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PAGE 18—SUNDAY VANGUARD, JUNE 13, 2021 Not t all newly wly-w -weds make love on their wedding night! Even those with a jaundiced view on matrimony still see the wedding night as something to look forward to. After months of planning and executing a wedding, you’re now alone with the spouse you vowed to spend the rest of your life with - starting with the wedding night. And sex, what else rears its interesting head. But are things that cut and dried? According to a recent study, more than half of couples don’t manage to consummate their marriage on their wedding night – with alcohol, stress and exhaustion named as the top passion killers. Mercy, a polytechnic lecturer was 23 and a fresh graduate when she got married to Elijah some 30 years ago. “He never actually proposed”, she explained, “so, I guess getting married was simply mutually agreed. My parents saw it as a social suicide to openly `live in sin’ as some of our mates did. Planning the wedding just happened and my mother went into overdrive making plans for the wedding of her only child and the whole day was exhausting. It was a huge relief to arrive at a mutual friend’s family house in a nearby state for ANAMBRA GUBER: PDP in trouble as court voids state EXCO, nullifies South-East zonal congress By Dirisu Yakubu Barely two weeks to the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra state, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has nullified the South- East Zonal Congresses which held on March 6, 2021. The plaintiff, Samuel Anyakorah had approached Justice Adegbola Adeniyi of the High Court of Justice, Abuja Division, seeking among others, the nullification of the March Congresses unless there is recourse by the PDP (1st By Nnamdi Ojiego Agroup, Socio-political Imolites Collective, IC, has accused politicians of sponsoring crisis and violence in Imo State, stressing that intra and inter-party disaffection has assumed a dangerous dimension in the state. The group also urged Governor Hope Uzodimma to focus on delivering on his I restored electricity to communities in darkness for over 7 years — Waive By Ochuko Akuopha M EMBER representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rev. Francis Waive, has said he had facilitated the restoration of electricity to some communities that had been off the national grid for over seven years. Speaking in Ughelli, Ughelli, North Local the only honeymoon we could afford. “It was a huge company house and he and his wife had gone to a considerable extent to make the guest room very romantic. The clueless man had also arranged for a small welcoming party that night. Not one to miss an opportunity for past time drinking with his friends, Elijah cajoled me into the party venue – not to the marriage bed. Eventually, after much imbibing, we hit the sack. `Well’, he leered, `I suppose we’d better consummate this marriage’. I told him, the room seemed to be spinning. I felt sick as I wasn’t used to drinking. The feeling overwhelmed me. The bathroom was down the corridor, I ran as fast as I could, but I missed. I staggered back to the room, shaken and shame-faced. `I’m sorry, I think I’ve messed up the corridor”, I told Elijah and passed out. He spent what was left of our wedding night clearing up the corridor and cleaning me up. No wonder it didn’t last – we were divorced nine years later!” Did we make love on our wedding night? “You bet we did!” hooted Ndidi cheekily. Married to David for 20 years with four children, she defendant) to the extant list of already inaugurated party officers and delegates that emerged “from the Anambra PDP congress conducted on 28 November 2017 and 1st December 2017, validated by the Senator Grace Bent Ward Congress Appeal Panel Report under the supervision of Sir Chukwudi Umeaba as acting chairman, State Caretaker Committee.” In a suit brought before the temple of justice, numbered, HC/CV/774/2021, Anyakorah on behalf of himself and all local government chairmen and ward executives who emerged Government Area, Delta State, while giving account of his stewardship for the second legislative year, Waive listed some of the communities to include Okolor, Ekrota and Okperhenre in Udu local government area as well as Otor-Edo and Owhawha in Ughelli South local government area. He noted that "Okwemor, Otegbo and Egbo-Ideh Communities are set to be reconnected", saying "I have also facilitated rehabilitation of vandalized power from the 28th November 2017 and 1st December 2017, by way of originating summons, sought a declaration that virtue of Article 2 of the Constitution of the PDP (amended in 2017), “the said constitution is supreme,” arguing that it has “a binding force on all members and organs of the PDP and that any action or step taken contrary to the relevant provisions of the constitution is unlawful, illegal, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.” The plaintiff also argued that it is unlawful for the PDP “whether during its South- East