDENT OF NIGERIAN BAPTIST CONVENTION, DR ISRAEL AKANJI AT 60
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev. Dr. Israel Adelani Akanji, on his 60th birthday, rejoicing with family members, friends and the body of Christ on the auspicious occasion.
President Buhari felicitates with the cleric for the milestone, congratulating him on a life dedicated to the service of God, country and humanity.
The President notes in particular, Rev. Akanji’s compassion, abhorrence to violence and his biblical posture on all national issues, with clear preference for dialogue, peace and the wellbeing of society.
The President believes Dr. Akanji’s commitment to improving the lives of many, through preaching and teaching the gospel, reveals his love for God and his people.
He urges the religious leader to use his wealth of knowledge and experience to keep serving the nation.
President Buhari prays for the wellbeing of Dr. Akanji and his family.
Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 17, 2021
PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS FORMER DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT, IBRAHIM MANTU
President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with family of former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, joining Plateau State Government and indigenes in mourning the passing of the renowned politician.
President Buhari commiserates with leaders and members of the National Aseembly, friends and political associates of the former Deputy Senate President, who dedicated most of his life to service of his people.
The President prays for the repose of the soul of the departed, believing his legacy of reconciliation and promotion of peaceful co-existence will always be remembered, especially in bringing more harmony in his state and the country at large.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 17, 2021
PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OF ZAMBIA
President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates the President-elect of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, on his victory in the presidential election of August 12, 2021.
The President applauds the people of Zambia who came out in their numbers to exercise their civic rights, voting candidates of their choice, signposting that the prospect of a united, stable and prosperous Africa lies in the power of the people to freely elect their leaders.
President Buhari commends President Edgar Lungu for accepting the outcome of the election and a peaceful transfer of power, noting that this patriotic disposition deserves the praise of all lovers of democracy.
Highlighting the close and historic relationship between Nigeria and Zambia, the Nigerian leader looks forward to working very closely with the Zambian President-elect for the peace, development and prosperity of both nations, and in the common commitment to promote the goals and objectives of our African Union (AU).
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 16, 2021
Anambra State Congratulates Air Peace, likens Chairman Onyema’s Patriotism to Zik’s
Anambra State has praised Nigeria’s leading air carrier, Air Peace, for its new “No City Left Behind” strategy which has seen it open operations in different parts of the country in the last few months with rapidity.
The latest operations were opened in Gombe and Ibadan, Oyo State, within a space of three days.
In a statement in Awka, Anambra State capital, the state government said that “it is proud of the development record, the pan-African vision and commitment of the airline’s leadership, particularly its chairman, Chief Allen Onyema, a worthy son of our great state”.
In the statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, the government commended “the carrier for an aggressive route development programme when airlines across the globe are managing to remain afloat as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic which dealt a serious blow to not just the aviation sector but also the entire tourism industry”.
It is delightful, according to the Anambra State government, that while some other airlines are acquiring refurbished aircraft, Air Peace “has been purchasing a large number of brand new and state of the art equipment and deploying them on Nigerian domestic routes for the safety and comfort of our people.
“The use of Embraer 195, known for an excellent safety record, is most welcome.
“What is more, we are delighted to hear from people like Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State that the Air Peace operation in Ibadan has resulted in the crash of air tariffs in certain places, which is pleasant news to Nigerian travellers”.
The government asked other airlines to borrow a leaf from Air Peace by developing routes like Ibadan-Port Harcourt and Enugu-Kano to deepen national integration rather than continue with traditional flying from Abuja into Lagos and flying into other cities from these places.
“Chief Onyema’s commitment to national unity and economic integration is reminiscent of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe’s promotion of Nigeria’s unity as well as nationalism through journalism by establishing newspapers in places like Kano, Zaria, Lagos, Onitsha, Port Harcourt and others and by forging solid friendships with individuals and by building enduring alliances with different groups throughout the nation”.
