Monday, 9 March 2015
CBN declares banks sound
BankS have got a clean bill of health from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which ran a stress test on the financial institutions.
A statement from the CBN at the weekend disclosed that “the unaudited results of banks and the results released so far, indicated that economic headwinds had not significantly affected returns.”
The statement noted that banks had been directed to have effective risk management systems in place especially price hedging, adding that the CBN would continue to monitor banks to ensure sufficient internal retention of capital to serve as buffers.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in a statement last week said the outcome of the IMF Executive Board 2014 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria, commended the efforts of the CBN in ensuring financial system soundness.
According to the IMF statement, “Directors noted that financial soundness indicators remain above prudential norms, but the concentration of credit risks and foreign currency exposures call for continued close oversight.”
The Directors also commended the unification of rDAS and the interbank foreign exchange market rates, noting that greater exchange rate flexibility could help cushion external shocks.
The IMF statement further noted that Nigeria’s economic data are broadly adequate for surveillance, just as it agreed that tightening fiscal policy and allowing the exchange rate to depreciate while using some of the reserve buffer were appropriate responses to the recent fall in global oil prices.
In another development a face off may be brewing between the CBN and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) over the Corporation’s amendment bill before the National Assembly.
The CBN said it held various meetings to review the proposals made by the NDIC following the decision of the NDIC to amend its 2006 Act to ensure consistency with the goals of financial system stability.
The CBN said it drew the attention of the NDIC ”to several objectionable clauses in the proposed Act, which at the least sought to confer coordinate functions and powers on the NDIC.”
Specifically, the CBN said it drew NDIC’s attention to the implications of the enactment of the Act as proposed as it would: Make the NDIC a parallel/coordinate regulator for banks as CBN; Confer conflicting supervisory functions and powers on NDIC over banks; and Create overlapping regulatory responsibilities for the NDIC.
The powers that the Corporation sought to assume and exercise the CBN believes include: Power to Licence Banks, Power to Supervise Banks without Reference to the CBN, Power to Determine the Licences of Banks and Power to appoint itself as Liquidator.
The apex bank is billed to appear before the senate today to state its case on the proposed NDIC Act.
Policemen’ seize PVCs from owners
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A swoop on the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) has begun in Lagos, investigations revealed at the weekend.
This has created another dimension to the battle over the PVC use for the elections slated for March 28 and April 11.
While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) insists on its use, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is opposed to it.
This is in spite of the test run at the weekend, of the card reader that will enhance the PVC use.
A group of people usually dressed in police uniform or sometimes in vests with police inscription, have been found to be collecting PVCs from some people ostensibly with the intention to disenfranchise them.
The people mostly at the receiving end are commercial motorcyclists aka okada riders, mostly of northern extraction, in the commercial capital.
Polls: No going back on Card Readers, says INEC
Opponents of Card Reader got yesterday some bad news: the machine will be used for the March 28 and April 11 elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did a test run of the machine last Saturday. It was largely successful. This, said an INEC chief, has raised the agency’s confidence in the machine, which it insists will curb rigging.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is leading the opposition against the machine, saying it is new and untested.
INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega will meet with Resident Electoral Commissioners on Wednesday in Abuja to discuss the Saturday mock election, especially the use of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
Contrary to reports, only one case of a weak Card Reader was recorded at INEC’s Situation Room on Saturday.
INEC yesterday extended the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from March 8 to March 22.
As at March 4, the commission had recorded 80.3 percent collection of the PVCs nationwide.
A National Commissioner, who spoke with our correspondent, said the electoral body would not drop Card Readers.
He said: “Nothing happened during the mock election on Saturday to warrant going back on the use of Card Readers for the general elections. The deployment of the Card Readers was successful and even international observers from the UN have attested to it.
“Contrary to some claims, only one case of Card Reader challenge was recorded at our Situation Room and it was a human thing.
“And concerning some alleged hitches, there were guidelines on what to do at any polling unit to make sure that an eligible voter is allowed to exercise his or her right.”
Responding to a question, the highly-placed source said: “The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega will meet with the National Commissioners and all the 37 Resident Electoral Commissioners on Wednesday in Abuja on the outcome of the Mock Election in 12 states and the use of Card Readers.”