Zonal Congress of 6th Group condemns insecurity, bloodletting in Imo State mandate instead of joining issues with politicians that have no good intentions for Imo people except what they would get out of political positions. In a statement signed by the President, Longinus Duru, and the Secretary, Ernest Iroha, the group said time has come for all patriotic citizens of Imo to rise up against attempts by politicians to make the state a theatre of war. IC noted with regrets that said: “I’d been counting off the minutes for months. We were born again Christians, so we were virgins and had been waiting for the night with the keenest expectation. My husband is an evangelist, and when we went for counselling before we got married, the Reverend had asked us why the need for marriage. Apparently, he was expecting some pious answer such as `To help each other in Christian work’. We both immediately and unanimously replied, `Sex’. Why else would you get married? “We were so excited about the prospect that wild horses wouldn’t have kept us away. But my mother unwillingly scuppered our sneaking off the peace and harmony, which Imo is known for, began to slide as soon as the state government made efforts to enforce the findings of a commission of inquiry that investigated the large scale looting and misappropriation by previous administration. “We are an aggregation of Imo State citizens from various professions without affiliation to or with any political party or politically infrastructure and withdrawal of court cases towards restoration of power supply in Olomu clan Agbaghare and Imode Communities. In no distant time these communities will enjoy the benefits of my efforts." He said: "In a year that saw reduced number of House sittings due to Covid-19 restrictions, I presented a total of 12 Bills and three motions. This is in addition to regularly contributing to debates on the floor of the House. In all, my efforts are geared towards improvements in the living in the afternoon for sex. We were to remain in the family house, in our room, for the few hours in between the easy church wedding and the reception. So she’d left us alone, hinting she fully expected my new husband to make the most of the time we had before the reception proper. I was so embarrassed at her even having these thoughts that I made very sure we didn’t. Instead, I stayed in the living room with friends. I made sure my hair remained up and tidy, leaving my mother in no doubt whatsoever that it hadn’t been rumpled and tussled. At close to midnight, with the party still in full swing, we retired, sober and excited to our hotel room and enjoyed a night of March 2021 or at any other time, to adopt or publish the name of a state chairman, alongside persons purporting to be EXCO members, local government chairmen and national delegates without recourse to the officers and delegates that emerged in 2017. He further sought an order nullifying or setting aside all Congresses, designations or appointment made by the PDP concerning the state chairman for PDP in Anambra state, EXCO members, local government chairmen, national delegates amongst others. exposed persons. We have watched with dismay the wanton destruction of property, loss of lives and descent to anomie in our dear state. “Having studied the unfolding pattern of violence, which has a mix of criminality, brigandage and political vendetta, we have decided to come together to take proactive steps to avert further destruction and despoliation in Imo State". standard of our people as well as the protection of lives and property. "I continue to participate in various Standing and Ad-hoc Committees of the House traversing the nation on oversight duties. Like I promised during the campaigns, I can't be a sleeping or docile legislator. This has paid off well for our people especially in the House Committee on Power where I serve as Deputy Chairman. I have used the clout of the office for the benefit of our people." madly-looked forward to – and extremely inexpert – love making. It was worth the wait! Tunji and Kate had been living together for a couple of years before they got married 30 years ago. “But did we consummate our new married status on our wedding night at one of the poshest hotels in the city? We did not. In fact, to my enduring shame, we didn’t even retire to bed at the same time. Kate was three months pregnant, her growing bump hidden by an empire line wedding dress. Halfway through the reception, when the dancing proper began, she made her excuses. But I was still in the mood to hang out with my friends, whooping it up until my new sister in-law politely but firmly told me that my place was upstairs with my new bride – not downstairs twirling other women around the dance floor. “When I got to our room, there was just far too much to talk about, from what friends and relatives had worn, to how one or two of them behaved, to an assessment of the food and the drinks, the speeches. We were so happy everything went according to plan we just