Impeachment threat: NASS is engaging in ‘hungry throat politics’ - Auchi chief

Alhaji Usman Abudah, the Dan’iya of Auchi kingdom,
has said that NASS’ impeachment threat against Buhari
is nothing short of hungry throat politics
- He also chided the lawmakers for their stance
towards the president’s purchase of 12 Tucano
aircraft; asking them if they wanted Buhari to pick up
his uniform and march into war
- According to Abudah, appearing in well-starched
outfits is not a sincere demonstration of showing
concern for the safety of the nation
The Dan’iya of Auchi kingdom, Edo state, Alhaji
Usman Abudah, has described the National
Assembly’s impeachment threat against
President Muhammadu Buhari as an act of
“hungry throat politics”.
In a chat with newsmen in Benin, Abudah said
the resolution was a “package of idle
representatives of the Nigerian citizenry,” The
Nation reports.
NAIJ.com gathers that he said the lawmakers had
exposed their nonchalant attitude towards the
welfare of Nigerians, by their disposition towards
the purchase of 12 Tucano aircraft to enable the
Nigerian military fight the Boko Haram
insurgency.


He stated: “Mr President is supervising all the security
agencies involved in the war against Boko Haram and is
providing the needed weaponry. One is at a loss as to what
the legislators want Mr President to do - to go and pick up
his soldiering uniforms and march to war?
“I want to believe that our politicians should realize their
functions and those of the commander in-chief, pertaining
to the safety of this nation. Were it in developed countries,
the Senate president ought to have stepped down from his
position until the cases he is being tried for are concluded.
“While I am not advocating for sanity to be put into place
through military coup, I responsibly request our elected
representatives to behave by not threatening President
Muhammadu Buhari with impeachment even when
themselves are not behaving better.
“Intimidating President Buhari with those resolutions is
nothing short of hungry throat politics. Appearing in well-
starched outfits is not a sincere demonstration of showing
concern for the safety of the nation."

Meanwhile, adegokblog .com previously reported that the
National Assembly was lauded by the Oodua
People’s Congress (OPC) , for its joint resolution
on Tuesday, June 5, to sanction President
Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement, the group’s founder, Frederick
Fasehun said the move was a commendable step
to protect Nigeria’s democracy and check it’s
slide into totalitarianism. He added that it was
long overdue.

Senators erupt in laughter as ‘transmission’ is mentioned in Buhari’s letter

A letter from President Muhammadu Buhari which
was read during the Senate’s plenary on Wednesday,
June 6, led to mild drama in the red chamber.
The letter on an executive bill, which was read
out by Senate president Bukola Saraki evoked
laughter from senators because of the mention of
“transmission” in its title, Punch reports.

adegokblog .com gathers that it was titled, Transmission
of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin
Production Sharing Contracts Amendment Bill
2018.
Upon reading the title, the Senate president also
burst into laughter, before saying, “ let me start
again .”
The president’s letter read: “I forward herewith a
draft Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing
Contracts Amendment Bill 2018 for the kind consideration
and passage by the Senate of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, while hoping that the bill will receive the usual
expeditious consideration and passage by the distinguished
Senate.”


Recall that adegokblog.com previously reported that a
video of the inspector-general of Police, Ibrahim
Idris, purportedly struggling to read, surfaced
online.
The incident reportedly occurred on Monday,
May 14, when the Police chief visited Kano to
commission the Police Technical Intelligenc

Buhari is plotting to arrest me on false charges - Obasanjo alleges

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged
that there is a plot by the President Muhammadu
Buhari administration to detain him indefinitely based
on false charges.
Premium Times reports that Obasanjo in a
statement by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi,
on Friday, June 8, claimed that the government
was planning to use fake documents and
witnesses against him.
The former president said the plot against him
would unfold in two stages among which is to
cause the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to reopen investigation into
the activities of his administration.
He alleged that the Buhari administration was
also planning to use fake documents and
witnesses against him.


