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NORTHERN MEN/WOMEN IN IMO EXCITED FOR THE RE-APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION OF ALHAJI SULEIMAN IBRAHIM, HAJIA FATIMA HAMZA

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*_COMMEND GOV HOPE UZODIMMA FOR HIS LEADERSHIP OF INCLUSION AND PAN-NIGERIAN GOVERNANCE STYLE:_*

Isaac Wambe Reports.

The leadership and membership of Northern Men & Women (NM&W) in Imo State are excited with the re-appointment and promotion of the duo of Hon Alhaji Suleiman Ibrahim and Hon Hajia Fatima Hamza in the Imo State Expanded Executive Council. Both made it to the just released appointment list of Gov Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as his Special Advisers on Northern Men Affairs and Northern Women Affairs respectively.

The group in her maiden Press Conference in Owerri, Imo State Capital, commended the Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Dist Sen Hope Uzodimma (CON) for his exemplary Pan-Nigerian disposition towards inclusive governance and egalitarianism.

The Coordinators, Alh Bashir Mohammed (Men) and Hajia Rikiya Waziri (Women) were full of praises towards Gov Hope Uzodimma for rewarding loyalty. Alhaji Suleiman Ibrahim and Hon Hajia Fatima Hamza really showed enormous capacities in their mobilization for the Governor’s reelection.

The two Coordinators were thankful for the Governor’s exceptional goodwill which has manifested in various ways towards the Northerners in Imo State.

They particularly eulogized the Governor’s level of religious tolerance, particularly for the feat of sponsoring Muslim Umma to Mecca, first last year and again this year.

“Northerners have never had it this fair with any Governor in all of the Eastern Region. No! We are made to freely associate, socialize and even become integral members of the State’s Expanded Executive Council.

In the Gov’s first tenure, we had up to three appointees in the Government of Imo State. Today, we have our foremost leaders, Hon Alhaji Suleiman Ibrahim and Hon Hajia Fatima Hamza reappointed and even elevated in their positions from Senior Special Assistants to Special Advisers.

We can’t thank the Governor enough. We are really happy that our support for Gov Hope Uzodimma has really yielded positive rewards to our Community”, Alh Bashir Mohammed enthused.

“May Allah continue to protect, envision, direct and sustain our Governor. We must now let the entire Northern State Governments and our leaders that in Gov Hope Uzodimma, the North has a Pan-Nigerian leader. Wallahi, Hausas in Imo are happy and well cartered for by Gov Hope Uzodimma”, Hajia Rikiya Waziri said.

On 21st day of June, 2024, the Imo State Government of Shared Prosperity announced a list of 55 Special Advisers and 10 Senior Special Assistants.

The duo of Alhaji Suleiman Ibrahim and Hon Hajia Fatima Hamza thanked Allah for Gov Hope Uzodimma and his humane kind of governance.

“How else do we have to show the Governor the high level of gratitude we have towards the him and his Government than continuing to support the good works of the Governor and also contributing our quota towards the peace and development of Imo State”, Hon Suleiman Ibrahim quipped.

On her own feelings towards her re-appointment and promotion, Hon Hajia Fatima Hamza said; “On behalf of our Northern Women in Imo State, I want to specially appreciate the continuing favourable disposition of my Principal, His Excellency Dist Sen Hope Uzodimma towards us in this State.

We are grateful to the Secretary to the Government of Imo State (SGI), Hon Chief Cosmas Iwu for always being in touch with our Community and ensuring that the Governor’s enormous goodwill towards us gets to us.

We are blessed to have a father in our Traditional Ruler, Sarki Hausawa, HRH Alh Awwal Baba Sule. His meticulous mediatory leadership is invaluable. May Allah continue to bless and reward our Governor and his Government.”.

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Kenneth Okonkwo dumps Labour Party

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By Henry Oduah

Actor-turned-politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has announced his resignation from the Labour Party effective February 25, 2025.

Okonkwo said on Tuesday in a lengthy post on X that his decision to resign from the party was because the party is “non-existent as presently constituted.”

He wrote, “In the Constitution of Labour Party, the tenure of the ward, local government, and state party executives is three years (See Article 15(2)(3)(4) of the Labour Party Constitution). Having conducted no congresses at these levels within the constitutionally allowed tenure of the executives, their regimes have effectively expired.

“The former National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, and his former National Working Committee, having conducted no national convention known to law, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the courts having held that the issue of the leadership of a political party is the internal affair of a political party for which the courts do not have the jurisdiction to entertain, there’s no effective leadership of Labour Party at the national level.

“The Senator Nenadi Usman-led Caretaker Committee, which was duly and legally set up by the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Labour Party, after the non-recognition of Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) by INEC, and was given six months to conduct congresses and the convention, was the only viable option towards salvaging the Labour Party.

“Unfortunately, Abure and his colleagues, with the collaboration of outside forces, expectedly, being political jobbers, launched unnecessary legal challenges against this Caretaker Committee that have inhibited it from functioning.”

Okonkwo, also a lawyer, said that if Abure was interested in the emergence of a southern candidate in Labour Party to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, he would cede the position of national chairman to the north.

“Since the party is non-existent as presently constituted, I am constrained to resign my membership of the party to all Nigerians of goodwill who supported us when we needed them most and to pledge my continued loyalty to the Nigerian people in all I will decide to do in my political future,” Okonkwo added.

“This resignation takes effect from the 25th of February, 2025, which marks the second anniversary of the presidential election of 2023, after which I will be at liberty to join other well meaning, and like minded Nigerians in charting a great future of good governance for this great country blessed by God.”

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Kogi Assembly Speaker declares Dekina/Okura State Constituency seat vacant

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The Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Aliyu Umar Yusuf, has declared vacant the seat for Dekina/Okura State Constituency in the current eight Assembly.

This is sequel to the death of the Deputy Speaker and member representing Dekina/Okura State Constituency, Enema Paul.

Ekwutosblog recalls that Enema Paul, who died on 14 December 2024 at a private hospital in Abuja, had since been buried according to Christian rite.

Speaking during plenary on Tuesday, Yusuf noted that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria gives him the power to declare the seat vacant following the demise of the former Deputy Speaker.

“By the power conferred on me as the Speaker of the eight Assembly, I hereby declare the seat for Dekina/Okura State Constituency vacant so that the people can have a representation in this hallow chamber,” he stated.

The Speaker directed the Clerk of the House to communicate the development to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, so that a bye-election can be conducted for Dekina/Okura State Constituency.

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PDP federal lawmaker defects to APC

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A member of the House of Representatives, Amos Gwamna Magaji, has left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Magaji, who represents Java/Zango Kataf Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, cited internal conflicts within the PDP as his reason for switching parties.

Magaji, a two-term lawmaker, serves as Chairman of the House Committee on Health Care Services and leads the Kaduna caucus in the House.

He is also the Deputy Chairman of the Special Ad-hoc Committee on Restructuring Government Agencies, which is reviewing the Stephen Oronsaye report.

Amos Gwamna Magaji

Over the years, he has been involved in committees handling defense, police affairs, constitution review, and other key legislative matters.

This marks the third defection of a PDP member to the APC since the inauguration of the 10th Assembly, following Chris Nkwonta and Eriatheke Ibori-Suenu.

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