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  • LG polls: Accord Party offers free forms to women, PwDs in Lagos

    LG polls: Accord Party offers free forms to women, PwDs in Lagos

    The Accord Party in Lagos State has announced free nomination forms for female aspirants and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in the July 12 local elections.

    The Chairman of Lagos State Accord Caretaker Executive Committee, Mr Dele Oladeji, disclosed this in the party’s Election Guidelines and Timetable, released on Sunday in Lagos.

    Oladeji said chairmanship and vice-chairmanship aspirants in this category would, however, pay a N100,000 administrative fee, while councillorship aspirants would pay N50,000.

    For male aspirants, the chairman stated that chairmanship and vice-chairmanship seekers would pay N500,000 for nomination forms and N100,000 in administrative fees.

    Male councillorship aspirants are required to pay N150,000 for nomination forms, alongside a N50,000 administrative fee, according to the chairman.

    Oladeji said: “Accord has made its ticket very affordable, as a considerate response to the severe economic challenges facing the state.

    “This is aimed at enhancing accessibility to governance and encouraging participatory democracy among ordinary Lagos residents, not just the wealthy elite.

    “In addition to affordable forms, Accord is offering free nomination forms to female aspirants, empowering women and supporting the 35 per cent Affirmative Action goal.”

    Highlighting the election timetable, Oladeji said purchase of nomination forms would run from April 19 to May 10 at the party’s state secretariat.

    He stated that submission of forms would close on May 10, with screening of aspirants scheduled for May 12 and party primaries on May 14.

    He added that the party’s Primary Tribunal Committee will sit on May 15, while any required rerun election would take place on May 17.

    Oladeji noted that all payments must be made to the party’s designated bank account, with receipts presented to the Accord State Treasurer for processing.

    He emphasised that Accord remains a key opposition party in Lagos State, with a proven record of successes in past LG/LCDA elections.

    “Join us to rekindle our winning tradition once more. We shall defend and deliver the people’s mandate,” Oladeji said.

  • Tribunal dismisses Accord Party’s petition against Gov. Okpebholo, APC

    Tribunal dismisses Accord Party’s petition against Gov. Okpebholo, APC

    The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Accord Party against the declaration of Gov. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election.

    Delivering judgment, the Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three-member tribunal held that Accord Party and its governorship candidate, Mr Bright Enabulele made weighty allegations but failed to defend them.

    The tribunal said that the petitioners failed to name a single perpetrator to substantiate their allegations of thuggery, stuffing of ballots, harassing and molesting voters.

    According to the tribunal, the two petitioners were so inconsistent in their claims with allegations of non compliance with the Electoral Act 2002 and calling for nullification of the election on one hand while seeking to be declared winners on the other hand.

    “On the other hand, they are seeking to be declared winners of the election they claimed to have been conducted without compliance with the Electoral Act.”

    The tribunal held that there was no meaningful evidence for it to act upon to nullify the election of Okpebholo and APC and subsequently dismissed the petition in its entirety.

    The tribunal thereafter affirmed the election of Okpebholo as being valid and conducted in compliance with the law.

    NAN reports that the tribunal had earlier dismissed the petition filed by Action Alliance (AA)also challenging the declaration of Okpebholo and the APC as winners of the Edo governorship election.

    The petition of AA was dismissed for being frivolous and lacking in merit.

    The tribunal is currently delivering judgment in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate Mr Asue Ighodalo also challenging the declaration of the APC and Okpebholo in the Edo governorship election of Sept. 21, 2024.

  • Shina Peller dumps Accord party, joins PDP in Oyo state

    Shina Peller dumps Accord party, joins PDP in Oyo state

    Shina Peller, the Oyo North senatorial candidate of Accord Party during the 2023 general elections, has joined the the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state.

    The event was held at Iseyin, the hometown of the former member of the House of Representatives.

    Recall that Peller represented Iseyin/ Itesiwaju/ Iwajowa/Kajola federal constituency between 2019 and 2023.

    The reception of Peller from Accord to PDP was witnessed by the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, represented by his Deputy, Abdulraheem Bayo Lawal.

    Makinde, while speaking, expressed confidence that the PDP remained strong and united in Oyo State and would win the forthcoming local government elections as a result of his government’s people-oriented programmes.

    He charged PDP members, especially in Oke-Ogun and Ogbomoso to support and welcome the defectors with a large heart, so that the party could continue to wax stronger, as according to him, there is enough room for everyone to operate.

