Gov Yahaya Bello Felicitates President-elect Bola Tinubu At 71

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The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has sent his warm felicitations to the President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 71st birthday while describing him as a great leader with exceptional vision.

In a statement signed by the Governor, he described Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as a man who is renowned for uncommon wisdom, and exemplary leadership, who over the decades has made extraordinary memories and woven his own unique story into the Nigerian narrative.

“On behalf of the Government and good people of Kogi State, I write to congratulate Your Excellency, our President-elect, Ahmed Bola Tinubu on your 71st birthday.
Your Excellency, you have become renowned for uncommon wisdom, remarkable vision and exemplary leadership, and over the decades you have made extraordinary memories and woven your own unique story into the Nigerian narrative”. He said.

Bello said having served as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as the executive governor of Lagos State with deep legislative and executive experiences, the people are optimistic that his tenure as the next President of Nigeria will usher in new vistas of economic growth, security and overall good governance, for youth and all Nigerians.

“We salute you on this auspicious day for the substantial contributions you have made towards building our nation even as we confess our great excitement that with you as our President-elect we can now look forward to your promise of Renewed Hope and Future Assured.
We are optimistic that your tenure will usher in new vistas of economic growth, security and overall good governance, for our youth and all Nigerians.
Your Excellency, even as you prepare for the task ahead, we urge that you reflect a while today on your contributions to our nation and humanity at large and take a moment to relish your tremendous accomplishments”, the governor added.

While rejoicing with family members, friends, political and associates of the Jagaban Borgu on this rosy milestone, he prayed that the Almighty continue to keep him in sound health and overall vitality.

“May the Almighty God continue to keep you in sound health and overall vitality.
Happy Birthday Your Excellency”, the Governor added.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who was born in 1952 turns 71 on March 29, 2023.

RAMADAN: Pray Fervently For the Nation, Engage in Good Deeds, Gov Bello Charges Muslims

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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the sighting of the moon which signifies the commencement of this year’s Ramadan fast, urging the people to dedicate the season to pray fervently for the state and country in general.

In a statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, Governor Bello charged the Muslims to align themselves with the universal values of peace, kindness, love and respect for others which the Islamic faith promotes.

He noted that the Ramadan period which is globally revered should be utilised by Muslim faithful across the nation to pray for progress and peace while admonishing them to engage in good deeds and acts of Ibadah.

“I wish to congratulate the Muslim Ummah for witnessing another month of Ramadan and to wish them a blessed and peaceful Ramadan.
“The holy month of Ramadan, for millions around the world has always been an opportunity to renew and strengthen their faith through rigorous fasting, devout prayers, reading of the Quran, reflective meditation, and carrying out of charitable deeds.

“All these acts closely conformed to the universal values that the Islamic faith promotes namely, peace, kindness, love and respect for others”, the Governor said.

 Bello called on Muslims to devote more time to prayer and acts of charity as they similarly strived to improve their self-discipline motivated by hadith.
 
He further admonished that this year’s  Ramadan which coincides with the transition of democratic leadership of the nation and many states should be used to pray for peace, unity and progress of the nation. He added that Ramadan is a time of spiritual reflection, self-improvement, and heightened devotion and worship, as followers of Islam were expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W).
 
Governor Bello prayed for God to bestow on all Muslim Ummah good health to engage Faithfully and benefit from the blessings of the season.

PRESS RELEASE: KOGI MIREMCO BOSS CHARGES STAKEHOLDERS TO UPHOLD THE NEUTRALITY OF THE COMMITTEE

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The Chairman of the Kogi State Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO), Hajiya Hassiat Suleiman has charged all mining stakeholders in the state to correct any negative preconceived notion they may have formed about MIREMCO and understand that the committee remains a neutral body that is created to intervene among stakeholders in the mining sector.

The call was made during a meeting between the spokespersons and representatives of Okobo/Enjema Communities and Messrs Zuma 828 Coal Ltd to review the performance of the 5-year Community Development Agreement which will expire in March of 2023.