Obasanjo linked the alleged plot against him to
the re-enactment of the Abacha era in which he
was detained on false charges.
He claimed that he had been informed that his
name was on the government’s watch list, and
that the security of his life cannot be guaranteed.
The former president, however, stated no
amount of campaign of calumny or orchestrated
plot against him would deter him from speaking
out.
The statement reads: " Since Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
declared in his State-of-the-Nation Special Statement on
January 23, 2018, the desperation to frustrate, intimidate
and blackmail him into abandoning his divine mandate to
protect the rights of the people to better life and living
continued unabated and has even taken a bizarre dimension
‘"Impeccable security sources have alleged Chief Obasanjo’s
name is on their Watch List and that the security of his life
cannot be guaranteed. According to these informants, many
of who are in the top echelon of the Nation’s security
management and close to the corridors of power, the
operatives are daily perfecting how to curtail the personal
liberties of the former President and hang a crime on him’.
"Ordinarily, we would not have dignified these reports with
a response but for the fact that many of these informants
are not known for flippant and frivolous talks. Secondly,
this Government has demonstrably exhibited apathy, and in
some cases, encouraged by its conduct, daily loss of lives
and property in many States of the country, the office
cannot be indifferent.
“We are currently in a nation where the Number Three
citizen is currently being harangued and the Number Four
citizen is facing similar threat within the same Government
they serve. There is a groundswell of our nationals that live
in fear that they could be hounded, harassed, or even killed
as the battle for 2019 takes this worrisome dimension.
“For Chief Obasanjo, this is a joke carried too far and being
someone who do not act on unofficial information, he had
cautioned all informants and adopted a wait-and-see
attitude to the propositions allegedly being contemplated to
cow, cage and embarrass him.
“The content of the alleged beastly designs, it was learnt are
two-fold for now. One, to seize his International Passport
and clamp him into detention indefinitely, in order to
prevent him from further expressing angst on the pervasive
mediocrity in the quality of governance, economic
management and in the protection of lives and property by
the Government.
“But, since that could expose the Government to a swath of
international condemnation, embarrassment and outrage, it
is said that another plot being hatched is to cause the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to re-
open investigation into the activities of Chief Obasanjo’s
administration using false witnesses and documents. This
will be a re-enactment of the Abacha era in which Chief
Obasanjo was one of the principal victims’.


‘The same EFCC that had conducted a clinical investigation
on the activities of Obasanjo in and out of Government, it
was said, would now be made to stand down the existing
report that gave Chief Obasanjo a clean bill of health on the
probes are now to get him indicted, fair or foul for possible
prosecution and persecution like it is being done to real and
perceived opponents, enemies and critics of this
Government’.
"Dissent is a fundamental principle on which liberal
democracy is predicated. A true democrat must be ready to
live with and accommodate dissent and opposition. While it
is regrettable how the Government has sunk in its
shameless desperation to cow opposition, a resort to
blackmail, despotism and Gestapo-tactics being employed
by the goons of this Government would not hold water. And
no government ever remains in power forever.
"For the record, Chief Obasanjo reiterates his readiness to
face probe again after that of the House of Representatives,
the Senate, the ICPC, and the EFCC, but before an
independent, objective and credible panel of enquiry to
account for his stewardship in Government and beyond’.
"Chief Obasanjo reiterates that he has taken a principled
position to ensure that the ship of the Nigerian State does
not capsize and he remains steadfast in his resolve to turn
the tide of maladministration, poor economic management
and rudderless governance model that has tore Nigerians
apart on account of religion and ethnicity which is a great
threat to our democracy’.
"We would like the Government and its supporters to
understand that no amount of campaign of calumny, no
matter how well contrived, orchestrated or marketed would
deter Chief Obasanjo from calling a spade by its name. Chief
Obasanjo is a patriot whose sole agenda is to ensure that
the country’s unity, progress and democracy are not
negotiated on the altar of incompetence and provincialism
and mediocrity.
"It is important to point out that Chief Obasanjo is one
former President and Head of State who has engaged the
current administration privately and in a bilateral manner
on several issues of direct interest to the government and
other matters of national concern. That channel of private
engagement remains open and continues.
"However, should there be the need for public engagement,
the right to free speech will always be exercised and
jealously guarded, again in the best interest of Nigeria and
the government.”
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari’s
personal assistant on social media, Lauretta
Onochie, has mocked former president, Olusegun
Obasanjo, sequel to the presidential honour
conferred on late MKO Abiola.
Onochie in a tweet on Thursday, June 7, pictured
Obasanjo writing another letter to the president
following the honour bestowed on MKO Abiola.
The former president has been criticised for
failing to honour late Chief Moshood Kashimawo
Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12,
1993, presidential election in Nigeria.
However, President Buhari took Nigerians by
surprise when he declared that June 12 be
observed as Democracy Day in Nigeria as against
May 29.