The INEC chairman’s Chief Press Secretary Mr. Kayode Idowu, told our correspondent that the mock election was “largely successful”.
“The flaws being claimed were anticipated. The states where fingerprints were not authenticated had the PVC incident form procedure, it was agreed with political parties that the form will be filled,” Idowu said.
Meanwhile, the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) was yesterday extended to March 22.
Prior to the extension, the collection of PVCs, which had reached 80.3 per cent as at March 4, would have ended yesterday.
A statement signed by Idowu said: “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the country by additional two weeks.
“The collection will continue until March 22nd, 2015, superseding the earlier deadline of March 08th 2015.
“This latest extension offers the last opportunity for duly registered persons to collect their PVCs before the general elections scheduled for March 28th and April 11th, 2015.
“INEC hereby calls on registered persons that are yet to collect their PVCs to use this last opportunity in doing so, in order to participate in the forthcoming general elections.”
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties(CNPP) yesterday asked INEC to stick to the use of Card Readers.
The conference, which gave the advice in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, urged INEC to take note of the few lapses noted and improve on the device, so as to engender free, fair and transparent election.
The statement said: “The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP ) wishes to unequivocally state that we stand on the use of Magnetic Card Reader for accreditation of voters in the 2015 general elections.
“The mock test of the Magnetic Card Reader, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), even if the picture is the only identification matrix, has further emboldened and reinforced our resolve to adopt the device as the best device to avoid mangling and manipulating the electoral process.
“INEC should take note of the few lapses noted and improve on the device, so as to engender free, fair and transparent election. This will put paid to those who would want to repeat in Medical School after failing.
“We are making this declaration because in the absence of genuine reason, we adopt a device which has been used to conduct free, fair and transparent elections in many countries, like the US, UK, Brazil, Ghana, and the 2014 Indian general elections, an election where 600 million Indian voters voted seamlessly.
“It is regrettable that those who a few years back, declared that telephone is not for the Nigerian poor are behind the call for the rejection of Magnetic Card Reader technology for accreditation of Nigerian voters.
“We had thought that the lesson today that both the groundnut seller and the rich are using telephone is enough lesson on adaptation of new technology to advance our electoral process, which in the past was marred by irregularities.
“CNPP concurs with the valid evidence that the use of Magnetic Card Reader for accreditation of voters will minimize, if not eradicate ballot- box snatching, thumb printing of ballot papers and snatching of result sheets.”
The CNPP faulted the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for its hysteria on Card Readers.
The statement added: “We are therefore at a loss why the largest party in Africa – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – a party that has ruled our dear country for the last 16 years – is jittery and enveloped with hysteria over the use of the Magnetic Card Reader to advance our electoral process.
“To worsen matters, the PDP is desperately recruiting other political parties in this ignoble, undemocratic and unpatriotic onslaught on the nerve of our fledgling democracy.
“Accordingly, we take exception to our membership political parties that are wittingly or unwittingly against the deployment of Magnetic Card Reader, hence threatening the survival of our fledgling democracy and, by extension, the corporate existence of our dear country.
“We have anxiously noted the nefarious, unethical and undemocratic agitations of some political parties in league with the PDP for either the removal of Professor Attahiru Jega or dumping of Magnetic Reader for no just cause.
“Penultimate week they canvassed with the PDP for postponement of the 14th February presidential elections and it was granted, yesterday they headed for court, asking that Magnetic Card Reader should be discarded and today they are not only canvassing for another postponement, but querying the technical competence of the Card Reader and Jega’s head.
“The mock test invalidates their weak argument. May we ask, if the PDP leadership is sure of victory, will they have called for postponement of the 14th February presidential election date and suspension of Jega or the rejection of Magnetic Card Reader?
“Or is it morbid election-phobia stimulated in recognition of the core ingredient of election in liberal democracy, which is electoral referendum on the performance of the incumbent, which is making PDP jittery?
“In sum, the CNPP will eject membership political parties that engage in unethical and undemocratic agitation and embark on mass action, if either Jega is removed, Card Reader deleted or even the Temporary Voters Card added for accreditation.”
