Buhari heads to Qatar to attend UN confrence on least developed countries
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, leaves for the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) in Doha, the capital city of Qatar.
This follows an invitation by the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
The conference which is from 5th to 9th March, 2023 under the theme: “From Potential to Prosperity,” holds once in a decade and provides an opportunity to garner the support of the international community for accelerating sustainable development in the LDCs as well as assist them make progress towards achieving prosperity.
In Doha, President Buhari will reinforce Nigeria’s commitment to support the most vulnerable countries to meet their development challenges, highlighting areas through which the Nigerian government has provided them with various forms of assistance over time.
As most of these countries struggle to find sustainable solutions to challenges of poverty, adverse effects of climate change, food and energy crisis as well as high-debt burden among others, the Nigerian leader will also reiterate the need for sustainable solutions for countries facing these severe challenges.
The Summit will be attended by world leaders, the private sector, civil society and youth organisations. It aims to share developmental ideas and mobilize political will, solidarity, action and solutions to transform the LDCs, by finding sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty, food insecurity, hunger, weak or non-existent infrastructure, inadequate health facilities, climate change among others as they struggle to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
A statement by the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity garba shehu says President Buhari’s delegation includes some Ministers and top government officials who are expected to use the opportunity of the visit to sign some agreements and Memoranda of Understanding with the Qatari government.
The President is expected to return to the country on Wednesday, March 8
An accredited election observer, centre for transparency advocacy, CTA, has called on the independent national electoral commission INEC, to redeem its image during the March 11, 2023 elections.
Executive director of CTA, Faith Nwadishi made the call on Friday at a media briefing in Abuja, on the conduct of the 2023 presidential and national assembly elections.
She said the manipulations of the bimodal voter accreditation system, bvas, during the last election is unacceptable.
The Centre For transparency advocacy advised aggrieved politicians to seek redress in court , and called on Nigerians to continue in the quest for a new Nigeria where due process is followed.
Yoruba Global Council Congratulates Tinubu – Urges Him To Restructure Nigeria, Unite Ethnic Groups
Yoruba Global Council, YGC, on Thursday, urged the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his vice president-elect Senator Kashim Shettima to unite all the ethnic groups in the country, noting that the incoming administration must be impartial when allocating resources and appointments.
YGC, in a statement by its spokesperson and general secretary, Professor Lere Amusan and Prince Segun Akanni, respectively, advised aggrieved political parties to embrace the spirit of sportsmanship and be magnanimous in defeat, adding that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, conducted a free, fair and credible elections.
The statement reads: “YGC is a foremost and prestigious Yoruba Diaspora-based socio-cultural organization established to advance the course and interest of the Yoruba nation through the promotion of unity, mutual trust, trade liberalization, co-existence and interactions with other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria and the Diaspora. It is also committed to deepening democracy by fostering the ethos, values and healthy best practices of representative government in the South West and Nigeria in general. “The international body, whose core mandate is protecting the interest and advancing the course and aspiration of Yoruba sons and daughters – whether at home or Diaspora, uses this medium to felicitate with the former Senator (of the 3rd Republic), erstwhile Governor of Lagos State and the Presidential standard bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his emergence as the winner and President-elect following the extremely strenuous and keenly contested presidential election which held on February 25, 2023.
“There is no gainsaying the fact that your electoral triumph at the Saturday’s poll was a manifestation of your sheer diligence, top-notch stratagem, indefatigable focus and dogged commitment to reconstruct the chequerred history and narrative of the most populous Black nation on planet earth. This victory, though pyrrhic, attests to the fact that your partisan shrewdness and democratic tenacity are quite rare and incomparable to those of your contemporaries, adversaries, political desperados and fifth columnists.
“YGC is confident, without any infinitesimal skepticism, in your sterling leadership qualities of -competence, creativity, mutual-coexistence, innovativeness, courage, capability, discipline and tolerance of opposing views – all needed at this critical time to extricate our sinking ship from a state of doom and navigate it to a land of boom, pacifism and abundant prosperity. Mr. President-elect, we know you did it before, and we are cocksure you can do it again.