NASS lacks power to pass vote of no confidence - AGF Malami

Abubakar Malami said the National Assembly has no
power to pass vote of no confidence on IGP Ibrahim
Idris
- Malami said the fundamental functions of the
legislature is lawmaking
- The Senate spokesperson has however disagreed
with Malami
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF)
and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has
said the National Assembly does not have the
legal power to pass a vote of no confidence on
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris.
Malami made the statement while speaking on a
programme on Channels TV on June 6.
He said: “Within the purview of the constitution, if you
look at Section 4 of the constitution alongside Section 88 of
the constitution, I think the fundamental functions of the
legislature is lawmaking within the context and spirit of
Section 4 of the constitution and two, is oversight.

"The oversight function is not open-ended in all sincerity.
Within the context of the workings of the ministries,
departments and agencies, the major responsibility of the
National Assembly is exposing corruption. That is the
bottom line.
“I cannot in all sincerity come to terms with the reality of
the declaration of the vote of no confidence against the IG,
to situate it within the context of the lawmaking
responsibility of the national assembly and within the
context of exposing corruption.”
Disagreeing with the minister of justice, the
spokesperson of the Nigerian Senate, Senator
Gabi Abdullahi, said the Senate can contribute to
other things apart from corruption.
Abdullahi said: “I don’t agree with that (Malami’s
position) because that section says inefficiency or waste in
the execution or administration of laws within its legislative
competence and in the disbursement or administration of
funds appropriated by it. So, it is not just the issue of
corruption itself."

Meanwhile, adegokblog .com earlier reported that in
reaction to the supposed misconception that the
National Assembly moved to impeach President
Muhammadu Buhari, the minister of information
and culture has said that the House's issuance of
a 12-point application meant no threat to the
presidency.
Mohammed's clarification came after lawmaker
alleged that signatures were being collated for
the president's immediate impeachment.

President Buhari grants financial autonomy to state judiciary and Houses of Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed a total of
four bills into law as part of the amendments of the
1999 Constitution
- One of the bill signed by the president grants
financial autonomy to state judiciaries and Houses of
Assembly
- Another bill stops a vice president who completes
the term of a president from contesting for the office
of the president more than once
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, June 8,
signed into law the Constitution 4th Alteration
Bill that grants financial autonomy and
independence to state House of Assembly and to
the judiciary of the respective states.
The president signed a total of four bills into law
as part of the amendments of the 1999
Constitution.
NAIJ.com gathered that the senior special
assistant on National Assembly matters (Senate),
Ita Enang, said: “I just want to inform you that His
Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari today (Friday)
assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill which
grants financial autonomy and independence to the Houses
of Assembly of the respective states and to the Judiciary of
the respective states.


“The amount due to the judiciary is now to be paid directly
to the judiciary of those states, no more through the
governors.
“And the amount standing in the credit of the State houses
of Assembly in the respective states are now to be paid
directly to the houses of Assembly of that State for the
benefit of the legislators and the management of the State
houses of Assembly.
“Another Act which has come into force today is
Constitution Amendment 21 which relates to the
determination of pre-elections matters. It has reduced the
date and time of determining pre-election matters to ensure
that the pre-election matters in court do not get into the
time of the elections and do not linger thereafter.
“The relevant section of the Constitution has also been
amended by this Act, therefore amending the constitution.
“The other one is Bill 16 which is now an Act. The intent of
that Act is to ensure that where a Vice President succeeds
the President and where a deputy governor succeeds a
governor, he can no more contest for that office more than
one more time.
“The effect is that having taken the oath of President once,
he can only contest one more time and no more. That is the
intent of this amendment.
“The other amendment is Bill 9 now an Act which gives the
Independent National Electoral Commission sufficient time
to conduct by-election. It has increased the time from seven
to 21 days and generally widen the latitude of the INEC to
handle election matters upon vacancy.
“These four bills, added to the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Act,
have now been assented to by the President and have now
become laws.
“The Constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended is hereby
further amended by the assent of the President to these bills
today.”
One of the bills includes an Act that gives the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), sufficient time to conduct bye-elections.
Another bill No 16 which is now an Act, is to
ensure that where a vice president succeeds the
president and where a deputy governor succeeds
a governor, he can no more contest for that
office more than once after the initial tenure.
In a previous report by NAIJ.com , President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, January 26,
signed eight bills passed by the National
Assembly into law at a signing ceremony held at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Falana chides Police for ‘illegal’ media parade of suspects