collapsed on the bed and fell asleep”. Presidential Amnesty Phase 3 inaugurates national, state exco By Kennedy Mbele The Presidential Amnesty Phase 3 Programme under the leadership of General Tonye Bobo has inaugurated its national and state executives to run its affairs in the next two years. The event was held at Gerrex Global Hotel Ogbe - Udu in Udu LGA of Delta State, with critical stakeholders in attendance reinforcing the vote of confidence earlier passed on General Tonye Bobo as the National Chairman PAP-3 in Benin City. A statement issued at the event reads: “ 0nce again, we pledge our loyalty to the leadership of General Tonye Bobo as the National Chairman Presidential Amnesty Phase 3.” General Tonye Bobo, the National Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Phase 3, in a brief speech shortly before Sensational international Disc Joker, DJ, Oluwaseyi Ayomikun, professionally known as DJ Spaxx, has given reasons why he’s the best afrobeat DJ in the Tri-state - New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, in the United States. Dj Spaxx performances span through several clubs, concerts, stages, parties and private gigs in Nigeria, United Kingdom, Dubai and United States of America (USA). At a time, he was the official DJ to Burna Boy, Skales and Mr MayD. He also worked as DJ at Pow Fm in London and now at various clubs in the USA, including, Tribe Lounge, B2 Sports bar, Barcode, Ace Atlanta, Eden Atl, and Mr Souls to mention but a few. In a recent chat with Sunday Vanguard, Spaxx said, “Being a good DJ is about your ability You’re put on notice! (Humour) The newly married couple returned home from honeymoon and travelled down to the husband’s country mansion. “We’ll take the pony, darling”, he said, “and then you can get a better view of our land. However, they’d only travelled a mile when the pony began to get awkward and refused to cross over a small stream. “Come on you bugler!” stormed the man and hit the pony a severe blow. The animal moved slowly. “Right, that’s one”, said the man. Ten minutes later, the pony stopped again. The man got down and hit the animal with a piece of wood. “Now get going”, he yelled. `That’s two’. But just as they came in sight of the house, the pony was startled by a flock of pigeons and refused to move. No wonder how hard he was hit, he remained still. “Right!” Screamed the man, enraged, “that’s three”. And he took his hunting rifle from the back bag and shot the pony dead. “Good heavens!” exclaimed the new bride. “How on earth could you be so cruel? I feel as if I’m married to a monster!” “Right. That’s one”, replied the husband. the inauguration, advised the incoming exco members both at the national and state level to avoid the creation of factions capable of jeopardizing the purpose of the group. Tonye Bobo emphasized that all the exco members are expected to serve wholeheartedly to support the states and the national body under his leadership. The PAP Phase 3 head, who stated that everyone is useful in the actualization struggle, disclosed that besides the Advisory Committee Chaired by General Godstime Ogidigba, many other committees will soon be rolled out to engage all the critical stakeholders. General Tonye Bobo who thanked Col. Milland Dikio, the interim PAP Administrator, said: “ Even though we want government to do more, we have become peace ambassadors to encourage the workaholic Dikio to achieve a better result". DJ Spaxx: ‘Why I’m best Acrobat DJ’ to mix songs to entertain people, your skills (scratching beat matching), looking at your crowd and being able to tell if they are feeling you or not. “It is also about giving the people what they want and making them like what they don’t think they want. One thing I know for sure is my ability to mix all genres, flow with my crowd and introduce them to new songs. “I can definitely go 12 hours straight and still keep them dancing that’s why I stand out.” on the challenges faced by Nigerian DJs, Spaxx added, “”I am not even going to be shady but a lot of DJs out there go through hell. I had my fair share of hell in Nigeria. There are times I would perform for a whole day on a truck only to be paid N5,000.”
SUNDAY VANGUARD, JUNE 13, 2021, PAGE 19 CONSTITUTION REVIEW: Row escalates as Afenifere, YCE, Tiv leaders, others challenge Senate By Dayo Johnson, Peter Duru, Ola Ajayi, Shina Abubakar and Rotimi Ojomoyela Secretary General of Afenifere, Chief Sola Ebiseni, has said the Senate, through its Deputy President, Omo- Agege, has vindicated the group’s position that the current step at amending the 1999 Constitution is an exercise in futility. Others who joined issues with the Senate over the Constitution issue include Convener of YesWeFit Revolutionary Movement and former presidential aspirant, Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu, retired Methodist Archbishop of Ilesa and Ibadan, a former Minister of Transportation, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, a former Minister of Communication, Mr Adebayo Shittu, a former envoy to the Philippines, Ambassador Yemi Faroumbi, Secretary, Ekiti Council of Elders (ECE), Niyi Ajibulu, Secretary General of Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Dr Kunle Olajide, Afenifere Organising Secretary, Akogun Kole Omololu, Senior Elders Forum of the YCE and President General of Mzough U Tiv, MUT, Worldwide and Chairman of Leaders of Benue Ethnic Groups and Sociocultural Organizations, Chief Iorbee Ihagh. THE Senate had said it could not give Nigeria a brand new Constitution as demanded by some socio-political and cultural organisations in the country, saying the best it could do was to amend the existing one as it was currently doing. Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ovie Omo- Agege (APC, Delta Central), who disclosed the Senate position, said though the Senate respects the opinion of those who want a new Constitution, a section of the document does not give the National Assembly the powers to produce a brand new Constitution. “Now, some of our compatriots have urged that rather than amend the Constitution, we should make a new Constitution altogether”, Omo-Agege stated. “We respect this opinion, and we believe it is a most desirable proposition. “However, we are conducting this exercise in accordance with the extant legal order, which is the 1999 Constitution. Specifically, Section 9 of the Constitution empowers the National Assembly to alter the provisions of the Constitution and prescribes the manner in which it is to be done. “Unfortunately, it does not make similar provision or provide mechanism for replacing or re-writing an entirely new Constitution. “To embark on any process without prior alteration of Section 9 of the Constitution to provide the mode through which an entirely new Constitution could be made will amount to gross violation of our oath of allegiance to the Constitution. “In other words, it will take a new constitutional amendment to be able to give Nigerians a most desired new Constitution. It would be unconstitutional to do otherwise. Omo-Agege spoke on the heels of the argument by the Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBLF) that the National Assembly was wasting its time amending the present Constitution, contending that what the country needs is a new Constitution written by the people. The Forum described the current attempt to amend the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly as fraudulent. The leaders also warned that failure to restructure the country might lead to the Nigeria’s disintegration The SMBLF, which comprises the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF; the pan- Yoruba socio-political orgnisation, Afenifere; Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Middle-Belt Forum, had met at the Ladi Kwali Hall of Sheraton Hotels and Towers in Abuja. “The meeting urges the Federal Government to heed the genuine and reasonable nationwide calls for a transparent National Dialogue, and take urgent steps towards restructuring and birthing a new constitution; to bring back equitable harmony to the country”, a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting said. “We insist that it is imperative to immediately restructure the country, considering the precarious prevailing atmosphere before any further elections”. But reacting to the Omo-Agege statement, Ebiseni said, “We are only amused that Senator Omo-Agege, a lawyer, would seek to trivialise such a serious national issue on the interpretation only of Section 9 of the Constitution on its amendment”. The Afenifere Secretary General went on: “Contrary to the wrong interpretation of the Section, an alteration of the Constitution or any statute or document could be by amendment, change or outright substitution. “Thus, in saner climes, the National Assembly could use existing documents, including the 1963 Constitution and the 2014 National Conference report, and prepare a new draft Constitution altering the present Constitution by substitution and get the concurrence of the requisite number of state Houses of Assembly. “When India was confronted with a constitutional crisis in 1953, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed the States Reorganisation Commission which recommendations were submitted to parliament and reorganised India states along linguistic groups. “Our small western neighbour, Republic of Benin, under the elected government of President Mathew Kerekou, commissioned a National Conference in 1990 which recommendations birthed a new Constitution of the people which has since endured. “In the Nigerian I don’t expect them to give us a new Constitution because they themselves are products of a flawed, fraudulent Constitution unfortunate situation the Senate Deputy President, from Delta State, is only running away from the fact in the 1999 Constitution, the National Assembly, dominated by the beneficiaries of the fraudulent Constitution, cannot make any meaningful or fundamental changes. “The President, who is supposed to be the father