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I laid foundation for free, fair election, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he was leaving behind the foundation of free and fair election that has produced the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Buhari stated this Thursday in Abuja at the launch of the Biography of the mother of Emir of Kano and Emir of Bichi, titled “Maryam Ado Bayero: A Woman of Royal Virtue”.

The book chronicles the life and times of Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero, Mai Babban Daki, mother of two First Class Emirs of Kano and Bichi, Alhaji Aminu and Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero.

Buhari who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, described late Maryam as an extraordinary mother full of compassion and love for all who came her way.

His words: “Mr President finishing his eight years term in office strong and well, leaving behind many legacies, which include the foundation of free and fair election that has produced the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

“It has also produced the legacy of achievements in the area of diversification of our economy, reforms of the petroleum industry and infrastructure. Few days ago, we saw him commission the second Niger Bridge, major parts of Kano-Abuja expressway as well as several roads and bridges. And, of course, he is finishing strong and well in pushing back the enemies of Nigeria through insurgency and other form of criminalities.”

Buhari further described the late Maryam as the embodiment of tradition and modernity, a thorough-bred royal who lived a life of a trailblazer, compassionate, human, generous and warm.

He added: “As a professor of political science and a student of history myself, I am yet to stumble on a more interesting personality such as my late elder sister, who in her life time had the good fortune of being the granddaughter of an emir, the 7th Emir of Ilorin; daughter of another emir (8th Emir of Ilorin) and wife to an outstanding revered Emir of Kano, late Ado Bayero and mother of two Emirs (Bichi and Kano). This should have entered the Guinness Book of Records. By virtue of this great piece of history by Ambassador Sani Hajo (author), we have captured and immortalised her life and works for future generation to rely on as a compass.”

Also, the Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, said the decision by the government of Kano state to immortalize the late Mai Babban Daki by supporting the book project was informed by its desire to inspire younger generations, particularly girls, to learn the lessons of life from a distinguished mother.

He said documenting the life of a distinguished mother was a service to history, knowledge and development, adding that “every part of her life is but a mirror for the present and future generations.

According to him, late Nana Maryam Ado Bayero has been recognized for her humility, generosity and unassuming, and despite her position, she lived a simple life worthy of emulation.

“The idea behind the book is in itself unique. It started as a discussion between the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and myself during the period of mourning of her departure, when he briefed me about her royal pedigree from the eminent scholar and leader, Sheikh Salihu al Alimi, the founder of modern Ilorin, through many emirs.

“The state government will also support the establishment of a foundation to continue with the good work she had been doing when she was alive which included the building of a Friday Mosque, an islamiyya school as well as sponsoring an annual Maulud at the Kano Emir’s Palace and Qur’anic Recitation Competitions. Therefore, as a step forward, proceeds from today’s launch will be directed to that foundation.”

Commenting on the life and time of the late Maryam, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi who described her as her mother, urged Nigerians women to train up their children properly for them to bring glory to their mothers.

He said: “Our late mother is a virtuous woman and I am proud to identify with her. I will urge Nigerian women to train their children so that one day they will bring glory to them.”

May 25, 2023
2023: CAN hails president Buhari for propagating free, fair polls

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna State Chapter, has praised president Buhari for insisting on a free and fair election come February 25, 2023.

The Christian body also hailed the president for the 10-day extension of the deadline for the old currency to lose its legal tender status by Mr President is a step in the right direction.

Rev. John Joseph Hayab, Kaduna State CAN chairman, in a statement said, “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna State Chapter wishes to salute President Buhari for insisting that the 2023 elections must be free and devoid of vote buying. We also like to thank the President for the 10 days extension of the deadline for the old currency to lose its legal tender status.”

CAN added that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should endeavour to make new notes circulate to supress the suffering already being experienced by Nigerians.

He explained that the citizenry is prepared to support the President on the matter of the deadline, especially if it would assist to ease the tension in the country, no matter what the temporary pains Nigerians may face.