Femi Falana has chided the Police Force for its
practice of parading suspects before the media
- He describes the act as illegal; and noted that only
the poor and the less-privileged are usually victims
- He also lauded the recent abolition of stay of
proceedings in criminal trials, by the Supreme Court
Foremost lawyer and human rights campaigner,
Femi Falana (SAN) has stated that the media
parade of suspects by the Nigerian Police Force is
illegal.
He made the comments at that Civil Society
Roundtable on Administration of Criminal Justice
Act and the Abolition of Stay of Proceedings in
Criminal Trials, which was organised by the
Human and Environmental Development Agenda
(HEDA), Vanguard reports.

adegokblog .com gathers that Falana faulted the practice;
pointing out that it is capable of subverting the
justice system. He also noted that only the poor
and the less-privileged are usually victims of the
‘illegal act’.
He stated: “You don’t parade the big men; you don’t
parade politically-exposed persons. You only parade the
poor.”
The legal luminary further lauded the recent
abolition of stay of proceedings in criminal trials,
by the Supreme Court.
According to him, stay of proceedings was a
crooked and unethical method deployed by some
lawyers to delay criminal trials of the powerful
and the well-connected in the society.
In his words: “It is a class matter; it does not apply to
the poor in magistrate and customary courts.”

Meanwhile, adegokblog .com previously reported that
Femi Falana said that contrary to the claim by
the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
and some of its leaders, there was nothing wrong
with the listing of looters by the federal
government.
He made the comment at the Second Forum of
the Anti-Corruption Situation Room, which was
organized by the Human and Environmental
Development Agenda.
According to the legal luminary, that there was
nothing wrong with naming treasury looters, if
the Police could parade common men for petty
crimes.

Senate, Saraki have hatred, contempt for me - IGP tells court

Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris has
described the Senate’s resolution declaring him “an
enemy of democracy and unfit to hold any public
office within and outside Nigeria,” as an act borne out
of “hatred and undisguised contempt” for him.
He made the assertion in an affidavit which he
filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, on
Thursday, June 7, seeking permission to file a
substantive suit to challenge the resolution of the
upper legislative chamber, Punch reports.

The IGP wants the court to declare the Senate’s
resolution as invalid; and began the process of
suing the upper legislative chamber and its
president, Bukola Saraki, by obtaining the court’s
leave.
Justice John Tsoho, in granting the leave to Idris
on Thursday, said: “I am convinced that the applicant
has shown sufficient interest in the issues raised”.

Recall that adegokblog .com previously reported that the
Nigerian Senate declared the Police boss an
enemy of democracy, following his refusal to
honour an invitation to appear before the upper
chamber for a third time.
The lawmakers during plenary on Wednesday,
May 9, said Idris is not fit to hold public office in
Nigeria and abroad.
Senate president Bukola Saraki made the
declaration after the Senate emerged from a
closed-door session where it deliberated on the
non-appearance of the IGP.

3 killed as army raids Babandoka forest in Zamfara

The Nigerian army carried out a raid at Danguru,
Babandoka Forest of Dansadau district in Maru Local
Government Area of Zamfara state against bandits.
3 of the bandits were killed in the operation that
took place on Wednesday, June 6.
In a similar operation, 2 bandits were also killed
while others escaped.

The army said it was working to apprehend the
fleeing suspects.
Read the statement below:
Troops of 223 Battalion deployed in operation
IDON RAINI on 6 June 18 embarked on a raid
operation at Danguru, Babandoka Forest of
Dansadau district in Maru Local Government
Area of Zamfara State following a report of
bandits activities in the area.
Three of the bandits were killed during the
encounter and their camps also destroyed.
Similarly, troops also embarked on raid
operation in Gobirawa and Kwacha villages
around Madaka Forest, still in Dansadau district
in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara
State.
Two of the bandits were neutralized during that
encounter while others fled following a superior
fire power of the troops.
Efforts are on to get other members of the fleeing
bandits by the troops.
Items recovered include:
One motorcycle.
A mobile phone.
The public is once again advised to report any
suspicious activities or movements to the law
enforcement agents for prompt action.