of all, lacks the sagacity of a statesman. “He would rather dance to the tune of those who gave him 95% votes; he could not see why Bayelsa with eight local governments would have the same number of senators with Kano’s 44 as if the number to Bayelsa is all it deserves; he would rather teach Igbo youths the genocidal lessons their fathers and mothers were taught. “The National Assembly ought to know that the situation in Nigeria where government officials cannot travel from Minna and Ilorin to Lokoja for zonal public hearing, for security reason, is beyond crass legalese’. Critical conditions On his part, Ikubese, Convener of YesWeFit Revolutionary Movement and former presidential aspirant, said he was shocked that the Senate was not disposed to a new Constitution, saying critical conditions require critical solutions. “I urge the Senate to put letters aside and act swiftly to save what is left of this country before it’s too late”, he said. “This is not the first time we’ve embarked on constitutional amendment through confabs. How did it all end? “This is why we shouldn’t travel the same old route that will leave us in the middle of nowhere. “All we need is the political will power to get it done and birth a brand new nation that we can all be proud of. “What we need now is a brand new Constitution, and not an amendment, that we know will not be implemented like previous ones. “The Senate has a golden opportunity to write their names in gold. They shouldn’t throw it away”. Unitary govt Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu, in his submission, said since the process of the review has started, there is hardly anything anybody can do about it. His words: “Since the whole exercise has started, it will be difficult to discontinue. I’m sure members of the National Assembly are listening to the people by way of public hearing being held and also believe that it will provide adequate impetus for them to know what the people want. “So, instead of writing a fresh and new Constitution, they can amend the existing one as long as they listen to the people because they are the ones they are representing. “That’s the Constitution that devolves to the states and reduces the overwhelming powers which the FG has today so that we will no longer be a unitary government but become a true democracy.” New thing While contributing to the subject, Shittu, a former Minister of Communication, said the 1999 Constitution doesn’t recognize any process of mischievous formulation. “The Constitution provides for amendment. There is no justification for throwing away the current Constitution. There is no process, method recognized to bring about a new Constitution”, Shittu, a lawyer, said. “Those advocating for a new Constitution, what is the new thing they want to bring in which cannot be brought in through an amendment once they can convince Nigerians and the National Assembly through their proposals? “It must go through the National Assembly, the only arm of government empowered to begin the process of amendment. “When it involves changing the whole Constitution, it is not only the National Assembly; it must involve the state Houses of Assembly. “It is then we can say this is the wish of the generality of all Nigerians. Anything other than that, those calling for a new Constitution are calling for the overthrow of governmental order. It’s not a matter of sentiment but a matter of law and constitutional processes must be followed”. Reconsidering position Babatope, a former Minister of Transportation, described the position of the Senate as very surprising. “I find it very interesting because the responsibility of running a country is that of the National Assembly and so the Senate should not turn down the request of Nigerians if they want a new Constitution”, Babatope said. “I think Nigerians should begin to mount pressure on individual lawmaker and the Senate collectively without any form of violence to make them reconsider their position. “The Senate should do everything in it power to give the people what they want. “The Senate should realise that the people are agitating for a new Constitution because of the failure of the 1999 Constitution and it should also realise that it represents the people and, for that reason, should reconsider its stance on a new Constitution”. Law made for man Faroumbi, a former envoy to the Philippines, Ambassador, described the Deputy Senate President position as an indication that he lacked the capacity to lead the legislature. “What the Deputy Senate President said indicates the magnitude of mental poverty that is affecting our leadership”, he said. “For the Deputy Senate President to say that they are not in the position to give us a new Constitution unless we make an amendment to the 1999 Constitution indicates that the man lacks perspective of political situation since 1999. “I hope he will go and find out what happened under Ken Nnamani. I hope he will Continues on page 20
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