18042019 - PRESIDENTIAL TUSSLE:I always beat you in every election, Buhari tells Atiku

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44 — Vanguard, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 By Patrick Azamosa THE ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that it is working on building a National Assembly whose actions and practices will be in line with what obtains in developed democracies across the world, and take it away from what has been the practice in the national legislature in recent times. The party said this desire has informed its actions, especially with its decisions on the election of the leadership of the Assembly and its key officers, and wants all lawmakers elected on its platform toe the party’s line. The party has endorsed Senator Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North) for senate president, a move that is raising dust in the party with Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) insisting that he would not step down for Lawan. Expressing the position of the party in an interview with Vanguard, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa- Onilu said the party’s insistence on deciding who holds what position in the National Assembly was in line with standard practice in developed democracies across the world and that any party member, who was not ready to abide by the decision of the party was free to return the seat to the party and take a walk rather than staying in the party and playing antiparty. According to him, “asking for autonomy of National Assembly to decide its own affairs is a complete misunderstanding of what the National Assembly is all about, there is nothing like that in any National Assembly anywhere in the world. National Assembly is not a political party, there is a ruling party, there is opposition, but National Assembly itself is not the opposition, it is the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the National Assembly that is the opposition. “The APC members are members of the ruling party and they are there to implement the policies and programmes of the party as promised to Nigerians on which basis they voted for us. So, when you get to the National Assembly you don’t go to obliterate the dividing line between the opposition and the ruling party, ones you do that our lawmakers are betraying the majority who voted for us on the basis of our campaign. “There is no such thing as the National Assembly as a unit, they are only a unit in terms of their responsibility to pass a law and do their oversight, besides that our lawmakers are supposed to be defending the position of the ruling party, because they are part of the ruling party and the opposition will be defending the position of the opposition party, it is the national interest that will mediate between the two divide. “What has been happening •Ndume SENATE PRESIDENCY: APC frowns at senators eyeing PDP for support in the past which has appeared to the people as the normal thing is completely wrong and it is not democracy. So, when you go to the National Assembly and you have the majority, all the committees are there so that they can assist the ruling party to fulfill its promises, so if you put critical committees in the hands of the opposition, because they are not part of the manifestos that are to be implemented you leave yourself open to fail, you don’t need them because you are to choose committee by majority and you have the majority and you want to implement your own programmes. No sharing of power “Why should you go and share power, I am not saying it could be ruled out completely, it can only happen when if there is an issue to pass into law and you need two third and you don’t have it and need opposition to achieve it and they make their By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- Leaders of Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday met in Abuja, the nation’s capital with a commitment to win the November 2 governorship election in the state. Also, the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party has insisted that former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the party in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would get justice at the election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja. The position of the party came at the end of a crucial meeting of Kogi PDP stakeholders at the Party’s National Secretariat, in Abuja, where the leaders resolved to forego all personal ambitions and work together in the interest of the party and the Kogi people ahead of the poll. demands, that is what politics is all about,” he said. Speaking on the alleged plans by some senators including former Gombe State governor, Sen. Danjuma Goje and former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume to contest the position of the Senate President despite the position of the party leadership endorsing Senate leader, Ahmed Lawan for the position, Issa-Onilu said so far the duo are within their democratic right to seek the position, but that their decision between now and when the party takes its final position will determine how they will be treated within the party. “If all our members will be good party men we do have the number to elect our National Assembly leadership, those insisting that they want to be Senate Presidents for instance are within their rights as members of the party, their interest is democratic, what the party now does between now and when they will be going in to •Lawan elect their officers is what is important. “You must understand that you cannot be a member of the National Assembly if you are not a member of a political party, so it is the party that sponsored you and it is because you have accepted to abide by the dictates of the party, it is like any other group or association that we all belong to, when you join you have agreed to