Meanwhile, Zamfara House of Assembly directed
its secretariat to write a letter to the minister of
defence, Mansur Dan’ali, over incessant killings
and security challenges in the state.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the
assembly gave the directive during plenary
session in Gusau on Friday, May 25.
The decision followed a complaint by Alhaji
Abdullahi Dansadau (APC, Maru South) under
matters of urgent public importance.

Mother allegedly suffocates newborn baby to death in Sokoto

A 19-year-old lady, Munirat Bagana, has been arrested
by the Sokoto state Police Command, for allegedly
suffocating her newborn baby.
Bagana, a Kebbi state indigene, however claimed
that she had a still-birth and the dead baby was
premature, Punch reports.

Parading the suspect before journalists, the
public relations officer of the Command, ASP
Cordelia Nwawe, said Bagana would be charged
after investigations are concluded.
Munirat Bagana claimed she had a still-birth (Photo credit:
Punch)
Adegokblog.com gathers that a 32-year-old man, Nnamdi
Nwafor, was also among the suspects paraded.
He reportedly specializes in stealing vehicles at
churches.
The suspect allegedly carries out his crimes by
stealing car keys from victims, after trailing them
to church.
He allegedly stole a Mercedes Benz at a Catholic
church along Ahmadu Bello Way in Sokoto; and

arrested with the vehicle in Kaduna.

Meanwhile, adegokblog .com previously reported that a
26-year-old woman killed her six-week-old baby
because she thought it was a 'devil' .
The woman moved from Senegal to Newcastle
with her elder daughter to reunite with her
husband. She suffered from a rare mental illness
known as Capgras Delusion, which caused her to
slit her child's throat.

June 12: Humphrey Nwosu also deserves national recognition - Don

Prof Joy Ezeilo has said that the former chairman of
the defunct National Electoral Commission of Nigeria,
Humphrey Nwosu also deserves national recognition
- She pointed out that without the declaration of the
result by Nwosu, it will still be unclear who won the
1993 presidential election
- Ezeilo also faulted the president for failing to
undertake legal and constitutional consultations
before changing Democracy Day from May 29 to June
12
A professor of law, Joy Ezeilo, has decried the
non-recognition of Prof Humphrey Nwosu,
former chairman of the defunct National
Electoral Commission of Nigeria who announced
the 1993 presidential election result.
Ezeilo, who is the dean, Faculty of Law at the
University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus expressed
the worry in Enugu on Thursday, June 7 in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN).


“I commend President Muhammadu Buhari for honoring
Chief MKO Abiola by this declaration, I urge him to accord
Prof Nwosu similar recognition because without that result
declaration, it will still be unclear who won the 1993
election.
“Prof Nwosu, against all odds and threats to life announced
the result. I strongly think he deserves presidential national
award while still alive, than waiting to posthumously
receive it,’’ she said.
NAIJ.com gathers that on the change of
Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12, the legal
luminary felt the earlier date should remain
because it was constitutional.
“However, the date may cease to be a public holiday and
the extant law to that effect, repealed.
“The change of democracy date from May 29 to June 12 is
not per se the problem; but failure to do prior consultation
and consideration of other ramifications especially on
constitutional and legal implications of this change,’’ she
said.
President Buhari had on June 6 resolved to
honour the winner of 1993 presidential election,
Chief Moshood Abiola with the highest honour of
Grand Commander of the Federal Republic
(GCFR).
Buhari also announced that Abiola’s running
mate in the election, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe
and the late human rights activist, Chief Gani
Fawehinmi should receive the second highest
national honour of the Grand Commander of the
Niger (GCON).


Meanwhile, adegokblog .com previously reported that
Nigerians commended President Muhammadu
Buhari on the declaration of June 12 as
Democracy Day.
The populace said the 1993 presidential elect,
late Moshood Abiola, deserves all the honour
given to him.