He noted that bank managers should be investigated if found to be hoarding the new naira note to create artificial scarcity and help money-bag politicians to get the new notes.

CAN noted that the president should try and fix the fuel scarcity issues before election day.

February 5, 2023
Essay writing help: Should it be free or paid?

We have to admit, it’s tempting to answer—“yes, it should be paid”—from the very beginning of our conversation, but it won’t be completely true without closer research. We invite you to follow our unusual article and review some more controversial positions on this topic. There are too many interested participants from different sides, as if you take a helicopter view of a problem, you’ll see more actors on the field than a student and a writer.

Let’s see who are they and what their motivations are, as if it will be a role play:

Student: a poor guy from college with tons of essay assignments that need to be done by tomorrow, who’s not so good at writing, but wants to reach their personal goal of studying. He thinks that the “true life” will begin after graduation.

Writer: a happy fellow who writes well in English and 2 other languages, sometimes it might be an expert who works for an online writing company, also, can be a close friend of a Student. He likes LOTR, Hemingway, and European vacancies.

Mentor: a person who always finds mistakes in the Student’s essays and checks each academic paper to be custom and personalized. He knows how to write, but prefers to transfer his knowledge to you with a strict review of the assignment, putting grades and avoiding any other explanations. Teachers’ duty is tough, they say.

You see, we’re joking a little, but these personas are surely well-known to you. So let’s jump right into what each of them will tell you about the price of any written help.

Essay writing help should or shouldn’t be free:
Student, Mentor, and Writer answer

Let’s hear what each of the personas can answer regarding this question. The Writer says:

– Nothing is free in this world, so how can intellectual work, our writing assistance, be free? We’ve studied hard to train these skills, and now we are ready to pass them on to other people. Not all writers are natural-born bestsellers’ manufacturers, a lot of us are specialized in simple formats and are extremely well-versed in professional disciplines, so writing for students is honest work. As others write for politics and media, we have our right to be paid accordingly for our skills and intellectual resources. The honest writers work for professional writing services like CustomWritings.com and have all their actions transparent. We want to help our students to study faster and more efficiently, dealing with all the blank spaces in their knowledge.

That’s interesting, let’s see what our Student can say on the topic:

– We’d like to get help with our tasks and would be grateful to see prices as cheap as possible. But practically, we also know that anything that is claimed as free was used tens of times before us. Moreover, that free stuff we find online, even on the websites of respectful companies, is typically easily tracked by mentors, and we’ll get into big trouble with it. No matter, if you’re a student from the USA, UK, or other countries, using papers of poor quality, leads to an even bigger problem than writing an essay alone.

And the last person on stage, the Mentor:

– Well, well, well… What do we have here? My profession is the only way of providing essay writing help openly, and it’s well paid! Why should it be free? But if you’ll use any other sources of essay assistance, I won’t let it go so easily! You have to create your papers all by yourself, from scratch, so I can evaluate solely your work, not created by your fellow or downloaded from the website.

Our advice: How our actors can come to an agreement

Each person is right from their personal perspective. Each person wants to do their job and get paid well, complete their tasks and do what they can do best. The trick is that in reality, everything is self-regulated in most cases.

As a student, you can buy an essay, and nobody will come into your house and ask you to go to jail. You can become a customer for tens of top essay writing services, but it won’t help you deal with your tasks. You can place an order for a service, but it won’t transfer the knowledge into your head. As we can see, the essay help is worth the money, but the main assistance you, as a student, have to provide to yourself alone. Take these essays, study them from the first to the last words and find a clue why it’s so well-versed to write your own great essay.

As a writer, you’ll have to write constantly to become a truly well-known author and help people with what you write. Find your niche, collect reviews on your work, and one day your original texts will make you famous in the sphere you choose. But remember that the market will have its own rules of play, and you have to be ready to be flexible with topics and industries where you can be useful.