    “I want to greet our party leaders and elders who are here at this event. Being progressive without power is zero but we want power in Iseyinland, Oke-Ogun, Ogbomoso and Oyo State in general.

    “This is why Shina Peller is joining the party that gives power to the people.

    “When you are looking for something within a particular place and you didn’t get it, won’t you leave the place and go to another place where you can find it?

    “I want to assure Peller that he and other followers won’t regret joining the PDP and a lot of benefits will come to them, undoubtedly,” he said.

  • Electricity: Nigerians can’t afford removal of another subsidy – Accord Party

    Electricity: Nigerians can’t afford removal of another subsidy – Accord Party

    The Accord Party has urged the Federal Government not to remove subsidy on electricity to avoid more hardship on the citizens.

    The Lagos State Chairman of the party, Mr Dele Oladeji on Thursday disclosed the removal of another subsidy would be much burden  on the masses.

    Oladeji said: “Nigerians cannot afford removal of another subsidy.

    “Nigerians are already hard-pressed, and should no longer be impoverished by taking electricity beyond their affordability.

    “The debt overhead can effectively be cleared if the Federal Government can block leakages and corruption.”

    The politician said that most Nigerians would not be able to cope with the cost of electricity without subsidy.

    “The planned removal will take electricity access and usage out of the reach and homes of 80 per cent Nigerians,” Oladeji said.

    The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said that it had become difficult to sustain subsidy on electricity due to increased debts.

    Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu said at a press conference in Abuja that Nigeria must begin to move toward a cost-effective tariff model.

    He  said that the country was  indebted to the tune of N1.3 trillion to electricity generating companies, while its debt to gas companies stood at $1.3 billion.

    Adelabu said that the proposed energy removal was aimed at effective energy administration.

  • Accord party gets new National Caretaker Committee

    Accord party gets new National Caretaker Committee

    The Accord party has elected Mr Maxwell Mgbudem as its National Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee for the next six months.

    Mgbudem was elected at the party National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja on Friday night, where the outgone Mohammed Nalado-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party was dissolved after serving out its tenure.

    Other members of the new caretaker committee include Adebukola Ajaja as National Secretary, and Yusuf Saulawa as National Treasurer.

    Also elected were Hassan Bello as National Financial Secretary, Ibe ThankGod as National Oganising Secretary, Omoregie Solomon as National Publicity Secretary, and Garba Mohammed as National Auditor.

    In his acceptance remarks, Mgbudem described his emergence as a bold struggle towards liberating the party.

    He pledged to work with everyone to reposition the party and the development of Nigeria.

    “A political party is the foundation for the nation’s democracy. Once you get it right the nation will be better for it.

    “Get the leadership of political parties right, get their managers to obey the rule of law and it will spread to the larger society.

    “When we have men and women that are conscious of the provisions of the constitution, desirous of making the political party work and for the rule of law to prevail, it will help the society.

    “Through the men of integrity and capacity so elected, we will be at the helms of affairs of the society.

    “The problem we are having today is that a lot of party leaders have commercialized politics. But today we want to tell the world that Accord is a party desirous of building the new cradle that will help in rebuilding the nation.

    “From today, the struggle has started and the work has begun. Our election is not to come and relax but to work to build a new Accord Part which will build the nation,” he said.

    Mgbudem charged leaders of the party at the state and ward levels to work together in reconciling aggrieved party members.

    He said that new leader of party would take the future elections, especially the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states very seriously.

    “This is not the time to relax or sleep, Accord must produce governors, members of the National Assembly, State Assemblies and even president,” Mgbudem said.

    Earlier in his remarks, the outgone National Chairman, Nalado, commended the party members and leaders for giving him the opportunity to serve the party over the years.

    Nalado said that during his tenure as the chairman of the party, he recorded numerous achievements, including election victories.

    This, according to him, made it impossible for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister Accord when it deregistered 74 other oarties in 2020.

    Nalado said that under his watch, Accord party also played a key role in the leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) at the national level, where he was elected national chairman of the council for two terms

    He promised that while he is out of office, he would be available to support the new leadership of the party to succeed.

    He pledged to continue to support the development of the party whenever he is called upon to do so.

    At the end of the elections, new members of the national committee took their oath of office.

  • Don’t remove discount on public transport, Accord Party tells Sanwo-Olu

    Don’t remove discount on public transport, Accord Party tells Sanwo-Olu

    The Accord Party in Lagos State on Saturday advised Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu not to carry out the planned removal of 25 per cent discount on public transport services in the state.