Kaduna governor hails IGP for doing an excellent job

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has praised IGP
Ibrahim Idris for doing an excellent job
- The governor commended the Police boss at a
Ramadan lecture which was also attended by the
minister for information, Lai Mohammed
- El-Rufai also prayed for God to grant President
Muhammadu Buhari good health as he leads the
country
Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris was
hailed by the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-
Rufai, on Thursday, June 7, for doing an
excellent job in the country.
El-Rufai made the comments at the annual
Ramadan lecture in Oro, Irepodun local
government area of Kwara state, The Nation
reports.


Adegokblog.com gathers that the minister for
information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed was also
present at the event.
The governor praised the IGP, while thanking the
chief imam of Oro, Mikhail Onisan for praying
for the country and its leaders.
He said: “I thank the chief imam for his prayers for the
country, President Buhari, the inspector-general of Police
who is doing an excellent job, the minister of Information
and others. May God accept his prayers.”
He also prayed that God would bestow good
health on President Muhammadu Buhari, as he
leads the country.
During his speech, the minister for information
also praised the governor; describing him as a
detribalised Nigerian who believes in merit,
rather than religious or tribal sentiments.
He further praised the Oro community for being
religiously harmonious and tolerant; noting that
most chiefs of the community who attend the
annual lecture are Christians, and that some of
the editions of the programme were held at a
church compound.


This development follows a previous report by
adegokblog .com , that the Nigerian Senate declared
Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris, an
enemy of democracy, following his refusal to
honour an invitation to appear before the upper
chamber for a third time.
The lawmakers during plenary on Wednesday,
May 9, said Idris is not fit to hold public office in
Nigeria and abroad.
Senate President Bukola Saraki made the
declaration after the Senate emerged from a
closed door session where it deliberated on the
non-appearance of the Police boss.

We are trying very hard to normalize situation in the country for you - President Buhari to youths

President Buhari said his administration will
continue to create enabling environment for youths
- He urged them to continue to work hard and
diligently
- The president to also be employers of labour
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday
reassured Nigerians that his administration was
working hard to restore peace and socio-
economic prosperity in the country.
The president gave the reassurance when he
hosted Nigerian Artistes and Youth organisations
to breaking of fast at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.

He stated that the Nigerian constitution had
provided him the opportunity to work diligently
towards uplifting the quality of life of all
Nigerians irrespective of their socio-political
backgrounds.
He, therefore, pledged that his administration
would continue to implement policies and
programmes aimed at creating enabling
environment for the youth to progress in
different human endeavours.
“We are trying very hard to normalize situation in the
country for you. I’m very pleased with the position of our
constitution.
“No matter how good you are you don’t have more than
two terms and no matter how bad you are you can hardly
last more than the first term. So, this generosity of the
constitution I respect very much.
“It gives me the opportunity to round up having been a
governor, minister, head of state in uniform and then going
to the Supreme Court three times to complain about my
being rigged out,’’ he said.
President Buhari also pledged that his
administration would continue to encourage the
youth to pursue their careers in meaningful
disciplines to enable them become not only self-
sustaining but also employers of labour in the
society.
He reiterated his call for massive voter education
across the country to enable electorate,
especially the youth obtain the Permanent Voter
Card (PVC) as the nation prepared for the 2019
general elections.
He said: “I will continue to dedicate my time to make sure
that Nigerians are enlightened on the importance of voter
education because this is vital for good governance.
“God brought us here but technology assisted us in being
where we are today. So, please continue to pursue your
education at all levels to improve yourselves and contribute
to the betterment of your respective communities.’’
Mr Kunle Afolayon, who spoke on behalf of the
Artistes, lauded the Buhari administration for its
concern for the well beings of all Nigerians
through the implementation of various social
intervention programmes in the country.

He promised that Nigerian Artistes would
continue to mobilise support for the Buhari
administration to enable it to deliver more
dividends of democracy to Nigerians
Meanwhile, leader of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in United Kingdom, Ade Omole,
on Friday, June 1, said the Not-Too-Young-To-
Run Act demonstrated President Muhammadu
Buhari’s commitment to allowing youths space in
politics and governance.
He told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja
that signing the Bill into law was a step in the
right direction.
“It shows that the APC-led federal government headed by
President Buhari is committed to ensuring that Nigerian
youths are brought into the political space.