abide by their rules, so if you now emerge after the party has presented you and given you their own ticket and on that you have become a lawmaker you are expected to abide by whatever the party decides, but you have a right to fight within the party so that the party can adopt you, but once that fails, whoever has won within the party you all have to back him. That is party politics. “If you go outside of that you must have made up your mind that you are leaving the party, so anyone that now goes ahead to be working with the •Oshiomhole opposition, that is carrying party politics too far and you are saying you don’t believe in that party policies anymore, the decent thing for you to do at that point is to drop the party seat, that is what you will see in advanced democracies, because once you say I don’t agree with you it means you do not belong to that association again, but you cannot continue to be on that seat given to you by the party and begin to oppose it from within and keeping camp with their enemy or with opposition. “If any senator runs for the senate presidency seat against the position of the APC with the support of the PDP it will be considered as anti party,” he said, adding that, “It will take a while for the people to get to the normal parliamentary practice which the APC is aspiring to achieve, because what has been happening in the National Assembly is completely abnormal,” he said. Kogi Guber: PDP leaders meet in Abuja, set eyes on victory •Secondus In his opening remarks, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, who incidentally hails from Kogi said the party’s “winning streaks in the just concluded governorship elections in Bauchi, Imo, Rivers, Adamawa, Bauchi, Osun among other states will be reenacted in the forthcoming Kogi governorship election. The publicity scribe said the party had the support of the people of the state, “who are now looking up to it to rescue the state from the misrule of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under Governor Yahaya Bello, adding that the PDP cannot afford to fail them. “As we all know, our people have gone through pains, acute poverty, hunger, dehumanization, brutalization, job losses, untimely deaths, suicide and all sorts of anguish as a result of the misrule of the incumbent APC government. “The people of Kogi State are therefore looking up to the PDP for rescue and we cannot afford to fail them. We must therefore not allow anything to demoralize us as the winning streaks, which our party displayed in Imo, Adamawa, Bauchi, Osun among others, will be repeated in Kogi state by the grace of Almighty God. “In this race, we must also bear in mind that we have the support of the people. Kogi state has always been home to the PDP notwithstanding the temporary setback of the APC. We must therefore prepare ourselves, stand with the people and salvage our dear state from the pangs of misrule. Our people yearn to move forward and we must give them that leverage which they earnestly seek.” Party stalwarts at the meeting included former governors, Capt. Idris Wada (retd), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, former deputy governor, Yomi Awoniyi, Senator Tunde Ogbeha, Chief Patrick Adagba, state PDP Chairman, Engineer Sam Uhuotu as well as other critical stakeholders drawn from all the 21 local government areas of the state.
Vanguard THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 — 45 De Ligt: We fear nobody Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt insists they “have no reason to fear any opponent” after knocking Juventus out of the Champions League. “It’s unbelievable. We are so happy that we did it and so proud of the team,” De Ligt told ViaSportFotball. This result follows two draws against Bayern Munich in the group stage, plus eliminating holders Real Madrid with a 4-1 win at the Bernabeu. “We know that we have a lot of technical quality, so we don’t fear any opponent. We know we can play and, as you can see, we are really good at the moment. We have no reason to fear anyone. “I am not thinking about the semi-final, I’m just enjoying this moment, as you never know how long it’ll last. It was an unbelievable night and we have to enjoy it. “I can’t describe how proud I am of these players. I knew we could do it, but the fact that we did is unbelievable.” •Ole •Ince José Mourinho taking over Bayern Munich would bring “a certain glamour” to the club and the Bundesliga, says Michael Ballack. Current Bayern coach Niko Kovac as endured a difficult first season at the Allianz Arena, with Borussia Dortmund providing his team with a much sterner test in the Bundesliga and Liverpool eliminating them from the Champions League last 16. Should Bayern decide to make a new appointment Ballack believes Mourinho, who he played under at Chelsea and has been unemployed since being sacked by Manchester Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation honours Sanwo-Olu, Ezeilo United have gone backwards since Solskjaer got job permanently — Ince anchester United have M declined since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed permanent manager and the board should have waited longer to make a decision, according to Paul Ince. Solskjaer was named interim manager of United in December following the sacking of Jose Mourinho and was given the job permanently in March after an upturn in results. However he has lost three of his five games since then, including both legs of the Champions League quarter final against Barcelona - something Ince feels was inevitable, given the change in pressure from being interim coach to full time boss. Speaking to Paddy Power, Ince said: ‘United look a different team now Ole is permanent manager – I always said this would happen. It’s a very, very tough job for Ole to take this team forward. ‘When he was the interim manager they were creating chance after