As a mentor, you have to understand modern students. They study in times of coronavirus, wars, constant changes, deadly challenges, and technologies that are emerging faster than we can learn to control them. So that’s natural for your students to find more optimized ways of studying and answering the requests of all your colleagues in the shortest possible time. Remember that the knowledge and skills are what you have to check, not only commas and structures.

If a Student uses the work of the Writer for the purpose of studying, the Mentor has nothing to worry about, as the progress in knowledge and skill will be obvious. This progress in personal characteristics is the end product that the Student is paying for in the end.

Conclusion

How do you like this sneak-peaking or role modeling in this case? We’re happy that we could offer you a chance to look at one problem from different angles. Try to apply this method to different situations, and you’ll see how many insights you can get from it in literally any sphere of your life.

Most of the problems with the educational process are typically based on human communication and if you’re a participant in it, try to minimize the chances to light up a conflict. If you decide to pay for additional assistance with your essays, find reliable helpers and pay for truly personalized essay help services and guarantees that totally exclude any risks for you. This will give you the base for studying and making your teachers happy with the results of your personal work. As that’s exactly what they want from you.

May 5, 2022
Anambra Election will be Free and Fair, not Written

1. The Anambra State Government is in possession of intelligence reports showing that people are preparing to protest in the streets of the state in large numbers against plans to rig the November 6 gubernatorial election by a particular political party relying on what it calls the Federal Might, despite its near absence in the state. The intelligence reports indicate that the party claims that the result of the election will be “written”, that is, in the comfort of the home of one of the supposed candidates in the election, regardless of how the people of Anambra State vote and who they want to lead them from March, 2022.

2. Many believe that there may be a modicum of truth in the claims of advanced plans to deny the people of Anambra State their right to choose their governor because of the antecedents of a particular member of the party who is presumed to be the candidate of the party. He has right from the 2003 general election been enmeshed with the most brazen of rigged elections in the state, sometimes winning more votes than were registered for an election. How he emerged as the party’s candidate as recently as last June has been a huge embarrassment to the Nigerian people and remains his albatross.

3. In spite of all this, we advise our people to disregard the claims of this political party and its members, particularly its assumed candidate in the election, that the rigging of the forthcoming election in our dear state is a fait accompli or a foregone conclusion. This is a propaganda stunt.

4. They have been using the propaganda stunt to intimidate ndi Anambra in the last couple of years, but it has always failed them. The Anambra State of 2021 is totally different from the Anambra State of 2003 or 2007. The rigging plans cannot work this time. The people of Anambra State, supported by their Government, are ever ready to protect their state and its impressive progress of the last few years, rather than allow soldiers of fortune and buccaneers to toy with its destiny once again.

5. The November 6 vote will be free, fair and transparent. This will be in conformity with the tradition of free polls which have come to define Anambra State political culture in recent times. The 2017 governorship poll and the 2019 general election in the state were the freest in the country.

6. Anambra people remember in particular that the same party and its supporters threatened the use of the so-called Federal Might in the November 17 2017 gubernatorial vote in the state, but the result turned out to be a true reflection of the voting pattern of the people. Even in Edo State, the same threat was made the main issue in the campaign for the 2018 gubernatorial vote, yet the propagandists lost clearly in the free and fair election. There is no compelling reason why the situation can be different this time in Anambra State.

7. We trust the integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari who has consistently assured the nation that free, fair, transparent elections will be one of his major legacies in the country. We have no reason to doubt him, despite the unconscionable behavior of some people in his party.

8. The Anambra State Government has been working closely with such bodies as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Security to ensure a free and fair election on November 6. We are convinced that the relevant bodies are working in the public interest.

9. We, therefore, advise ndi Anambra to countenance the propaganda that the rigging of the forthcoming election with the aid of the Federal Might is a foregone conclusion. Our people are implored not to carry out the protests planned throughout Anambra State which may be hijacked by violent elements. These are trying times in the country.

10. The political party which presents the best candidate who will work assiduously for a greater Anambra State will certainly win the November 6 gubernatorial election. God bless Anambra State, the Light of the Nation.

