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A New Dawn For APC – Adamu Declares

The newly elected National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC)Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has urged the party faithful to renew their faith in the APC and leadership at all levels to enjoy the much expected new dawn in the party.

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The newly elected National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC)Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has urged the party faithful to renew their faith in the APC and leadership at all levels to enjoy the much expected new dawn in the party.

In his Acceptance Speech, Adamu noted that such passion and commitment will help in the resolution of any misunderstandings within the confines of the party’s statutes rather than in the streets, urging that APC henceforth must do things differently.

At the Eagles Square venue of the party’s National convention, the former Nasarawa State governor urged all, including fellow aspirants, that “all hands must be on the steering wheel so that together we can steer the ship of state through the inclement weather of our divisive national politics to the promised land”

He promised to activate processes leading to the healing of wounds and reconciliation of all aggrieved persons and so unify the APC into a formidable force ahead of the 2023 general elections.

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“We need to renew our faith in our party and its leadership at all levels in order to herald a new dawn. We need to commit to the resolution of our crisis within the confines of our party constitution.

“We must resist the temptation to blow every minor personal disagreement into a major party crisis. It is time for us to do things differently. When we quarrel, we open our flanks to our rival political parties that are only too eager to exploit them for their own benefit.

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“I promise you here and now that we shall heal any wounds in our party; we shall effect lasting reconciliation among our members, and we shall go into the next general elections as a strong and united party.
” I offer my hands of friendship to all our members. I want to assure you that my colleagues and myself will run an open door policy to all members of the party”.

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NMDPRA begins clampdown on illegal LPG retail outlets in Akwa Ibom

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The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Resources Authority says it has commenced a clampdown on illegal LPG retail outlets in Akwa Ibom State.

The state Coordinator, Ikechukwu Eseka, disclosed this on Thursday while receiving the state commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Bakshar Hussaini, in his office on a courtesy visit.

He said, “We have started enforcement of LPG retailers embarking on illegal decanting of LPG, filling stations, LPG refilling plants and other illegal downstream operations in the state.

“We are currently working on the illegal proliferation of decanting of LPG in the state, Eseka stated, adding that gas is very volatile, and some of them are using gas that is not meant for the purpose.”

He said he has directed that gas plant owners should not load gas on people who don’t have licenses NMDPRA in the state, warning that “decanting of gas from cylinder to cylinder is an illegal activity which is punishable by law.”

He also called on marketers to register and renew their licenses before operating LPG in the state.

“We used the opportunity to talk on the aspects of the downstream which has to do with our enforcement, sealing of filling stations and those who are using diesel for industrial purposes that are yet to register with NMDPRA.

“We have also commenced engagement with individuals and organisations using storage tanks that are over 500 litres, to come and register with the Authority in the state,” he added.

Eseka thanked the Commandant for coming to re-strategise and collaborate with the Authority in the state.

Earlier, the State Commandant of NSCDC, Hussaini, explained that the purpose of coming was to collaborate with NMDPRA on how to checkmate indiscriminate decanting of LPG in the state.

“I know with the present situation in the country, a lot of them are going to cry and you have to use human face to handle their cases so that we don’t injure the government and the public themselves,” he said.

He lamented that some people used their houses to sell cooking gas which can cause environmental hazards to the public.

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Elections in Nigeria: There’ll be no more need for voter cards – INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced plans to phase out the Permanent Voter Cards, PVC.

INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs, held at the INEC Conference Room, Abuja on Thursday.

This was part of the identified 142 recommendations released by the Commission which deals with the general state of preparedness, voter management, voter education and public communication, political parties and candidate management.

Other areas of recommendation include electoral operations and logistics management, election officials and personnel, partnership and collaboration, monitoring and supervision, election technology, voting and result management, election security, electoral offences and the electoral legal framework.

The Chairman said there are eight recommendations among the 142 which require legislative action by the National Assembly.

“The Commission also believes that with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, the use of the Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVC, as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on Election Day should be reviewed.

He, however, said that those who already have the Permanent Voter Cards can still use them to vote.

He added, “But going forward, computer-generated slips issued to the voter or even downloaded from the Commission’s website will suffice for voter accreditation. ”

Yakubu said this new development will save costs and further eliminate the issues around the collection of Permanent Voter Cards.

He also said the practice of buying up the Permanent Voter Cards from voters to disenfranchise them, would be reduced.

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BREAKING: Tinubu to present 2025 budget proposal to National Assembly Tuesday

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President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to present the 2025 proposed budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

The announcement was made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a plenary session, revealing that the President has sent a communication to that effect.

“The president has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025m budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on the 17th of December, 2024,” he said.

The proposed budget, totalling N47.9 trillion, was earlier announced by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu.

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