The event which took place at the Conference Room of The Spring Building, in Kogi State Government House drew attendance from such stakeholders as MIREMCO members, Hon. Alfa Rabiu Momoh, deputy speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Idris Musa Danjuma, the Commissioner for Youth and Sport Development, Alhaji Ibrahim Abagwu, the Executive Chairman of Ankpa Local Government Area, representatives of both Okobo/Enjema Communities and Zuma 828 Coal Ltd, and Security Agencies.

The company had hoped that by the end of the meeting a new CDA would be signed between themselves and their host communities but the community reps pointed out certain areas in the expiring agreement that had not been fulfilled. These include failure to complete the sinking of 5 boreholes across both communities; the company had only provided 4, failure to make drainages and culverts at strategic points along the access roads within both communities.

In her remarks Hajiya Hassiat said: “MIREMCO was created to mediate between stakeholders and the chairmanship was left to the Executive Governor to nominate someone from the State.

“it is funny when a party assumes that MIREMCO is taking sides when all we do here is make sure there is a harmonious transactional relationship between the investors and their host communities. ” The meeting was adjourned until 15th of May 2023, giving a 60-day window for the company to put their acts together and address the lapses in the expiring CDA. It is expected that upon reconvention, a fresh Agreement will be signed between Messrs Zuma 828 Coal Ltd and their Host Communities.

Signed,

Adeiza Yaqub,

Committee Media Rep.

𝗞𝗢𝗚𝗜 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗖𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦

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The Chairman of Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) Kogi State Chapter, Hajiya Hassiat Suleiman has charged host communities and mining operators in Kogi State to ensure peaceful coexistence among them at all times.

The call was made at a Community Development Agreement implementation meeting held to appraise the social projects carried out by Zuma 828 Coal Ltd for its host community of Okobo and Enjema in Ankpa LGA of Kogi State.

The meeting was presided over by the chairman and held at the MIREMCO Secretariat. The confab drew the attendance of members of the committee, the Deputy Speaker of Kogi’s State House of Assembly, The Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, as well as the Chairman of Ankpa LGA. Also present were representatives of both communities and the mining company respectively.

In her remarks, Hajiya Suleiman admonished against conflict as the meeting held amid growing tensions between the community and the coal mining company regarding non completion of a 5 year CDA plan which both parties entered into in 2018; she emphasised the need for mutually beneficial relationships to be established and maintained, for the simultaneous betterment of the people and the success of business operations.

Speaking further, the Chairman assured attendees of her committee’s willingness to ensure justice and fairness in carrying out its set mandate, which is conflict resolution among diferring parties; she encouraged both camps not to hesitate to table all issues through the appropriate channels and warned strongly against taking laws into their hands as deliberations remain ongoing.

Tensions arose as the company’s attempt to renew a 5-year CDA at the expiration of the previous one was rebuffed by the host communities, citing the company’s non-completion of the previous CDA. Hajiya Suleiman stressed that it is an obligation on all mining operators to renew and renegotiate contracts and agreements after a 5-year period as dictated by Law.

“I urge companies to fulfill the covenants of their CDAs to the letter and make sure implementation and monitoring of projects is done at close intervals to avoid complications such as these,” she stated.

TPAND DG ENGR. YUSUF HUSSEIN CALLS NIGERIANS TO VOTE TINUBU AHEAD OF POLLS

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Deputy director, Diaspora Directorate Tinubu Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, PCC and Director General, Tinubu Presidential Ambassador of Nigeria Diaspora, TPAND, Engr Yusuf Hussein,
TSA said the APC Presidential flag bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has an outstanding leadership quality and personal attributes with proven antecedents that would forestall hope in the much heated polity.

In an interview with Political Square on Social Plus Africa, Engr. Yusuf, said the TPAND is a grassroot mobilisation campaign organization for Tinubu-Shetima ahead of 2023 general election.
He described Tinubu as a merchant of hope, capable of redefining the meaning and concept of modern leadership towards meaning transformation.

The Tinubu Presidential Ambassador of Nigeria Diaspora, TPAND, a sole sponsored organization is well represented at the grassroot in the 36 states of the Federation including the FCT, adequately mobilizing and empowering the youths, women and men respectively to canvass support for the Tinubu Shettima presidential dream.

