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Nigeria: Yet to Decide Zoning of Ticket, PDP Releases Details of Presidential Nomination Process

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By Derrick Bangura

In addition to forming a 37-man committee to determine the zoning of its presidential ticket, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gone a step further by revealing details of how the presidential candidate will be chosen without waiting for the committee’s decision.

In another vein, the party has formed a three-man committee, led by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, to mediate the party’s divisions in Edo State.

The Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and his Bauchi State counterpart, Senator Bala Mohammed, are also members of the Committee.
But many of the party chieftains had started wondering why the PDP released details of how its presidential candidate would emerge, without waiting for the report of the committee it earlier set up.

Details of the President guidelines of the documents obtained by THISDAY showed that the PDP would screen its presidential aspirants that purchased the N35 million and N 5 million Expression of Interest and nomination forms on April 18.

The sales of forms for presidential aspirants would end on April 15, commencing March 17.
Also, the documents showed that the party would screen all governorship aspirants on April 16; the Senate and the House of Representatives aspirants on April 12, while the aspirants for the state House of of Assembly would be screened on April 9.

The panel to hear appeals of aggrieved members would sit on April 21.
Furthermore, while the presidential convention has been slated for May 28 and 29, the processes that would herald the election of ad hoc and the statutory delegates, would kick off between April 23 and May 7.

Curiously, however, all the approved dates for the processes for the emergence of the presidential standard bearer, was without recourse to the 37-man zoning committee.

According to the guidelines and schedule of activities released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), all the political parties are expected to commence campaigns for the presidential run on October 3 as the presidential and the National Assembly elections would hold on February 25, 2023, while the governorship and state House of Assembly would hold on March 11 2023.

Not unexpectedly, this development has forced some members of the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) to question the sincerity of the party leadership over the setting up of the committee from each states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory.

Meanwhile, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party constituted the three-man committee to resolve issues in the Edo State Chapter of party, because of the dimension the matter had begun to take.

This was part of the resolutions reached at the 95th NEC meeting of the Party held on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, and contained in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba

Edo PDP crisis reverberated last week following diatribe between Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obasike, over threat by Edo’s Deputy Governor, Philip Shauibu, that they would quit if not absolved into the party.

National Chairman of PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, had asked party members to refrain from “attacking” each other

He gave the advice while addressing a joint meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT) and NEC of the party at the PDP headquarters in Abuja.
He said “attacks” were a distraction for the party, and that the focus now should be on winning elections.

Ayu, who urged party members to settle their differences “in-house”, added: “I am calling on every single member of the PDP family to put their differences aside. We are not out to fight against ourselves; our goal is to unite the party, go out as we used to do, win elections as we used to do.”

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Commission, journalists partner to revamp water sector in Kaduna

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The Kaduna State Water Services Regulatory Commission (KADWREC) says it is partnering media practitioners towards revamping water services in the state.

Mr Dogara Bashir, the Executive Chairman of KADWREC, disclosed this on Monday at a one-day workshop organised for media practitioners on regulation of ‘Water, Sanitation and Hygiene’ (WASH) activities held in Kaduna.

Bashir said the commission was aware of the importance of the role media practitioners played in the society.

He stated that the workshop was to provide an avenue to liaise with them as important stakeholders on water supply and sanitation services in the state.

Bashir said: “As media practitioners, we believe you are a gateway to the citizens so, the workshop would acquaint you with some of the regulations already in place so that you can in turn transmit it to the public

“The state of water services in Kaduna State is in dire need of attention and the State Water Corporation and KADWREC were established towards addressing the seeming challenges.

“The commission is mandated to ensure better service delivery and regulation of water and sanitation services in the State.

“The idea is that once the regulations are developed, we send them to the State Ministry of Justice to gazette and then we get the state government to endorse and give the go ahead to commence the implementation of the regulations

“We intend to implement them fully come January, 2025 God willing, as we have embarked on advocacy activities having gone to zones 1 and 2 where we talked to traditional rulers, security agencies and the Judiciary.”

He disclosed that a special Court has already been attached to the commission by the Chief Judge of the State for service providers who may likely violate regulations.

The chairman further said that amongst the commission’s objectives include ensuring security, reliability and quality of service in the production and delivery of water to the consumers as well making regulations to control the sinking of boreholes.

Others included; maximising access to water services by promoting and facilitating consumer connections to distribution systems in urban and rural areas.

According to Bashir, they also include ensuring that regulatory decision-making has regards to all the relevant health, safety, environmental and social legislation applying to the water sector.

Bashir further said that the commission collaborate with the relevant state and federal agencies on water policies.

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2 ladies docked for allegedly obtaining money by fraud

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The police in Lagos have dragged two women, Mmesuma Ofunna, and Blessing Adimekwe, before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged obtaining money by false pretence.

Ofunna, 22, and Adimekwe, 25, were arraigned before the Magistrate, Mr L K J Layeni, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, stealing and conduct likely to breach peace.

They each, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The prosecutor, ASP Simon Uche, told the court that the defendants conspired with others now at large, to commit the offence on Oct. 26 at the Okokomaiko area of Ojo.

He alleged that they had obtained the sum of N70, 000 from one Faith Ahamefule, with a promise not to post her nude photo on social media.

The prosecutor alleged that the defendants later posted the nude photo of the nominal complainant on social media, knowing that their promise was false.

He alleged that they stole the N70, 0000, thereby conducting themselves in a manner likely to breach public peace.

The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 168(d), 287, 314, and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

The court granted the defendants bails in the sum of N500, 000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.

He adjourned the case until Jan. 8, 2025 for mention.

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Driver jailed 6 months for attempting to steal a car

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A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday, sentenced a 37-year-old driver, Ahmad Umar to six months in imprisonment for attempting to steal a car.

The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Bokkos in his judgment, ordered the convict to pay an option of N30, 000 fine or spend six months in prison.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported on Oct. 10, at the Area Command Police station through a distress call by one Sydney Peacemorie the complainant.

Gokwat said the complainant parked his Toyota RAV4 in front of Access Bank and went inside to carry out some transactions, only to return to find the convict inside his car.

“The convict unlawfully opened the car and was in the driver’s seat when the complainant raised alarm and he was apprehended, but his accomplice escaped.

“The convict was severely beaten by a mob but was rescued by the police,” said Gokwat.

“The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the Plateau Penal Code Law.

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