Signed

C. Don Adinuba

Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment.

September 2, 2021
JUST IN: Ekiti election free, fair, INEC witnesses tell tribunal

A Deputy Director with the Independent National Electoral Commission, Sylvester Aigbogun, on Tuesday told the Ekiti Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the FCT High Court, Apo, that the July 14 governorship election in the state was free and fair.

Aigbogun, who was the Electoral Officer for Ikole Local Government Area of the state during the election, stated this while testifying for the electoral body in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the election, Prof. Olusola Kolapo.

The petitioners dragged INEC, the All Progressives Congress and Governor Kayode Fayemi, the winner of the election in contention, as respondents before the tribunal.

The petitioners are challenging the declaration of Fayemi as the winner of the election by the first respondents, INEC.

Aigbogun, while being cross examined by counsel for APC, Yomi Aliyu, SAN, stated that his assertion that the election was free and fair was based on what he saw while visiting some polling units in the local government during the election, as well as what was presented to him from various units and wards.

“The election was free and fair. This was based on what I saw and what was presented to me.

“PDP and its candidate, Prof. Kolapo, did not make any complaint to me on the conduct of the election in my local government.”

While answering question from R. O. Balogun (SAN), counsel for Governor Fayemi, the witness stated that APC won in Ikole LGA without any hitches, with a total of 14,522 votes, as against PDP’s 13,961.

He asserted that the election was conducted substantially in line with the Electoral Act and the manual for the election issued by INEC earlier tendered and admitted as Exhibit RA9.

The witness stated that he did not see any presiding officer or other persons deliberately voiding ballot papers during his visit to some polling units in the course of the election.

Aigbogun told the tribunal, under cross examination by the counsel for the petitioners, Adebayo Adelodun SAN, that entries on Form EC8A had to tally with those on the pink copy issued to agents of parties at polling units.

According to him, wherever an alteration in the entries was not initialed by either the presiding officers or collation officers, there was no way he could know that such was an honest mistake.

Another witness, Akinyemi Shamsudeen, who was the Electoral Officer for Ido-Osi LGA, informed that he did not receive any complaints from the petitioners in his local government on the conduct of the election.

He informed that the ad hoc staff deployed in the election were trained to initial any mistakes made, adding that when they failed to initial such mistakes and there was no complaint from anybody, “I would take it as an honest mistake.”

Akinyemi stated that there was no report from PDP that there was no compliance with procedural steps as contained in Exhibit RA9.

While being cross examined by the petitioners’ counsel, the witness stated that a void ballot could not be caused by deliberate action, declaring that, “I am not familiar with the word ‘voided’ as far as our work is concerned.”

Dada Emmanuel, the Electoral Officer for Ilejemeje LGA, said there was no protests from any agents of parties in the local government, adding that none of the presiding officers who worked under him reported any problems to him.

He also said that there was no complaint from the petitioners about the conduct of the election in Ilejemeje LGA, declaring that Exhibit RA8 tendered by INEC was the true result of the July 14 election from his local government.

Emmanuel, told the tribunal during cross examined by the petitioners’ counsel that void ballot could be as a result of deliberate action, though he said voided ballots were not deliberately done by INEC officials.

Another witness, Kayode Bamidele, the Electoral Officer for Ikere LGA, told the tribunal that there were no irregularities in the election as complained by the petitioners.

He stated that he would be surprised “if anyone says INEC officials deliberately voided ballot papers and thumb printed ballot papers”.

Meanwhile, INEC, through its counsel, Charles Uwensuyi-Edosomwan SAN, tendered in evidence the certified true copy of the certificate of return it issued to Governor Fayemi after the election.

While counsel for the other respondents did not oppose its admissibility, Adelodun said the petitioners had issue with its certification and would address it later.

The document was admitted by the tribunal and marked as Exhibit RA10.

The chairman of the tribunal, Justice Suleiman Belgore, later adjourned to Wednesday at the instance of the first respondent.

November 6, 2018