chance, and now Mourinho would bring glamour to Bayern — Ballack United in December, would be the ideal candidate. The Portuguese has also been linked with Inter Milan and Olympique Lyon and said last week he hopes Kovac stays on, but former Bayern midfielder Ballack thinks he can bring an impetus that Germany has not seen since Pep Guardiola •De Ligt arrived in 2013. “Niko Kovac is the coach at the moment and that should be respected. He is doing a good job. [But] one cannot deny that at some point in the future a commitment from Mourinho would bring a certain glamour to the club and the Bundesliga,” Ballack told Sport Bild. Oboh will be the chief host while the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung will lead other dignitaries to the event which kicks off at 5 pm. he has the job permanently they’ve gone backwards! ‘I always said the pressure would be on if he got it permanently. I said this would happen months ago. This is why I said what I said at the time – I’ve seen it loads of times that while a manager is interim the mood picks up and everyone feels like they have a chance, but when he becomes the manager, they’re worse than they were before. ‘This is what I meant when I said that there was such a cloud over United that all Ole had to do was to come in and change the environment. No pressure on the players, just go out and play. Now, they’re in a position where they could get top four, and the stress and pressure is on.' The Vice President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Chief Solomon Ogba, has submitted that the maiden Lagos Media Marathon scheduled to take place next month is another plus for the laudable initiative by Governor Akinwumi Ambode to revive the culture of road races in Lagos and the country at large. Ogba reckoned that the marathon being planned by the journalists was in furtherance to the solid foundation and enabling Supporters Club to storm Egypt with 500 members Nigeria Football Supporters Club have announced plans to storm Egypt with about 500 members to drum support for the Super Eagles at the forthcoming Nations Cup. Disclosing this to the media yesterday when he officially unveiled plans by the club to support the various national teams as they prepare to participate in World Cups and TBS hosts Lagos Games Festival All is set for the maiden edition of Lagos Games Festival being put together by Doingson Technologies Limited, an event ticketing company. According to the company’s media and publicity officer, Damilola Aleje, “the event which is the first of its kind in Lagos will hold at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Saturday, April 20.” She told our reporter that “the festival is aimed at reviving the gaming culture in Nigeria and to bring communities of games lovers , share experiences in a relaxed atmosphere where people can learn and have fun. It will also engender friendship and connectivity among the Nations Cup, National Chairman of the club, Rev Samuel Ikpea announced that the club was making necessary arrangements with the various embassies to ensure that travel documents are procured on time for members. Nigeria will this year participate in Africa Nations Cup in Egypt, Women World Cup in France, U-20 World Cup participants.” She disclosed that games such as video games, table tennis, snooker, play station among others would feature at the one-day event. Over 1,000 participants are being expected and that winners will have the bragging rights over their rivals for the next one year. Also speaking, the CEO, Shina Charles Memud said, the idea behind the games festival is to celebrate sport culture and create games business in Lagos. “We will be creating variety of games that are educating, fun, comprising of both digital and physical games with tournament games,” he stressed. Lagos Media Marathon, big plus for Ambode — Ogba environment helped put in place by Gov. Ambode who has done a lot in the last four years to ensure that Lagos and indeed Nigeria takes its rightful place on the global map for sports tourism. While speaking in Lagos, the former President of the Athletic Federation of Nigeria, commended the brains behind the Lagos Media Marathon for taking the vision of Gov. Ambode’s revival of the culture of road races to a new level by introducing registration fees for running in a 10km race All roads lead to Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos April 28, as the Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation has planned to honour the Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and the Deputy Governor, Enugu State Barr (Mrs) Cecilia Ezeilo. According to sources, the federation has concluded plans to honour the two politicians with the titles of Patron and Matron. Their investiture will be coming up at the luxurious Oriental Hotel on April 28 as reward for their enormous contributions to the development of the sport in the country. President of the Nigeria Para- Powerlifting Federation Mrs Queen •Sanwo- Olu •Ezeilo which is the global standard like in the London, New York and Boston Marathons among others. Ogba advised the organizers of other races in Nigeria to take a cue from the Lagos Media Race and introduce registration fees. “I am very excited with this wonderful idea to have the Lagos Media Marathon which I hear would be the first of its kind in this part of the world. We must thank Governor Ambode for reviving the culture and people; including journalists keying into the initiative,” the NOC Vice President said. in Poland and the U-17 World Cup in Brazil and Ikpea is optimistic that the Supporters Club as the number 12th player on the pitch will be there to cheer the teams to victory even as he commended their sponsors and most especially Globacom Telecommunications and others bodies that have stood by the club.
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