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Fani-Kayode is physically an adult but mentally an infant" Gov. Shettima
Reacting to the allegations via his media aide, Malam Isa Gusa, Governor Shettima pleaded that no one should take Fani-Kayode serious as he is physically an adult but mentally a child. He spoke with journalist in Abuja. What he said after the cut...
"Femi Fani-Kayode is one Nigerian that is physically an adult but mentally an infant. We all know that going into exchange with an infant is like having a dialogue with the blind, deaf and dumb, this is why it is thoughtless for any serious minded person to exchange words with Femi Fani Kayode not to talk of someone like Governor Kashim Shettima who has too many serious issues he is competently handling with patriotism as a result of which he was not only exonerated but also commended by a Presidential Fact-finding committee on the missing Chibok schoolgirls that was set up by the same Presidency Kayode works for, and this in addition to the Governor being the one that secured admissions into an International school for the escaped Chibok schoolgirls and granted them scholarships, for which and other efforts, he is highly respected by those who know him or have come in contact with him in Nigeria and within the International community"the media aide said.Governor Shettima's media aide said that Fani-Kayode said was "a temporary false", stressing that the same Fani-Kayode is likely to reverse himself in the near future.
"He is known for saying 'A' in the morning, 'K' in the afternoon and 'Z' at night, so we will wait for him to contradict himself and he will surely do so because that is him, he can't avoid being who he is. We will not have any conversation with him"the aide added
Buhari, Lai Mohammed, Shettima know where the Chibok girls are - FFK
Fani-Kayode said this in a statement he released today responding to a statement by the APC doubting President Jonathan's comments in his interview on AIT that the Chibok girls are still alive. According to Femi Fani-Kayode, if the girls are not found, Gen Buhari and the APC should be held responsible..
"Whilst the majority of Nigerians are overjoyed by the fact that the President has given us hope by saying that the girls are still alive. Lai Mohammed and the APC are not happy. The truth is that they do not want those girls to be found and neither do they care about their welfare or their safety. We say this because this was a man, and a party that complained and protested at the fact that Boko Haram was proscribed by the Federal Government last year. Lai Mohammed proclaimed that the proscription was unjust and unconstitutional. We have always believed that Buhari, Lai Mohammed, Governor Shettima and the APC know far more about the whereabouts of the Chibok girls and the activities of Boko Haram that they have cared to admit. Let it be clearly understood that if anything happens to those girls and if they are not produced at the soonest we will hold Lai Mohammed, Buhari and the APC responsible,” he said
Zambian president collapses, hospitalised
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu collapsed on the podium while presiding over a Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka – less than two months after taking over from a leader who died in office.
Lungu was rushed to a military hospital on Sunday, but the president’s office later issued a statement saying he had been treated for malaria and there was no need for concern.
“I am feeling much better and have been told I have high levels of fatigue and should take some rest,” Lungu said in the statement.
“There is nothing to worry about.”
Lungu came to power in January after the death in office of President Michael Sata in October.
Rumours that Sata was ill had circulated widely before his death, but were always denied by the government.
Sata was Zambia’s second leader to die in office in six years, sparking calls for presidential aspirants to undergo medical checks to guarantee they are fit.
Lungu, who fell after standing for some 20 minutes during the ceremony, is rumoured to have diabetes, the AFP news agency reported.
Presidential spokesman Amos Chanda said doctors at the military hospital had conducted comprehensive medical checks and said Lungu’s results were good.
Epic photos: Buhari meets Shagari again years after overthrowing his government
Photos: President Jonathan visits the Ooni of Ife's palace today
Boko Haram pledges allegiance to ISIS?
INEC Card Reader is a fraud, it will mar March 28 polls - Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the card reader machines the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) intends to use to accredit voters during the March 28 and April 14 elections as a fraud capable of scuttling the elections.
The governor, who expressed doubt over the forthrightness of the INEC chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega in handling the elections said; "Unless INEC has an agenda that is different from conduct of free, fair and credible elections, use of the card readers should be suspended for future elections so as to enable proper test running of the technology."Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose, who said he was not against the use of any technology to ensure credible elections, added that the flaws recorded during the last Saturday test run exercise were too fundamental to be ignored. He pointed our that Jega was not being truthful on INEC preparedness for the election, saying; "Jega told us before February 14 that INEC was ready.
Tiwa Savage flaunts baby bump in Uganda...
