October 24, (THEWILL) – Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State has berated President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Party over the recent Independent Day Celebration in country.
The Chairman of the Party, Hon. Sikirulai Ogundele maintained that the Nigeria was only celebration hunger, insecurity, and hardship at 61, saying that nothing had improved in country since Buhari took over the reigns of power in 2015.
Ogundele who spoke with The Will in an exclusive interview, said that he would not call for the president’s resignation, but accused Nigerians of selling their votes and conscience to Buhari and APC in 2015 and 2019 respectively.
He, however, urged Nigerians not to complain about the current hardship and insecurity bedeviling the nation, insisting that they brought current situation on themselves for voting Goodluck Jonathan and PDP out in 2015.
According to him, Nigerians should continue to endure Buhari and his party till he ends his tenure,.adding that PDP would come back stronger and take over the reigns of power in 2023, advising them to vote out APC for PDP to relief themselves of their difficulty.
He said” What are we celebrating? We are celebrating hardship insecurity, hunger, government of lies and propaganda. Must we continue in our crying and smiling? Although, i don’t support Nigeria calling for the resignation of the president because Nigerians have enter into contractual agreement with the president Buhari and they had sold their conscience, votes to Buhari. They cannot come within the game and request for the change of the game.
“So, Nigerians deliberately requested for a change which they did not specify. Have they forgotten that they have sighed a contractual agreement with APC to run for another four years, they should just wait till the expiration of the contractual agreement they have with APC and vote them out in 2023.”
“The government of the day are just full of empty lies, look at the economy of the country, we cannot continue to build the country on propaganda and lies. Now that they had tasted the hardship of APC they should just wait till 2023 and vote for PDP” he added
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The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon Olakunle Oluomo has asked Nigerian women under the auspices of Stand Up for Women Society (SWS) to advocate for a bill seeking to create special constituencies for women at the state and the National Assembly.
Olumo said that the bill if passed into law would make women in the country well represented both at the state and at the national level to stand up for their rights and that of their children for the betterment of their lives and their future.
He spoke exclusively with The Will shortly after the SWS Investiture of Patron & Patroness, with the theme:” The Future of Feminism” held at Valley View Auditorium, Isale Igbein, Abeokuta, the state capital.
The speaker, said that it was high time the women embrace politics more to save the country from her current challenges of insecurity such as kidnapping, banditry, economic hardship among others so as to change the fortune of the nation
Oluomo, who used Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United State of America, as an example of a good woman, admonished the women to fully support the struggle in making the passage of the bill into law a reality at the National Assembly.
He said “There is a bill before the National Assembly that we are trying to make as part of the constitution that we want to amend. The bill says they should create a special constituencies for women in state and National Assembly.
“I want SWS to please do advocate in this respect show the national assembly that you are part of that struggle and you want them to achieve it for the betterment of women in Nigeria.”
“Nigeria can also at a point in time produce a woman like Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United State of America, she is now 84-year-old. You women are the ones that can save Nigeria, stand for the right of yourself, stand of for the right of your children because tomorrow belongs to them.” he added.
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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
