Nigeria @58: Group urges Nigerians to speak against criminality
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by angela atabo2 dateme said these nigerians would be torch lighted to show other nigerians that there were still good and hardworking people in nigeria who do excel even without connection as believed by people1 the convener and president of the group mr doyle edeni made the call at the launch of the stand up speak out initiative in abuja1 edeni said that the biggest problem confronting nigeria and her people was her perception as a nation with no values and direction due bad people who are in the minority1 according to him more than 80 per cent of nigerians are good people but the less than 20 per cent that are bad are caving a wrong name for the nation1 we are launching a citizen project to call on nigerians to rise up to their responsibilities as citizens and speak out against those who are determined to pull our nation down1 suso condemns crime and criminality in all its forms whether perpetrated by fellow citizens or foreigners1 a civil society organisation stand up speak out initiative suso on tuesday called on nigerians to speak out against acts of criminality by people defrauding the nation1 jobs with basic skill sets should be the exclusive preservation of nigerians as practised by all civilized nations around the world1 edeni said that nigerians were always discriminated against abroad and decried the situation where nigerians discriminate against themselves even in nigeria1 he said that suso had decided to take it up and say enough is enough adding that it was time to stand up and speak out and rise to be counted in the fight against criminality1 edeni said that nigeria would not be reformed overnight but the current challenges presented a good opportunity for a fresh start1 also speaking ms ibiera dateme secretary board of trustee suso said that the main objective of the citizens project was to re-orientate nigerians on the values of the nation1 she said that it was time to reawaken national consciousness of the citizens by giving voices to nigerians with integrity1 our organisation shall work to disavow those citizens who act in concert with thier foreign collaborators to undermine the interest of the country and its people1

Recognise Omotosho as national chairman, Labour party urges INEC
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by angela atabo2 when the leadership of the party protested to inec in february assistant director on security mr musa sekpa had assured that the issue would be looked into1 forum of states chairmen of the labour party made the call at a news conference on tuesday in abuja at the end of a two-day meeting of the body1 chairman of the group mr joseph ndirang said that omotosho emerged at a special convention of the party in october 2017 replacing alhaji abdulkadir abdulsalam who was removed over allegation of fraud1 he said inec witnessed the convention but had refused to recognise and work with omotosho as the chairman of the party1 ndirang said that the situation had remained so in spite of the partys representations which culminated in a protest to inecs headquarters in abuja in february1 according to him inecs silence on the issue is undermining the partys decision at the 2017 convention which brought in omotosho1 he said that the party was surprised that till date the commission was yet to recognise omotosho1 the meeting observed with dismay the inability of inec as the regulator of the activities of political parties to fully comply and impartially implement the overflowing decision of the highest organ1 the labour partys convention unanimously removed the former chairman abdulkadir abdulsalam and elected omotosho as the new chairman of the party1 the meeting noted that the convention that removed abdulsalam from office was convened in line with the provisions of the partys constitution article 13c and in conformity with the requirements and guidelines of inec1 labour party has decried the refusal of independent national electoral commissioninec to recognise dr mike omotosho as its national chairman and urged the commission to do without further delay1 ndirang added that for avoidance of doubts copies of the nigeria police report and the forensic audit report carried out on the partys financial accounts that indicted abdulsalam was made available1 he expressed the forums displeasure over the continuous illegal self-parade of abdulsalam as national chairman of the party after the national working committee and the convention had removed him from office1 he said that this perpetuation of illegality had misled people into assuming that the party was in a kind of crisis which was not true1 the chairmens forum re-affirms the outcome of the 2017 special convention and also demands that all relevant stakeholders respect and uphold the decisions of the party1 the meeting demands that inec recognizes and only deal henceforth with omotosho as the duly elected national chairman of the party the forum chairman said1 ndirang said that the forum also rejected the clandestine move of a former governor to hijack the party through the back door adding that the governor abandoned the party that made him1 he said that the chairmen also rejected every plan by detractors to drag the party into any unholy coalition for selfish interest1 he said that the party would continue to remain a solid political party with its socialist ideology for the betterment of the nigerians1 when contacted director of voter education and publicity at inec mr oluwole osaze-uzzi said that he had no in-depth knowledge of the crisis in the party1 he promised to check and ascertain what the position of the commission was on the chairmanship issue1 to that extent there should not have been any reason why abdulsalams name is still hoisted on inecs website after inec supervised and monitored the constitutional process that duly removed him he said1