APC appoints Peace and Reconciliation Committees
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by emmanuel mogbede4 south-south2 this according to a statement by malam lanre issa-onilu the partys national publicity secretary on monday in abuja is in recognition of the need to address the post-primary elections disputes in the party1 issa-onilu said that the partys national chairman mr adams oshiomhole would inaugurate the committees on wednesday1 the full composition of the committee for each zone1 the national working committee nwc of the all progressives congress apchas approved the formation and composition of a national peace and reconciliation committees for each geo-political zone1 south-east1 south-west1 north-central1 north-east1 north-west1

2019: APDA pledges to focus on poverty, leadership, education
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by emmanuel mogbede4 this undoubtedly is not new it has of course become a tradition in democracies all over the world. the apda is set to make a difference this time1 alhaji shitu mohammed the presidential candidate of the advanced peoples democratic alliance apda has identified issues of poverty education religion and leadership as the core challenges of the country1 mohammed disclosed in a statement issued in abuja on tuesday that the problems facing the nation were well known to all patriotic nigerians stressing that they have remained a daunting challenge1 he said that many governments in the past had pledged to solve the problems of nigerians but have unfortunately failed to do so in the last decades1 the core challenges of nigerian remains the issue of poverty education religion and leadership these are issues i want to take up as president if elected by nigerians in 2019 he said1 he however said that nigerians now had another opportunity in 2019 to take a decision that would either shape or mar the nations future noting that the political climate was already charged1 apda identifies poverty education religion and leadership as core challenges of the country1 the apda is set to bring to nigerians ideas that work ideas that will change the perception and misgivings of nigerians about what their leaders should do for them and what they stand to gain1 the apda wants to recreate nigeria. we are not inventing the wheel neither are we retrogressing because of the hard realities that stares us in the face currently1 we want to give nigerians a new lease of life that they would have a stake in he said1 mohammed said the apda would initiate policies and programmes that would promote consumer rights sustainable development and financial market reforms to create a stronger more democratic nation and a better future for nigerians1 he further said that the partys priority was to fight unemployment and to ensure a fairer society for all adding that it was determined to restore hope and trust of nigerians1 we pledged to recreate a nigeria that guarantees all its citizens the right to pursue their aspirations and achieve their full potentials he said1

APC presidential primaries:Governors to serve as Returning Officers
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by emmanuel mogbede4 the all progressives congress apc national working committee nwc has appointed respective state governors to serve as returning officers for the presidential direct primaries1 the primaries would be holding across the states of the federation and the federal capital territory fct on friday sept. 281 mr yekini nabena the partys acting national publicity secretary made this known in a statement on thursday night in abuja1 he however said that in states where the party has no governors senators and ministers in such states would serve as returning officers for the exercise1 he added that national and state house of assembly members were to coordinate their various constituencies during the exercise1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the apc presidential primaries is to pass affirmative vote on president muhammadu buhari who is the partys sole aspirant for the 2019 presidential election1 the party is expected to hold a presidential convention on oct. 6 to ratify the president as its candidate ahead of the 2019 presidential election1

APC hail return of Dapchi school girls
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by emmanuel mogbede4 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the boko haram today returned 105 kidnapped dapchi school girls in nine vehicles same way they took them away on feb. 191 malam bolaji abudullahi apc national publicity secretary said this in a statement in abuja on wednesday while expressing delight over the return of the girl by their abductors1 the apc is extremely delighted with the news of the return of the schoolgirls abducted from government girls science technical college dapchi yobe state by boko haram1 with this prompt release of the dapchi girls the apc government has demonstrated how government should respond to such situations1 if the immediate past peoples democratic party pdp administration had responded with the similar alacrity the chibok schoolgirls would have been released or rescued he said1 the all progressives congress apc has described the prompt release of the dapchi schoolgirls as another demonstration of the political will of president muhammadu buhari to secure lives of nigerians1 this he said left the apc government with no choice than to rescue many of the girls and rehabilitate them when it came to power in 20151 abudullahi assured nigerians that the apc-led federal government was committed to securing the release of the remaining chibok schoolgirls still held in captivity by boko haram1 the spokesman added that government would ultimately rehabilitate and reunite the girls with their families and loved ones when they were eventually rescued1 he expressed confidence that the reforms that the government had embarked on would improve the capacity and efficiency of security agencies to prevent the kidnap of children by terrorists1 this he said would also diminish the ability of terrorist to carry out attacks on soft targets1 the apc spokesman noted that instead of giving the situation the urgency it deserved the pdp wasted several weeks wallowing in denial and conspiracy theories1