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, according to Commissioner Adinuba, has already called Chief Onyema on the phone to congratulate him on the new route development programme which he described as capital intensive and time consuming, recalling how two aircraft from the Air Peace fleet flew into Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport under construction on Friday, April 30, on demonstration flights.
“Governor Obiano”, stated Adinuba, “also thanked the Air Peace chairman for his support for working closely with the Anambra State Government to build a hanger at the state airport for the repair and maintenance of aircraft”, revealing that the airport will be commissioned soon.
He added: “We are also delighted that Air Peace is working hard to see if the Embraer aviation company of Brazil can establish its African service centre in the state.
“There is a lot other wealthy enterpreneurs from our country can learn from Chief Onyema”.
Signed
- Don Adinuba
Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment.
PRESS STATEMENT
OGUN Workers:
CDWR Demands Immediate Payments of All Outstanding Salaries and Deductions to Workers and Reinstatement of all Victimised Workers
We Call on NLC and TUC to declare a 48-Hour Warning Strike in support of workers
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Ogun state chapter calls on the state leaderships of both the NLC and TUC to end their criminal silence in the face of increasing attacks on the democratic rights and living conditions of workers and the poor masses in the state by Dapo Abiodun-led APC government.
CDWR condemns in all ramifications the unceasing attacks on workers’ democratic rights and demands the immediate payment of the 17 months unpaid cooperative deductions to workers; reinstatement of all victimized and unjustly sacked workers at TASCE and OOUTH; payment of the outstanding four(4) months salaries and allowances to the lecturers in MAPOLY; acceding to demands of the judiciary workers currently on strike and honouring the agreement voluntarily signed with the union; and the conclusion of all pending promotion exercises; and meeting of all other legitimate demands of workers across the state by the government without delay.
The non-remittance of salary deductions to workers’ cooperative union for 17 months is the latest in the series of unending attacks on democratic rights and the working conditions of workers by the Dapo Abiodun government.
Monthly, workers who are members of the Ogun State Salary Earners’ Co-operative Thrift and Credit Union Limited, save a percentage of their salaries with the union, which the state government is expected to remit to the Co-operative. But the Dapo Abiodun government has refused to remit these monies running into billions of Naira since his assumption of office in 2019 to date!
According to newspaper reports, the cooperative union President, Bodude Tanimola and the General Manager, Sunday Ajayi, said that the refusal of the Dapo Abiodun government to pay the 17 months’ salary deductions to the workers, despite their numerous appeals through letters and emissaries are now hindering them from meeting their responsibilities. These include but are not limited to their inability to pay children school fees, preventing them from accessing loans to augment the miserly monthly salaries by the government; and worst of all, the unwarranted/avoidable deaths of members from common and curable ailments, due to the non-payment of their entitlements. It is instructive to note that the Dapo Abiodun government didn’t inherit any outstanding remittance to the workers cooperative on the assumption of office!
On their part, the state judiciary workers under the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) are presently on strike over the non-payment of salaries and allowances to members and the reneging by the governor on agreements he voluntarily signed with the workers.
Education workers in schools like MAPOLY and TASCE have not fared better. The MAPOLY lecturers are owed four (4) unpaid salaries and allowances while the TASCE workers have NEVER received full salary payments since the inception of this administration. To make the matter worse, the workers are attacked for daring to demand their legitimate rights! These orgies of agony of unpaid salaries and allowances, victimization and sacking of workers who dare to speak up including Aisha Ajibola of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) is not just a one-off. Rather, they are the permanent features of the Dapo Abiodun’s government which is fast becoming notorious for attacking the living and working conditions of workers with flagrant disregard to their democratic rights.
Contrary to his flattering and flowery speech at this year’s May Day celebration, wherein he promised to pay all cooperative deductions and meet workers’ demands, it is clear that Governor Dapo Abiodun would not voluntarily pay nor meet workers legitimate demands, unless the workers are themselves prepared to wage determined struggles to force the government.