“However, the present contexts in the super-structure of the Nigerian milieu call for urgent and pragmatic interventions. As you are aware, the country needs unity and security, as recent developments and trends have depicted that certain ethnic nationalities are seriously agitating for being sequestered from the union. These age-long agitations have been exacerbated by deliberate alienation, marginalization and political ostracization of the agitated groups by the power-that-be at the centre across board. Hence, discontent, mutual suspicion and disillusionment have become the order of the day- no thanks to the questionable parameters deployed in allocating national resources among states and critical stakeholders of the federation.
To this end, we urge you as the next President to accord premium attention to the all-important issue of restructuring the federation along the lines of just and fair allocation of national resources, lack of lopsidedness in federal appointments, entrenchment of rule of law, independent of the judiciary, return autonomy to the 774 local government areas (as the third-tier of government and the nearest to the masses) and providing equal opportunity to all and sundry irrespective of sex, age, religion, ethnic affiliation or political leaning.
“Developing the home economy and leveraging foreign direct investment (FDI) are critical to our national economic revival and renaissance. But this will only remain a mirage if the current spate of national insecurity is not tackled head-on. We therefore urge you to expedite quick actions and programmes in line with your campaign slogan of ‘Renewed Hope’ to arrest the ugly phenomena of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of insecurity that have compelled international community to label our dear country as ‘unsafe haven.
“Moving forward Mr. President-elect, we implore you to constitute a government of national cohesion and unity by incorporating different critical segments of the country in your administration. An all-inclusive government will be applauded and appreciated across board especially now in order to douse the tensions associated with ethnic rivalry and religious intolerance or deliberate political marginalization of some sections of the federation.
“The 2023 presidential election may have been contested, lost and won, the frills, thrills and pains that typified the process will linger for some time. Many are aggrieved for losing, just as many are calling for the outright cancellation of the presidential poll, while some are raising fictitious alarm over alleged rigging.
“YGC, like the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said, advises all aggrieved political parties and their candidates to head for the court and seek redress as allowed by the Electoral Act. We however advise the aggrieved to embrace the spirit of sportsmanship and be magnanimous in defeat. “YGC also wishes to salute President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission for bequeathing Nigerians free, fair and credible elections. Professor Mahmud Yakubu, the INEC’s Chair, deserves a thunderous applause for standing firm and unperturbed throughout the collation and announcement processes in the face of disruptive and unscrupulous elements who were bent on scuttling the processes.
“We cannot but express our profound gratitude to all eligible Nigerian voters for coming out in their millions to exercise their franchise without trepidation. Indeed, they are the ultimate winner of the presidential elections as the President-elect and his cabinet is poised to stun them with myriad of pro-people policies and programmes that will holistically address the knotty issues of unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, corruption, insecurity and over all economic downturn. Once again, we heartily congratulate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our illustrious son, on this gigantic but pyrrhic electoral milestone. We hope and believe you will administer and leave Nigeria BETTER than you met it.”
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Supreme Court, in unanimous decision, as agreed by all Justices, rules that old naira,200,500 and 1000 Naira notes shall co-exist with new Naira Notes, and old notes shall continue to be legal tender until 31st dec 2023
A Total of 16 States have been appealing that the court allows the use of the old notes.
Some States had specifically challenged the pronouncement of President Buhari, allowing only N200 notes circulate, banning N500 and N1000 notes without the consent of the federal executive council and National economic council of state and other relevant bodies.
With this new Directive, it’s hoped that Nigerians will now have relief from the hardship they have been through over the past one month due to inability to access cash.
Many POS Operators had taken advantage of the development, charging exorbitantly for withdrawals.
JURISDICTION: On wether the Supreme court has Jurisdiction to hear the suit ;
The court held that it has the jurisdiction to entertain the matter on grounds that it’s a matter between the federation and the state according to section 232(1) 1999 Constitution.
The act of the president is the act of the federation as the president is not a sovereign being, having been elected by the constitution.
The Order given by President buhari was without reasonable notice to the general public and the consultation of the Federal Executive Council and the National Economic council and other relevant bodies involved.
The CBN can not make such orders without the orders of the President as whatever it says emanates from the president.
And since the Suit isn’t between banks but rather between the federation and states, the Suit is not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal High court.