Pregnant Mrs Balogun is currently in Uganda for a two-day performance. (Saturday & Sunday). Her arrival, press rounds and stage performance in pictures after the cut...
Boko Haram conflict: Nigerian allies launch offensive
Forces from Niger and Chad have
launched a ground and air offensive against militant group Boko Haram in
north-eastern Nigeria, officials say.
The campaign is said to be targeting militants in Borno state.It came as Nigerian officials dismissed Boko Haram's pledge of allegiance to Islamic State as a reaction to military pressure from Nigeria and its allies.
The pledge was posted online on Saturday in an audio message by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau.
He called on Muslims everywhere to swear loyalty to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Boko Haram has been fighting an insurgency to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria since 2009, and in recent months the violence has increasingly spilled over into neighbouring states.
'Drowning man'
Chad, Cameroon and Niger have already been helping Nigeria in its battle against Boko Haram. On Friday, the African Union endorsed the creation of a regional force of more than 8,000 troops to combat the group.
Nemtsov killing: Russia court charges two men with murder
A Moscow court has charged two men in
connection with the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov.
It said one of the men, Zaur Dadayev, had admitted involvement in the
shooting on a bridge near the Kremlin late on 27 February. He and the other accused, Anzor Gubashev, are of Chechen origin, Russian reports say.
Three other suspects in the case also appeared before the court on Sunday and have been remanded in custody.
Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and veteran liberal politician, 55, was shot in the back four times as he was walking with his girlfriend within sight of the Kremlin. He was buried in Moscow on Tuesday.
Younger brother
Anzor Gubashev and Mr Dadayev, who are both accused of organising and carrying out the murder, were brought into court amid heavy security.
The guilt of Zaur Dadayev was 'confirmed by his
confession', the judge said
Little is known about the men, but reports say Mr Dadayev once served in a
battalion of interior ministry troops in Chechnya.The other suspects include Mr Gubashev's younger brother Shagid Gubashev and two men named as Ramzan Bakhayev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov. Reports say all three have denied any involvement in the murder.
Four of the men come from the northern Caucasus region and were detained in the republic of Ingushetia which borders Chechnya, say Russian media reports.
There were armoured vehicles and armed police around the Moscow courthouse all morning. The suspects were eventually brought by van, and bundled through a back door by heavily armed guards in balaclavas.
They are accused of both organising and carrying out the shooting of Boris Nemtsov.
Russian media report that at least two of the men had been living in Moscow for a year. One worked as a shop security guard and his brother as a lorry driver.
So far though, there are no clues on whether they were hired for the killing, as Mr Nemtsov's supporters believe - or on what the possible motive for this high-profile murder might have been.
According to the case files read out in court, the accused in the case have been charged under Part 2 Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code, paragraphs "zh" and "z", which means that investigators believe the murder was carried out by a group of people, the crime was committed on contract for financial gains, and also involved extortion and banditry, Interfax says.
President Vladimir Putin has condemned Nemtsov's murder and called for an end to "shameful" political killings in Russia.
But leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of ordering the assassination to cow the opposition amid Russia's mounting economic problems.
Nemtsov was killed just days before a march he was organising against the war in Ukraine.
He had also been drafting a report expected to expose covert Russian military involvement in the conflict.
Some 50,000 people attended a rally near the Kremlin in protest at his death on 1 March and thousands turned out to pay their respects at his funeral.
Fed Govt recent actions, election-propelled – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the recent acts of governance by President Goodluck Jonathan as too little, too late and election-propelled to convince Nigerians to vote for him and his party in the forthcoming polls.
”Mr. President, you cannot undo, in six weeks, the glaring instances of cluelessness, incompetence and near total lack of governance that your administration has exhibited in the past six years, even if you move Aso Rock to the South-west or bribe every Nigerian with the proceeds of corruption,” the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
”Your Administration-sanctioned smear campaigns against APC leaders, your obscenity-laden meeting with youths, your offer of jobs to 167 out of over 40 million unemployed youths, and your temporary relocation to the South-west where you believe your naira and dollar rain will translate to votes are all belated and of no effect,” it said.
APC said all the President’s latter-day efforts went up in smokes on Saturday when over one million Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos in support of change, even as a hurriedly-organized, pretend march led by the President in Abuja failed to distract from the success of the Lagos march, as envisaged by the organizers.