Therefore, the CDWR is proposing to the state leadership of NLC and TUC to call a joint 48-hour warning strike and peaceful mass protest and begin immediate mass mobilization, as the first step, over the demands and plights of Ogun state workers. These include a halt to the increasing attacks on democratic rights of workers by the Dapo Abiodun-led, the immediate payment of all outstanding salaries and allowances, including cooperative deductions, and the reinstatement of the unjustly sacked workers across the state including TASCE and OOUTH, and other legitimate demands of workers.
We call on pro-labour organisations, trade union activists and socialists to solidarise with Ogun state workers and also support our call on the NLC and TUC to call a warning strike to press home the demands of workers.
The nonchalant attitude of Ogun state government towards the condition, welfare and rights of workers further underscore why trade union leaders organized under NLC and TUC have to reverse their misplaced policy of collaborationism/compromise under the guise of industrial harmony. Rather they should begin to consistently fight for better conditions and improved welfare of workers and also uncompromisingly defend their interests and rights.
SIGNED
Eko John Nicholas
Chairman,
CDWR
Ogun state chapter.
08022634840
17 – 08 – 21
PRESS RELEASE
PDP CRISIS: STOP USING RIVERS MONEY TO DESTROY RIVERS TOP SONS – EZE TELLS WIKE….LEAVE SECONDUS ALONE; PDP GOVERNORS DEFECTED BECAUSE OF YOUR OVERBEARING ATTITUDE…LAUDS PDP BOT, GOVERNORS FOR STANDING AGAINST WIKE AND RESCUING THE PARTY FROM HIS DRACONIAN CLAWS
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has called out Gov. Nyesom Wike, as the real Jonah onboard the ship of the People’s Democratic Party, absolving the party’s national Chair, Prince Uche Secondus, of any wrong-doing.
In a statement made available to Media Houses in Port Harcourt, the party Chief said there was need to put certain records in proper perspective and inform Nigerians accordingly.
“Categorically, I wish to reiterate that I am neither a fan of Prince Uche Secondus nor a sympathetic observer of the present confused and pitiable state of the PDP, but as a concerned and patriotic Nigerian who has followed and participated in the politics of the party from the fons et origo, I am compelled to put some records straight, particularly as regarding the current rift between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the umbrella party and also a Rivers man.”
According to him, it is remarkably unfortunate to observe that the People’s Democratic Party has continued to be enmeshed in layers of raging crisis that threaten her existence and throw her off the line of reasonably playing the Chief roles of a responsible opposition to the ruling party and government at the center.
Eze regrets the inability of the People’s Democratic Party and her leaders to effectively take up and play the roles of a good opposition party, wondering why the party has totally snubbed her place, retreating to slumberland.
“For those of us in the All Progressives Congress, we need a virile, focus-driven and strong opposition to tackle and checkmate the activities of public servants and constructively tackle the policies and programs of government that seem not to produce good yields to the people. Not only will that put us on check, it will enable the party and government at the centre give out the best to Nigeria and Nigerians.”
Not withstanding the satanic schemes of Uche Secondus who collaborated with others to plunge Rivers state into her current unbefitting state, the party chief said he vividly recalls the all-important and defining role of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi to the rise of Secondus in national politics.
“Amaechi then as Governor of Rivers State had for very valid reasons, challenged the Peoples Democratic Party, over the Appointment of Secondus as a Deputy National Organising Secretary of the party, describing it as unbefitting. His bold stance resulted to the rise of Secondus as the then National Organising Secretary of the PDP and in appreciation, Secondus exclaimed before an audience during a Thanksgiving Service in Andoni that Amaechi is the “Ogbuagu” (Lion Killer) of Nigeria politics, a title Amaechi vehemently declined on the simple ground that Dr. Peter Odili) goes with the sobriquet and it would be disrespectful for him to go by same title with his own boss.”
