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Breaking: You didn’t Call Igbos Tribalistic When they Voted Obasanjo, Yaradua, Jonathan,Atiku, Buhari..But you Did when they Voted Peter Obi- Aisha Yusufu Blows Hot

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Nigerian Activist Aisha Yuufu has made her stand known concerning the recent tagging of Igbos as Tribalistic, she made this known via her verified Twitter account.. she said”Ojukwu ran for President and he didn’t have the full support of the South East region.

Even at the beginning of Peter Obi’s campaign many swore that the South East region will not even support him. He was pegged to win only Anambra if any.

Now the people of South East are being vilified and called tribalistic because they supported Peter Obi.
When they supported Obasanjo they weren’t tribalistic

When they supported YAR’ADUA they weren’t tribalistic

When they supported Jonathan they weren’t tribalistic!

When they supported Atiku they weren’t tribalistic!
It is when they supported the most competent who happened to be from their region they became tribalistic.

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I will perform better than Soludo if elected ANAMBRA governor –Chioma Ifemeludike

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The Governorship Candidate for AAC has yet again announced her ability to lead Anambra state as the governor of Anambra if elected in the forthcoming Anambra election on November 8

Despite being the only female candidate in the forthcoming Election, she speaks with boldness and courage. What do you think, Is Vacancy for her at the government house???

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Cross River community happy over access to water

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The people of Osusuokpor, a community in Ikom LGA of Cross River State, have expressed joy and gratitude at finally having an access to water.

The chairman of the community, Randy Njan, stated that they had neither pond nor stream from which to draw drinking water.

As a result, he said their women and children would always trek long distances to neighbouring Obubra LGA in search of water for drinking and general use.

He disclosed this when their representive (for Ikom I constituency) in the State House of Assembly, Samuel Neji Abang, commissioned a borehole in the community for their use.

The community chairman lamented that the authorities had scarcely remembered them, especially since the advent of democracy in 1999.

He expressed relief that the project has alleviated their suffering.

“We have never been remembered since 1999, but today we’re happy that water which is life has been given to us.

“In the past, women and children would travel long distances, often as far as the boundary between Ikom and Obubra, to access water, especially during dry seasons but with this project, that has become a thing of the past,” Njan said.

The water project is expected to improve the lives of the people of Osusuokpor community by providing them with access to clean drinking water and enhancing their overall well-being.

The representative assured the people that the community would soon witness significant development in line with the ‘people first’ mantra.

The Secretary of Ikom Council, Edo Owan, advised the community to guard the project jealously and protect it from vandalism.

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Afenifere Asks National Assembly To Begin Tinubu’s Impeachment Over Lagos-Calabar Highway Contract Violations

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The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called on the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Bola Tinubu over alleged conflict of interest in the award of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contract.

The Afenifere leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, expressed disappointment at Tinubu’s recent public declaration that the contractor handling the project, Gilbert Chagoury, was his partner during the inauguration of Kilometer, Phase 1, Section 1 of the coastal highway project.

“All President Tinubu is doing is building a road to his own Atlantic City,” Olaitan said in an interview with PUNCH.

“He openly said the contractor is his partner. That means he awarded a federal contract to himself.”

Olaitan questioned the rationale behind commissioning just a small portion of the highway, suggesting that the government may have no further intention of pursuing the full stretch of the coastal road once the portion leading to Atlantic City is completed.

“Why commission just four per cent of the road? That road leads straight to their private development. If that part is done, they may abandon the rest. This is a clear conflict of interest,” he insisted.

The Afenifere leader called on lawmakers to take action, saying, “The National Assembly must prove that it is not complicit. If they are truly independent, they must act now. We cannot condone this. This is not how to run a democracy. The president has admitted to a breach of public trust.”

“I am calling on the National Assembly to start the impeachment process now if they are a truly independent and vibrant national assembly and if they are not equally complicit. We can’t condone such a thing,” Olaitan added.

SaharaReporters reports that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway contract is being executed by Hitech Construction Company, a subsidiary of the Chagoury Group, which also spearheads the Eko Atlantic City project; an ambitious real estate development built on reclaimed land from the Atlantic Ocean.

President Tinubu, while inaugurating the project last Saturday, praised the Chagoury-led Hitech Construction Company for its work on the road, describing it as a “symbol of courage and commitment”.

“To the contractors and my partner in daring, it was tough for us… We came together to tame the Atlantic,” Tinubu said.

The project, valued at N15 trillion, spans 700 kilometers across nine coastal states, including Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River.

SaharaReporters had reported that the project Tinubu awarded to his associate’s Chagoury without any competitive bidding, and the contract was awarded on a single-source basis, contravening the Public Procurement Act and Environmental Impact Assessment Act.

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