    The Lagos State Chairman of the party, Mr Dele Oladeji, made the plea in an interview in Lagos.

    Oladeji said that residents still find it difficult to survive the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy hence the need for government to sustain the public transport discount.

    He said that such palliative put in place by Sanwo-Olu in the wake of Federal Government’s removal of subsidy on fuel had gone a long way to alleviate suffering of masses.

    According to him, the initiative has lessened the pains of not only workers whose ‘take home could not take them home’ but also artisans, traders and ordinary residents.

    “It is our strong opinion that Gov. Sanwo-Olu will be unfair to Lagos residents to remove the meagre 25 per cent palliative discount on transportation on government own transportation systems like BRT, Lag ferry, and blue light rail.

    “In Accord, we reject the removal of this meagre 25 per cent palliative discount on transportation,” the chieftain said.

    He rather than removing the existing one, the governor should consider more palliatives in other sectors to make life abundant for all and sundry.

    “Governance is about security and welfare of the people. Those at the helms of affairs should be seen to be showing empathy on the masses at this time when men hearts are failing.

    “We are here again for the umpteenth time demand for more palliative discount for Lagos residents on health care, tuition fee in all tertiary institutions owned by Lagos state and on Eko rice.

    “This palliative is the only way Gov. Sanwo-Olu can prove his commitment to his T.H.E.M.E campaign template.

    “Campaign and elections are over, these are the times to put his words to action and not to abandon Lagos residents to ill fates,” he said.

    NAN reports that the Lagos State Government has said that it will end the 25 per cent discount on state-owned transport services on Sunday.

    In a statement on Friday, Kolawole Ojelabi, Head of Corporate Communication, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), said the state-owned transport services would return to 100 per cent fares on Monday.

    “The 25 per cent rebate on regulated public transport buses, ferry, and train ends on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.

    “From Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, transport fare on regulated transport services return to 100 per cent,” the statement read.

    On July 31, 2023, Sanwo-Olu announced a 50 per cent reduction in the fares charged by all state-owned transport services.

    Sanwo-Olu had said the move was part of the palliatives being rolled out by the state government to cushion the effects of the petrol subsidy removal and the attendant hike in the prices of commodities.

    The prices of petrol had soared after President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of petrol subsidy in his May 29, 2023 inauguration address.

     

  • We’ll keep Sanwo-Olu on his toes – Accord Party

    We’ll keep Sanwo-Olu on his toes – Accord Party

    The Accord Party in Lagos State on Tuesday felicitated Gov. Sanwo-Olu on his inauguration for a second tenure to govern the state.

    The Lagos State Chairman of the party, Mr Dele Oladeji, who congratulated Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat on the feat in a statement in Lagos, however, said that the party would keep the governor and his lieutenants on their toes.

    Oladeji urged Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat to walk their talks on the promised “New Rising Lagos State.”

    “The massive votes for the governor is a testimony and commendation of the last four years governance of the duo, as well as a certification that he stood shoulder high above every other candidates in the contest for the Lagos state governorship seat.

    “As Lagos residents, we pledge to always stand by and give all necessary support for the success of the people’s governor.

    “As as an opposition party, we will always keep Mr governor, his deputy, and other state government and local government functionaries on their toes,” he said.

    The chairman said that the step had become imperative to enhance best governance, people-centered socio-economic policies, welfare, and well-being as we as the prosperity of Lagos residents.

    “We admonish Mr governor to work assiduously towards increasing the average family wealth ratings of every Lagos resident.

    ”He must as well promote policies that will expand, grow amd strengthen the micro-economic indices in Lagos State, with a focus on micro trade , commerce, and cottage industries.

    “For a greater Lagos State, we will always stand,” Oladeji said.

    NAN reports that Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat were on Monday sworn-in for second term at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.

  • Why Accord party supported Makinde’s re-election – Shina Peller

    Why Accord party supported Makinde’s re-election – Shina Peller

    Mr. Shina Peller, Accord Party member, House of Representatives from Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Oyo State, says his party’s support for Gov. Seyi Makinde’s re-election during the last general election is in the interest of the people.

    Peller disclosed this on Saturday at the Accord stakeholders’ meeting held in Ibadan.

    Peller, the Accord Senatorial Candidate for Oyo North Senatorial District, had supported Makinde, the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    He said the party had to review its performance after the 2023 general election, which saw the need for a coalition with the PDP governorship candidate in the interest of the people.