With a few days to the 2023 general elections, Nigerians have been urged to come out en-mass, shun voter apathy amid current prevailing hardship to vote for the Jagaban, Bola Tinubu, in order to enjoy the dividends of democracy.

Startups: Pantami Receive Global Winners from LEAP 2023 Rocket Fuel Pitch Startup Competition in Riyadh

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Amidst applause and accolades, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), received the Global Winners in different categories of the LEAP 2023 Rocket Fuel Pitch Startup Competition, WICRYPT by Aronu Ugochukwu and RICE AFRIKA by Maigari Ahmadu.

The Winner of the New World Award category, WICRYPT is a decentralized internet-sharing and monetizing Network which gives everyone the power to become a micro-ISP. While the winner of the Tech for Humanity category, RiceAfrika, is a tech-driven agriculture optimization service provider in Africa, which provides a platform that connects smallholder farmers in Africa.

While meeting with the Startups, Prof Pantami said that Nigeria is passionate about innovation which is why she developed the Startup Act. He stated that the challenge of unemployment, underemployment, and un-employability can only be addressed by promoting our digital innovation and digital entrepreneurship.

“We are more interested in supporting job providers than only supporting job seekers that can even hardly do the work even if they are employed,” he said.

He appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for approving Nigeria to be part of a Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO). He went further to appreciate the DCO for the full sponsorship of Nigeria’s participation at the event.

“Many countries are contributing, but due to some challenges of funding, we are yet to make any contribution, but DCO sponsored 16 Nigerian Startups to attend the event without a single kobo from us by providing air tickets, accommodation, and everything for them,” Prof Pantami said.

“I want to also commend the National Information Technology Development Agency, particularly the management led by Kashifu Inuwa, for coordinating the event actively on our behalf and for making all our delegates and our startups to be very comfortable,” he said.

The Honourable Minister added, “I also commend the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the Minister in Charge of Communications and Information Technology, His Excellency, Engr. Abdullah bin Amer Alswaha, for inviting Nigeria to attend the LEAP 2023.

The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, while officially presenting the 2 Nigerian Startups that won the cash price of $150,000 each to the Honourable Minister who led the Nigerian delegation to the LEAP 2023 Tech Event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said that, based on the directive of the Honourable Minister, NITDA coordinated the participation of the startups through its subsidiary Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI). 

“We worked with them, we guided them, and we were there with them throughout the competition,” he stated.

“Out of the six categories, Nigeria took two, which accounts means almost 33.3 percent of the participants,” he said.

Inuwa said that out of the 220, eight startups from Nigeria were selected. He said in the first round 90 were selected to participate in the semi-final with all eight Nigerian Startups making the shortlist. Out of the 90, 12 were qualified to move to the final stage and out of the 12 startups, three were from Nigeria. This he said included WICRYPT, under the Into the New World Award category, and the Rise Africa Technology under the Tech for Humanity, and Scholar Limited.

The Winners appreciated the Ministry and NITDA for the platform given to them to blossom and for pushing young people to  explore their talents.

Kogi Guber: Chief Asuku Picks APC Expression of Intent and Nomination Form

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The Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor, Pharmacist Abdulkareem Muh’d Jamiu Asuku has picked his Expression of Intent and Nomination Form to participate in the April 10th APC Guber Primaries.

The young and vibrant Chief of Staff who clocked 39 years this January during his time as formerly DG Protocol and thereafter, Chief of Staff has shown exemplary leadership acumen which qualified him as GYB’s successor.

To govern Kogi State, there is recourse to scout for not only one to consolidate GYB’s legacies but one detribalised, God fearing as well as unity oriented. It accedes to barely any contestation that Chief Asuku has played important and significant roles in the social and political organisations of the GYB-led administration from the first tenure to more recent times. These roles have straddled the periods, with continuities and variations to different extents.

The noblest roles played by the GYB-led administration are those in the trenches as pushback against family-inheritance rule and the siege to freedom and human rights, during the years of the locust. GYB positioned himself as a durable bulwark against oppression, corruption and insecurity and today, we are proud of his administration. Thus, upholding these noble achievements, we have Asuku as the right man for the job.