When it was time to payback good, Secondus conspired with Wike and others to dismantle the leadership of the party in Rivers State headed then by the late Chief G. U. Ake as Chairman. They installed Brother Felix Obuah, who neither contested the position nor participated in any Congress, as the State Chairman, to replace Chief Ake. All these they did with the overbearing influence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Patience, in a bid to whittle down the influence of Amaechi in the politics of Rivers State.
Eze highlighted that he is very much aware that the bickering and political hustling of both Governor Wike and Prince Secondus are geared towards producing a Northern Presidential candidate for the PDP in the 2023 elections, but however stated that such scheming is unsupported as it remains inimical to the unity and peaceful coexistence of Nigeria.
The APC stalwart expressed angst over Gov. Wike’s planned-forceful takeover of the party noting that billions of Rivers money has been wasted already and more have been earmarked for his takeover bid, all at the detriment of Rivers people whose common patrimony has again earned the Governor another sobriquet, “Father Christmas”.
Although Wike plans to box Secondus out from office by all means and with Rivers money, the Governor has suddenly forgotten that at the time Secondus was the Chairman of Rivers State PDP, he was a mere Local Government Chairman and can never be more politically conscious than the man we all know as Total Chair.
“All these notwithstanding and coupled with the fact that I and Secondus belong to the Open Heaven Parish of RCCG, Old GRA Port Harcourt, I can not be said to be his fan or supporter, however, seeing the dangerous techniques deployed by Governor Nyesom Wike in his plot to rubbish and decimate the impacts of Prince Uche Secondus in the politics of PDP as well as his acts of sabotage against his mentor and benefactor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, whom he served as Chief of Staff during his reign as Governor of Rivers State, all aimed at ensuring that he (Wike) stands as the only politician in Rivers State, one needs to raise the alarm timeously.”
Today, the major desire of Governor Nyesom Wike in the politics of Rivers State is to ensure that nobody stands politically except him. Those he cannot destroy he cage into what is now addressed as Wike’s Cathedral of spent political forces without any job description but following him to functions and clapping for him. His efforts to destroy the political legacies and personality of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, is in the public domain and his recent to pull down Secondus is trending.
Nobody is disputing the inputs of Wike in mobilising for the election of Prince Uche Secondus as the National Chairman of PDP but to turn around without waiting for the Convention of PDP, to say he has the power to remove a national officer of a party, is not only undemocratic, selfish and devious, but also unfortunate and unacceptable.
Eze reiterated that Governor Nyesom Wike should desist from deploying the scarce funds of Rivers State to fight, and decimate Rivers Political Leaders, just to curry favour for the advancement of his own political fortune.
Civil Servants in Rivers State are gnashing their teeth, no salary; Pensioners are lamenting, no pension, no gratuity; Business owners are crying their eyes out, the Governor is acquiring business areas and demolishing; market women are counting their loses on daily basis, they cannot afford not to sell on credit because workers are broke and in all these, Father Christmas, POS Africa or whatever name he goes by, cannot just stop lavishing Rivers money on trivial things.
The party Chief however commended the PDP BOT members and Governors for standing against the devious plots to disgrace Secondus out of office as National Chairman and urged them to endeavor to sustain the unity of the party, stressing that the All Progressives Congress is begging for a vibrant and virile opposition to contribute and criticize constructively towards national good.
Speaking on the movement of PDP Governors to the APC, Chief Eze counseled the BOT members and other stakeholders of the party to critically and carefully investigate inwards the root causes of why the Governors and other key members of the party are moving over to APC.
He urged the PDP to beam her light brighter, assuring that they must discover Wike as the root cause of the woes of the party and he has instigated more people to leave the PDP before the end of 2021.
The party can only know peace when Gov. Wike learns how to respect his colleagues and desist from handling issues pertaining to the party as personal, as no one man own the party.