    “We came out of an election without winning any of the three Senatorial seat and 14 Rep seats. We are a third force party, a new party for that matter..

    “We compete with APC and PDP, so the only thing we had to do then was to look for the best candidate out of the APC and PDP, and find a way of forming a coalition.

    “All the technicalities that have been put in front of our governorship candidate are facts, even our candidate did not win in his polling unit, these are very important facts that we must pay attention to,” he said.

    The lawmaker expressed happiness that his party were not blinded by political party ideology or religious sentiment, but putting into consideration the interest of the people.

    “We are happy that we are not blinded by our political party ideology, our religious interest, but putting into consideration the interest of the people.

    “I believe this is the most paramount interest that should be protected in the politics,” Peller said.

    Peller said that Makinde had done well for the people of Oke Ogun, by bringing developmental projects to the zone

    Also, Mrs Adebukola Ajaja, the National Secretary of the party, said that they have seen the future of the party, hence Makinde was supported for the re-election.

    ”We saw the future of Accord and felt we don’t want our people to suffer. There was a kind of coalition between executives and candidates at the just-concluded general election,” she said.

    Ajaja said that the meeting was attended by party leaders from each local government.

  • Accord’s Rivers Assembly candidate, Chukwudi Ogbonna kidnapped

    Accord’s Rivers Assembly candidate, Chukwudi Ogbonna kidnapped

    Gunmen have kidnapped the Accord candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chukwudi Ogbonna.

    Ogbonna, who was running for office in the rescheduled March 18th election was reportedly dragged out of his vehicle by gunmen on Monday night around the Rumuigbo area of Port Harcourt.

    A member of the Ogbonna family, Ifeaka Nwaka who’s a cousin to the candidate, confirmed the incident to journalists on Tuesday.

    Accord’s Rivers Assembly candidate, Chukwudi Ogbonna kidnapped

    Reacting to the incident, Police Public Relations Officer of the Command Grace Iringe-Koko said the police are aware of the situation.

    “The Commissioner of Police has ordered an investigation into the incident and the results will be made known in due course,” she said.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Rivers State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the Government of Rivers State inaugurated in 1979. It is a unicameral body with 32 members elected into 32 state constituencies.

    Rivers State House of Assembly Committees
    Public Accounts
    House Services
    Training & Information
    Finance
    Judiciary
    Local Government
    Works
    Women Affairs
    Commerce & Industry
    Agriculture
    Water resources
    Education
    Youth Employment & Empowerment
    Social Welfare & Rehabilitation/ Pilgrims Board SIEC Budget
    Commissions & Agencies
    Rules & Business Committee
    Public petitions
    Ethics & Privileges
    UBE
    Sustainable Development / Emergency Relief
    Transport
    Health
    Power
    Energy & Natural Resources
    Chieftaincy & Community Affairs
    Land, Housing & Urban Development
    Sports
    Environment
    Bills and Motions
    Employment

  • PDP’s Adebutu remains our governorship candidate, says Ogun Accord Party

    PDP’s Adebutu remains our governorship candidate, says Ogun Accord Party

    Accord Party in Ogun says there is no going back in the adoption of Mr Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its candidate for the March 18 governorship election.

    Alhaji Tajudeen Olayokun, the state Chairman of Accord Party, said this at a news conference held at the party’s secretariat, on Saturday in Abeokuta.

    Olayokun dispelled reports of the party joining forces with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state ahead of the governorship election.

    The Accord Party chairman explained that the party and its supporters remain cordial with Adebutu of PDP on his candidacy.

    “I am here this morning to address the issue of some miscreants and misguided elements flying news of calumny about our party in Ogun State toward supporting a political party and others.

    “I will like to bring it to the notice of the good people of Ogun state, that Ogun state Accord Party remains cordial with Ladi Adebutu of PDP on his candidacy come March 18 as our governorship candidate.

    “The news of Accord Party in the state pitching tent with APC should be thrashed and we hereby distance ourselves from such lies,” he said.

    Olayokun noted that the decision to support the PDP governorship candidate was because his ideology tallied with that of Accord Party in terms of capacity building, rural and infrastructure development, agriculture and security.

    “The party decided to throw its weight behind a reliable candidate with competence, character and goodwill in the interest of the people of the state.

    “Our members should disregard anything contrary. We don’t have anything to do with APC. We are happy that Adebutu, the governorship candidate of the PDP is trusted and share the same ideology with us,’’ he said.