The party said its latest opinion poll on the forthcoming elections shows that Nigerians have already made up their minds regarding which party they will vote for, even before the six-week postponement of the elections, which was orchestrated to allow the sinking PDP and its candidates at all levels to recover from the dizzying effect of the daily blows being dealt on them by Nigerians.
”Mr. President, you cannot undo, in six weeks, the glaring instances of cluelessness, incompetence and near total lack of governance that your administration has exhibited in the past six years, even if you move Aso Rock to the South-west or bribe every Nigerian with the proceeds of corruption,” the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
”Your Administration-sanctioned smear campaigns against APC leaders, your obscenity-laden meeting with youths, your offer of jobs to 167 out of over 40 million unemployed youths, and your temporary relocation to the South-west where you believe your naira and dollar rain will translate to votes are all belated and of no effect,” it said.
APC said all the President’s latter-day efforts went up in smokes on Saturday when over one million Nigerians marched through the streets of Lagos in support of change, even as a hurriedly-organized, pretend march led by the President in Abuja failed to distract from the success of the Lagos march, as envisaged by the organizers.
The party said its latest opinion poll on the forthcoming elections shows that Nigerians have already made up their minds regarding which party they will vote for, even before the six-week postponement of the elections, which was orchestrated to allow the sinking PDP and its candidates at all levels to recover from the dizzying effect of the daily blows being dealt on them by Nigerians.
Private jet owners get 90-day ultimatum on operations
Federal Government has issued a 90 day ultimatum to private jet owners to streamline their operations with civil aviation regulations .
This ultimatum was given on Sunday at the conclusion of a meeting between the officials of the Ministry of Aviation and the stakeholders in the General Aviation sector which includes all the owners and operators of private jets.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Alhaji Mohammed Abass, gave the ultimatum after the meeting which lasted for several hours at Abuja.
As part of the unanimous decisions at the meeting, the blanket ban on the operators of foreign registered privately operated aircraft in the country has been lifted with conditions attached.
In a statement issued by the NCAA’s spokesman Mr Fan Ndubuoke , the authority said :”
” In furtherance of the Ministry of Aviation’s calculated efforts to streamline the operations of the Private Jets Owners, a 90 days ultimatum have been given to them to come up with their operational preference.
“As earlier indicated, the 90 days ultimatum is one of the conditions, during which it is expected that all operators would have regularise their documentation to specify their choice of operation.
“However, during this moratorium, it is still subsisting that no private Jet owner will be allowed to surreptitiously convert his Jet for commercial purposes.”
At the end, it was agreed by all present at the meeting that any violator during the ultimatum and at expiry will be visited with much more stiffer penalties than earlier earmarked.
This ultimatum was given on Sunday at the conclusion of a meeting between the officials of the Ministry of Aviation and the stakeholders in the General Aviation sector which includes all the owners and operators of private jets.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Alhaji Mohammed Abass, gave the ultimatum after the meeting which lasted for several hours at Abuja.
As part of the unanimous decisions at the meeting, the blanket ban on the operators of foreign registered privately operated aircraft in the country has been lifted with conditions attached.
In a statement issued by the NCAA’s spokesman Mr Fan Ndubuoke , the authority said :”
” In furtherance of the Ministry of Aviation’s calculated efforts to streamline the operations of the Private Jets Owners, a 90 days ultimatum have been given to them to come up with their operational preference.
“As earlier indicated, the 90 days ultimatum is one of the conditions, during which it is expected that all operators would have regularise their documentation to specify their choice of operation.
“However, during this moratorium, it is still subsisting that no private Jet owner will be allowed to surreptitiously convert his Jet for commercial purposes.”
At the end, it was agreed by all present at the meeting that any violator during the ultimatum and at expiry will be visited with much more stiffer penalties than earlier earmarked.
Police lay ambush for abductors of US missionary
The Kogi State Police Command says it has spread its dragnet towards ensuring that the kidnappers of the American missionary, Revd. Phyllis Sortor are arrested.
The eighty seven year old American missionary who was kidnapped two weeks ago from her school premises in Emiworo, in Ajaokuta LGA of Kogi State was freed by her abductors last Friday.