Speaking shortly to newsmen in Abuja after he picked the APC Guber Intent and Nomination Form, Chief Asuku while thanking Almighty Allah appraised his boss and benefactor, His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Bello for the opportunities and support he has doctored him throughout these years.

Describing GYB as his mentor, the Kogi Governor hopeful urged Kogites to maintain their mainstream in the forthcoming General Elections where all APC candidates are to be delivered from top to bottom.

*Signed:
Farouk Ozigi Onimisi
*Asukulated Orator

HAJIA HADIZA MAMMAN STAND FOR TINUBU/SHETTIMA

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Kudos to Hajiya Hadiza Mamman Vatsa, a tireless and dogged woman who takes the political campaign of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the next level. A woman whose campaign mission and strategy is to go to the grassroots for door to door to campaign, and most importantly to empower women, men and youths by using her personal resources just for the love for Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu to come out victorious in the 2023 presidential poll. Hajia Hadiza has participated in various APC Presidential campaign rallies as a member of the APC Presidential Campaigned Council and APC local government national endorsement summit held at ICC Abuja,


In an interview with her, Hajia Hadiza noted that the Jagaban is the best candidate that fits the sit of Nigeria’s presidency and she assure Nigerians that she have confidence in him to do greater thing for Nigeria,

she therefore stressed that it is the believe she has in him that made her to donate and equipped Asiwaju campaign offices in 20 state across Nigeria for his campaigns, this includes the Abuja office that is worth millions of Naira just because of the believe and trust she has for the APC Presidential Candidate.

HAJIA HADIZA Empowers Citizens For Asiwaju

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The air was filled with so much joy and happiness for the people of Kogi State as Hajia Hadiza Mamman Vatsa, National Coordinator, The National Agenda For Greater Asiwaju, NAGA Stormed Kabba and Lokoja with her enthusiastic team to enlighten, donate and empower women, men and youths of the area with Sowing machines, grinding machines, hairdressers’ dryers, vulcanizers machine, hair clipper and so much more across Kogi state.


This shower of love is first of its kind in the history of Nigeria where a woman single handedly takes up such a project to empower people, not just only in Kogi state but across the 36 states including the federal capital territory, all in the drive to gather support for the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidential campaign.

In her speech the national coordinator of NAGA and project initiator, Hajiya Hadiza Mamman Vatsa, stressed that Asiwaju is the best candidate that Nigerians need at the moment, and she called on all Nigerians to come out En-mass to vote for Asiwaju. She added that Asiwaju have Nigerians in mind and his mission is to change their life for good, she also emphasized that Asiwaju’s government will unite Nigerians, secure them and make their lives comfortable.
Hajia Hadiza, who is the national coordinator of NAGA, is a tireless workaholic and a go getter, she strongly believes in the APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential poll, she therefore called on all well-meaning Nigerians from all walks of life to rally around the APC Presidential Candidate and ensure his victory.

NAGA DRUMS SUPPORT FOR TINUBU AHEAD OF POLLS

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The National Agenda For Greater Asiwaju, NAGA, a political support organization with offices in more than 20 states nation wide has said it will leave no stone unturned until the mandate of the organization is achieved.

The political campaign group is grassroot oriented with special focus on artisans, technicians and the less privileged across the nation.

In an interview with Social Plus Africa TV, the national coordinator and project initiator, Hajiya Hadiza Vatsa said the mandate of campaign exercise across board is to rejig the Nigerian economy and polity with competent leadership.
Vatsa called on Nigerians to look beyond sentiments and vote for experience and quality leadership.

The Director and Deputy Director of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Committee on Artisans and Technicians North Central, Prof. Stephen Ocheni and Princess Atika Ajana applauded the remarkable achievements of NAGA and called for more volunteers to take up such responsibility.
They noted that never has it happened in the history of politics that a woman bankrolled such a massive and capital intensive project all by her self at the grassroot to garner support for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Shetima.

NAGA has vowed that it will not relent, until it reaches out to all Nigerians at the grassroot ahead of the 2023 elections.