What Should Progressives Think About Religious Freedom?
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The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday said President Goodluck Jonathan was allegedly plotting to remove the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki as a member representing Kwara Central Senatorial District.
Interim Publicity Secretary, APC, Kwara State chapter, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari in a statement on Thursday urged Jonathan not to indulge in such an act. He also called on lovers of democracy to advise the Presidency and the Peoples Democ ratic Party to stop alleged further attempt at undermining Nigerias democracy.
Information gathered from close associates and a reliable source in the presidency, is to the effect that, the Presidency is desperately in search of a Judge who will be heavily induced and compromises to remove Senator Bukola Saraki from the National Assembly as a Senator of the Federal Republic.
Any attempt by anyone to remove Senator Bukola Saraki through an illegal monetary intervention and or judicial influence will not only have grave consequences but also face a widespread repercussion. Nigerians are watching, he said.
Meanwhile, a loyalist of Saraki, Alhaji Tunde Akanbi Oniyo, with thousands of his supporters including women and youths , and students on Thursday dumped APC for PDP.
Oniyo who is a chairmanship aspirant for Ilorin East Local Government stated that he defected to the PDP because of alleged un-reconciled lapses in APC.
He claimed that PDP is relevant and would deliver dividends of democracy to the people.
He pledged his support for the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.
According to him, the federal government has been doing its best to transform the lives of Nigerians in all ramifications.
He stated that with his return to PDP, he believed he would be relevant and able to impact more positively on the lives of his people.
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A former Head of State and All Progressives Congress leader, Mohammadu Buhari, said governance should be a mixture of old and young competent individuals, adding that ability, competence and skill in politics did not reside in one particular age group.
Seventy one-year-old Buhari was speaking at the 50th anniversary lecture of Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall, University of Ibadan on Thursday, where he was the chairman. The lecture, with the theme, Youth and the future of Nigerian Politics, was delivered by former Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Shettima Mustafa.
Also present at the event were the Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi; former governor of the state, Rashidi Ladoja; eldest son of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Bamidele; APC chairman Bisi Akande; APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed; and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir El Rufai.
In his introductory remarks, Buhari praised the contribution of Azikiwe to the development of Nigeria, noting that he had known the late sage since his school days.
He said, Azikiwe was the most out-spoken and internationally recognised Nigerian nationalist. He was a true Nigerian and his vision extended beyond Nigeria or West Africa. He dreamt of continental union, similar to what Europe is trying to do now. He deserves all the honour and accolades we can heap on him albeit posthumously.
While defending the importance of experience in governance, Buhari made references to many world leaders who transformed their countries even though they were over 70 years.
He said, China and Japan post 1945 had a history of very old people managing the affairs of these two great oriental economies. Mao Zedond and Chou En-Lai in their 70s laid the foundation for their successor, Deng Shao Ping, to bring one billion people out of poverty into self sufficiency in food supply and an economy second only to the US.
Charles de Gaulle led French resurgence after the war when he was over 70 years and in Britain, three old men managed its recovery through 1950s and 1960s. The last three Saudi Arabian kings ascended the throne in their 70s and 80s and see what transformation the nation enjoys in the last 40 years. If you think that this achievement is solely due to oil resources, take a look at Nigeria and consider what poor use we made of our resources.
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Dan Mihalopoulos assess the primary night defeats for candidates endorsed by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Watch the video at politics.suntimes.com
Updated: March 20, 2014 2:19AM
Election Night was a great night for political types who call themselves progressives, but not so much for the politician many of them want to run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel next year.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle sided with the loser in the marquee fight between progressives and machine politicians in Tuesdays Democratic primary. Preckwinkle endorsed state Rep. Toni Berrios (D-Chicago), appearing in a campaign video for the daughter of county party boss and nepotism king Joe Berrios.
Not only did Toni Berrios suffer a landslide loss to left-leaning upstart Will Guzzardi, but the two County Board candidates who got the most money from Preckwinkles own political fund also fared poorly at the polls. Incumbent Cook County Commissioner Edwin Reyes (D-Chicago) and rookie candidate Blake Sercye each received the maximum total contributions of $52,500 from Preckwinkle and lost.
So did another Preckwinkle pick: Josina Morita, who got $5,000 from the Preckwinkle For President campaign fund in her failed run for a seat on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board.
Preckwinkle who ran unopposed in the primary could take some solace in the victories of state Rep. Christian Mitchell (D-Chicago) and all but one of the judicial candidates she endorsed.
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