Tag: southern governors
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Primary: APC NWC issue warning signal to Southern presidential aspirants, says Lawan is still Buhari’s choice
The National Youth Leader of All Progressives Congress, Dayo Israel, has warned presidential aspirants and political leaders from the South against disunity. According to him, there is a danger for the Southern aspirants as the party holds its presidential primary today. Israel urged the aspirants to leverage the position of the Northern governors to shift…
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Atiku dares PDP southern govs, says zone presidency to southeast I will step down
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dared the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to zone the party’s presidential ticket to South East if it is serious about the issue of equity and fairness. Atiku also said he will step down his presidential ambition once other aspirants in the South concede the privilege of…
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2023: Discordant tunes from Southern governors – By Ehichioya Ezomon
2023: Discordant tunes from Southern governors – By Ehichioya Ezomon
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After Northern & Southern Governors Butting Of Heads: What Next?, By Magnus Onyibe
Hakeem Baba Ahmed , the petulant spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, literally threw gasoline into the fire already ignited by the southern governors Enugu declaration that the presidency must return to the south in 2023 based on the gentleman’s agreement entered into between northern and southern politicians during 1994/5 national conference. It is…
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2023: Ex-Kano Gov tells APC to zone Presidency to South, knocks southern governors for ‘gang up’
Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday said there is nothing wrong if a Nigerian from the southern region succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
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2023 presidency: Ohanaeze Ndigbo backs Southern Governors, says PDP will be dead forever if…
Apex Igbo sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that its attempts to zone the presidential ticket to the north will lead to its ugly end. Ohanaeze was reacting to the resolution by the Northern States Governors’ Forum with Northern Emirs and Chiefs on Monday in Kaduna which vehemently rejected the…
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[BREAKING] 2023: Northern governors reject zoning presidency to south, say agitation by southern colleagues unconstitutional
Governors of the 19 states in the North have opposed the call by their southern counterparts that the Presidency should be zoned to the South in 2023.
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Your anti-open grazing laws not implementable, El-Rufai blasts Southern Governors
Kaduna Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai has criticised the approach adopted by his southern colleagues in handling the open grazing crisis. He insisted that the anti-open grazing law being passed by some Southern States is not implementable. He also condemned the politicisation of the matter, saying that enactment of populist legislation by the States “is not…
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‘It is not working’; Nasarawa Governor opposes Southern colleagues on anti-open grazing law, gives reasons, alternatives
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has faulted the recent anti-open grazing policy adopted by some state governments in the country.
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VAT controversy: ‘It is coming at a very bad time’ Umahi appeals to southern colleagues to sheath swords
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has appealed to state governors to sheathe their swords as the dispute over who should collect Value Added Tax (VAT) between the state governments and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) persists. He believes if the FIRS is stripped of such responsibility, only a few states will be major beneficiaries…