“Let me conclude by quoting one of the Rivers State sound minds and enfant terribles who resides in the United Kingdom, Mr. Kingsley Kem Eben who stated and I quote, “Chief Eze, I pity Wike that he underrated Secondus that the man knows how to play party politics, the only option he has is shouting like a town CRIER whilst Secondus is busy rallying those that matter under him for safety. Wike should be very careful with Secondus otherwise he will end up not having any platform or party for his Rivers Governorship candidate in 2023. It’s unfortunate Rivers Treasury is being wasted to fight and remove our own son to take over PDP. And this present RSHA is the worst representatives that can happen to the state or any state in a democracy. Rivers People are in trouble for the remaining two years not knowing what will be left of our treasury if at all any. God help us.”
Let me conclude finally by urging us all to use our tongue to count our teeth and rally round and save Rivers State come 2023.
Ends
Signed
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,
APC Chieftain & former National Publicity Secretary, nPDP
17 – 08– 21
The EFCC Collaborative Strategy
By Erasmus Ikhide
THE scourge of corruption is one of the reasons why Nigeria is not
living up to its ‘Giant of Africa’ Shibboleth and has continued to
crawl on her knees in adult diapers to the chagrin of her countrymen
both at home and in the Diaspora. Since Independence, billions of
dollars has been lost to corruption according to the global
anti-corruption watch dog, Transparency International (TI).
On hindsight, it was commendable of former President Olusegun Obasanjo
to have established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) in 2003 to effectively tackle graft and corruption. That nearly
twenty year old vision has yielded fruits as the agency is making
sturdy strides in the gargantuan war against the malaise.
Corruption is too huge to be fought alone by the EFCC and we commend
the EFCC for forging strategic partnerships with other agencies in the
country to make corruption minimal. We recall during the heady days of
the sinister apartheid regime in South Africa that the liberation
fighters most notably Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Desmond Tutu,
Winnie Mandela etc didn’t take the Boer regime headlong alone.
They sought collaboration among many nations like Nigeria, Ghana,
Zimbabwe, Kenya etc for financial, technical and ideological support.
Many South Africans in exile who were fighting the cause from abroad
successfully lobbied the then Margaret Thatcher led administration to
impose sanctions on the regime of the then Pieter Willem Botha led
government. Mbeki, then based in London played a key role in the
negotiations that led to the release of Mandela from incarceration
after 27 years behind bars. The American War of Independence from
Britain which led to the latter defeating the army of King George III
had the backing of France. Noble causes are never fought alone. This
piece will critically examine how the EFCC has partnered with Nigerian
agencies to wage war against the hydra headed monster of corruption.
The EFCC has gone into a partnership with the Nigerian Content
Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in 2020 for speedy
investigation of infractions committed by oil companies in Nigeria.
This is a step in the right direction as the oil sector – the goose
that lays the golden egg for the Nigerian economy is bedeviled by many
irregularities allegedly committed by the big players in it especially
the International Oil Companies (IOC’s). Popular businessman and
politician, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim told the world that he made his
fortune as a tax consultant to the Federal Government by ensuring the
government got billions of dollars in taxes from the IOC’s. Nigerians
deserve a better deal from the black gold and this partnership is
designed to bring home the bacon to the doorsteps of Nigerians.
In 2021, the EFCC and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (NEITI) have gone into a partnership to ensure that the
revenues due to the government in the oil and gas sector is remitted
to the government and to also fight corruption in the sector. The
Vanguard Newspaper on April 23, reported that the EFCC Helmsman,
Abdulrasheed Bawa was quoted to have said when he received the NEITI
Boss at the EFCC’s Headquarters in Jabi Abuja where he said “We have
developed expertise in oil and gas investigation. We did oil subsidy
investigation, we did oil swap investigation, we did OML and OPL
investigations, which came with billions of naira recovered. We can
work together to ensure that what rightly belongs to Nigeria is ours”.
He urged the Agency to take advantage of the Extractive Industries
Fraud Section of the Commission, which was created exclusively to
tackle fraud in the extractive sector.