This means the Apex court has every jurisdiction to hear the matter.
ON THE SUBSTANTIVE MATTER;
The Apex court held that the order made by the CBN should have been made after due consideration by the federal Executive Council and other relevant bodies.
The court held that the defendant dwelled on the notice given by a press statement issued by the CBN governor on October 26, 2022 which cannot be held as a valid notice given prior to the change of the Naira Notes.
The Court also held that the directive of the president is Invalid as prior notice should have been started when the new notes were made available as the three months notice cannot start when the currency was not in circulation.
The court also held that to change the Naira notes should have been through proper dialogue by relevant bodies and prior notice to the population and then the old notes are allowed to co-exist with the new ones for a period of one year.
The Apex court held that the presidents disobedience of the February 8 ruling is an act of dictatorship and line with autocracy.
President -Elect Bola Tinubu has moved to the defence house in Maitama ,Abuja where he will spend the next few months before moving into the Presidential Villa.
A Source close to the President-elect told news men that Tinubu has been at his private residence in Abuja where he was receiving guests, but will move to the defense house after his engagements on Thursday 2nd Of March 2023
By law, The President -Elect will be at the place and start receiving presidential briefings till when he will be sworn in as the President on May 29,2023.
The House also called “Safe House” was built by the regime of the former Military president, Ibrahim Babangida for use of Nigerians with presidential status.
Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election conducted last Saturday, defeating major contenders from the People’s democratic party PDP P, Labour Party and New Nigeria Peoples Party.
He defeated 17 other candidates who took part in the election and scored a total of 8,794,726 votes, meeting the first constitutional requirement to be declared the winner.
He also scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
The Presidential Candidate Of The Labour Party Peter Obi has expressed concerns that after 63 Years Of independence, Nigeria can not conduct a credible election.
Peter Obi is currently speaking at News Briefing in Abuja said he will challenge the rascality that characterizes the electoral process for the future of Nigeria
According to him any one who must be called His Excellency must go through an excellent Process
“If you must answer your Excellency, the process that brings you to office must be excellent”… Obi
“We will maximize all legal options to reclaim our mandate; we won the election”…Obi
He urged Supporters to be calm and go out next election to vote for the candidate of their Choice.
“All Obidients Must Remain Calm”…Obi
He noted that the future of Nigeria can not be built except we do the right thing and use the public resources for Public Good .
When asked about the possibility of a Unity Government, If approached by the winning Party,He clearified the fact that he was not against peace or Unity but that the foundation has to be right for meaningful progress
He assured Supporters that he will be available for them and committed to the struggle for a better Nigeria
“Even Though Atiku, Tinubu Are My Elder Brothers, I Have Not Called Tinubu; I Am Challenging The Process”…Obi
“Structure Of Criminality Can’t Go Out Over Night; We Will Fight The Rascality”…Obi
“You Cannot Build Peace On A Faulty Foundation”…Obi
The press conference is the first since the presidential election of Saturday 25th 2023
SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF LABOUR PARTY MR. PETER OBI TODAY 1ST OF MARCH 2023
FELLOW NIGERIANS.
At this point, I want to address everyone and all my followers and all humble obidatti that your efforts, prayers and votes are not in vain.
It’s obvious and clear that the level of manipulation of results this time is well seen with evidence of videos flying all over. I wish to say that this matter is still not over because lies can’t stand in this country for long. The truth is coming and it’s coming with facts.
Let all labour party voters and supporters be peaceful and be of a calm and prayerful spirit. God is preparing something behind the scene, something is cooking. In this country Nigeria, Peter Obi will be declared the winner and sworn in as the president of Nigeria.
Don’t let the current drama deceive you or make you feel that God doesn’t answer prayers, all are the trick of the Devil. The victory that is coming at last shall be glorious and shall shake the world…
The Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has called on residents in the State to remain calm and not take any action that will undermine security and lead to the destruction of properties.
This is communicated in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare in Benin City where he saluted people for their conduct during the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Nehikhare noted that the result of the election is unacceptable to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the party will duly seek redress through legal means as outlined in the Nigerian constitution to ensure that wrongs perpetuated in the electoral process are righted.
He called on residents to go about their daily activities and shun any acts of violence.
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