She was released around 8.30pm and later sighted at the Kogi State Police Command headquarters, Lokoja, around 11pm.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sola Collins Adebayo told our correspondent that the
command would track the kidnappers.
His words, “She has been handed over to the U.S embassy by the police. She’s safe and healthy. Meanwhile, the police maintained cordon of the area suspected to be her kidnapper’s hideout to ensure their arrest and adequate sanction”.
The Kogi State Commissioner of Police (CP), Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi said no ransom was paid to the kidnappers.
The eighty seven year old American missionary who was kidnapped two weeks ago from her school premises in Emiworo, in Ajaokuta LGA of Kogi State was freed by her abductors last Friday.
She was released around 8.30pm and later sighted at the Kogi State Police Command headquarters, Lokoja, around 11pm.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sola Collins Adebayo told our correspondent that the
command would track the kidnappers.
His words, “She has been handed over to the U.S embassy by the police. She’s safe and healthy. Meanwhile, the police maintained cordon of the area suspected to be her kidnapper’s hideout to ensure their arrest and adequate sanction”.
The Kogi State Commissioner of Police (CP), Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi said no ransom was paid to the kidnappers.
INEC extends collection of PVC by two weeks
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the country by additional two weeks.
Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu in a statement on Sunday said the collection will continue until March 22nd 2015, superseding the earlier deadline of March 08th 2015.
He said the latest extension offers the last opportunity for duly registered persons to collect their PVCs before the general elections scheduled for March 28th and April 11th, 2015.
He urged registered persons that are yet to collect their PVCs to use this last opportunity in doing so, in order to participate in the forthcoming general elections.
Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu in a statement on Sunday said the collection will continue until March 22nd 2015, superseding the earlier deadline of March 08th 2015.
He said the latest extension offers the last opportunity for duly registered persons to collect their PVCs before the general elections scheduled for March 28th and April 11th, 2015.
He urged registered persons that are yet to collect their PVCs to use this last opportunity in doing so, in order to participate in the forthcoming general elections.
Jonathan meets Mbeki, Abdusalami
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday met with a former South African President, Thabo Mbeki and a former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (Rtd.)
The closed-door meeting was held in the President’s official residence at the State House, Abuja.
Details of discussion at the meeting was unknown as none of them spoke with journalists at the end of the meeting.
No official statement has been issued concerning the meeting as at press time.
The closed-door meeting was held in the President’s official residence at the State House, Abuja.
Details of discussion at the meeting was unknown as none of them spoke with journalists at the end of the meeting.
No official statement has been issued concerning the meeting as at press time.
Hate speech: APC to file complaint against First Lady to ICC
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) will on Monday file a formal complaint against First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, for allegedly calling on PDP supporters to “stone” anyone who come to the state asking for change.
The letter of complaint signed by Rivers State Governor and Director General of APCPCO, Rotimi Amaechi, will be dispatched to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police (IG) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), among others.
According to Governor Amaechi, “Change, as the entire country must know by now, is the slogan of the APC – the rallying cry of a political party that wishes to bring hope of greater and better things to come for Nigeria and Nigerians. By her statement, Mrs. Jonathan was clearly calling on PDP supporters in Calabar to attack supporters and campaigners of the APC in the state.”
The APCPCO in a statement by its Director of Publicity Garba Shehu likened some of Mrs. Jonathan’s statements and conduct during this political campaign season, to those of Mrs Simone Gbagbo, wife of the former president of Cote D’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, prior to that country’s 2010 election.
The letter of complaint signed by Rivers State Governor and Director General of APCPCO, Rotimi Amaechi, will be dispatched to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police (IG) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), among others.
According to Governor Amaechi, “Change, as the entire country must know by now, is the slogan of the APC – the rallying cry of a political party that wishes to bring hope of greater and better things to come for Nigeria and Nigerians. By her statement, Mrs. Jonathan was clearly calling on PDP supporters in Calabar to attack supporters and campaigners of the APC in the state.”
The APCPCO in a statement by its Director of Publicity Garba Shehu likened some of Mrs. Jonathan’s statements and conduct during this political campaign season, to those of Mrs Simone Gbagbo, wife of the former president of Cote D’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, prior to that country’s 2010 election.
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