“In 2012, the EFCC set up a special team for petroleum subsidy which I
was part of, and at the end of our assignment, it was changed into a
permanent section in the EFCC. It was changed from special team for
petroleum subsidy to Extractive Industry Fraud Section, and the EFCC
did not stop at that. We ensured that every Zone of the Commission
have that section.”
The Thisday Newspapers reported on December 16, 2020 that the EFCC and
the Department for State Services(DSS) have partnered to effectively
tackle graft in Nigeria. A statement issued by EFCC said the Ilorin
Zonal Head of the EFCC, Oseni Oluwasina Kazeem, made the disclosure
Tuesday while playing host to the State Director, DSS, Patrick
Ikenweine, at the commission’s office in Ilorin.
Kazeem, who decried the rate at which corruption had permeated every
sector of Nigeria system noted that the cankerworm could only be tamed
through collaborative efforts of all stakeholders, including the DSS.
He commended the DSS for being a good partner in the fight and called
for more robust working relationship between the two agencies.
Earlier, the Director DSS, Ikenweine stated the essence of his visit
which he said was to familiarise with critical stakeholders in the
State.
“I’m here to familiarise with you in a bid towards building on the
existing cordial relationship with your agency.
“The DSS and EFCC have a record of good working relationship, which I
hope should be sustained,” he said.
The EFCC and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) went into a
partnership during the Chairmanship of Babatunde Fowler to fight tax
evasion in the country. This collaboration, according to the FIRS
Executive Chairman, Tunde Fowler, will ensure Nigeria’s financial
security and independence, which he said are key to national
development.
Fowler made this known in Abuja at the opening of International
Conference and Capacity Building Workshop on the Use of Beneficial
Ownership Information and The Recovery of Assets in Africa. He
beckoned on Nigerians and the international community to collaborate
in the fight against “any illegality”.
“Corruption is anything illegal. Whether it is money laundering, tax
fraud, tax evasion or other illegalities. We must collaborate to fight
them. When you are fighting corruption, you are taking back from the
corrupt people, what they erroneously think belongs to them. That is
why they resist the fight against corruption”, Fowler said.
The EFCC and the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development
Initiative (PAGMI) on August 3, 2021 reiterated the need for
continuous education and enlightenment of artisanal gold miners and
gold sellers in view of their vulnerability in being used to
perpetrate sinister acts of money laundering.
A few days ago the EFCC encouraged the members of the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) to embrace financial crimes in the country. “Add
your voice to mine, because the fight against economic and financial
crimes involves you and I. I will play my part, you will play yours.”
The EFCC chairman stated this in a sensitization lecture on the Role
of Youth in Curbing Cybercrimes presented on his behalf by officials
of the Commission at various Orientation camps of the Batch B stream 1
set of corps members.
“Embrace hard work and shun crime, Yahoo-Yahoo is not a sustainable
way of life. As dynamic young men and women, our desire is to harness
your intelligence and energy for greater public good in your areas of
primary assignments”, Mr. Bawa said.
The EFCC is extremely pragmatic in its strategic partnerships with
other Nigerian agencies as they cannot win the anti-corruption war
alone. We urge the EFCC to forge more partnerships especially with the
media, religious bodies and the Civil Rights groups as the
collaborative efforts will greatly reduce the scourge of graft and set
Nigeria on the path to greatness which may dwarf the achievements of
the Asian Tigers.
Ikhide writes from Lagos, Nigeria
On behalf of my Family and entire peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South West state, I join other well-wishers to felicitate with Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan on his 60th birthday anniversary.
I applaud your unalloyed dedication and commitment to the growth of our dear party PDP.
I pray that the almighty Allah shall continue to grant you the gift of good health for even greater benefits to the state and humanity.
I wish you happy returns and a hearty celebration today.
Ambassador Taofeek Oladejo Arapaja
National Vice Chairman SW
People’s Democratic Party
SDP suffers defection as Akpoti-Uduaghan, supporters join PDP
