Top Political Stories Today (Featuring Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi, Fashola, And More)

Top political stories today feature President Bola Tinubu, his former rivals; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, and more.

Eko Hot Blog reports all the details below:

Tinubu In South Africa For Ramaphosa’s Inauguration

President Bola Tinubu arrived in South Africa on Tuesday night to attend the inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Tinubu arrived at Waterkloof Air Force Base on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital, on Tuesday evening.

Featured in Top Political Stories Today: President Bola Tinubu in South Africa for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inauguration

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Labour Party Tells Tinubu He Was Elected To Reduce Poverty, Not Amplify It

The Labour Party (LP) has said it was disappointed with President Tinubu’s statement which it described as making mockery of Nigeria’s poor.

Featured in Top Political Stories Today: Labour Party

National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, in a chat with Vanguard, in Abuja, on Tuesday said the president needed to be reminded that he was elected into office to reduce if not eliminate poverty and not exacerbate it.

He spoke in response to Tinubu’s statement that Nigerians were not the only ones suffering from poverty.

Atiku Slams Culture of ‘Insensitivity, Bigotry, Nepotism, Corruption, And Wastefulness’ in Tinubu’s Government

Atiku, speaking through his Special Adviser, Paul Ibe, criticized the Tinubu administration for its perceived “insensitivity, bigotry, nepotism, corruption, and wastfulness.”

“There’s a saying that the baby goat watches the mother goat eating grass and consequently learns to eat grass,” he said.

Featured in Top Political Stories Today: 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar

“There are little or no values nurtured and promoted by Tinubu and his administration. What Nigerians are seeing it manifest is insensitivity, bigotry, nepotism, corruption, and wastefulness.

“What we expect to hear from him are the measures and the strategy to deal with the menace and not to regale us with the problems that we are all well aware of.

“The poverty in Nigeria is multidimensional. It was exacerbated by the policies of the Tinubu administration that does not priotise production and cutting costs.”

Bayo Onanuga Thinks Peter Obi Wants Tinubu Dead

Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Tinubu, has tackled Obi over his comments on the proposed purchase of a new presidential aircraft.

The House of Representatives committee on national security and intelligence had asked the federal government to purchase new aircraft for the presi and Vice-President Kashim Shettima.

Featured in Top Political Stories Today: Peter Obi of the LP and President Bola Tinubu of the APC

But speaking on the development on Monday, Obi, faulted the proposal, saying it highlights the disconnect between the government and the people.

According to Obi, the proposal is unacceptable, adding that there is need for a more compassionate use of resources and prioritising citizens’ welfare.

Reacting to Obi’s comment in an interview with Punch on Tuesday, Onanuga said the purchase of another aircraft is a necessity.

Onanuga said the proposed presidential aircraft is a “basic thing any sane government will do” because it cannot toy with the president’s welfare.

He said, “Does Peter Obi want the President dead? Is that his wish? Does he want him to continue moving around in a rickety plane and die like the VP of Malawi and Iran President? Let him tell us.”

Fubara’s Directive on LG Admin Heads taking charge of Rivers Councils Leads to Bloodshed

Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, has asked the heads of local government administration to immediately assume control of the 23 council areas of the state.

Fubara gave the directive during a statewide broadcast on Tuesday.

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara

The three-year tenure of the elected chairpersons, vice chairpersons and councillors ended on Monday.

By Tuesday evening, police said two people who died were a policeman and a member of a vigilante group and that they were killed at Eberi-Omuma in Omuma Local Government Area of the state.

The police said, in order to tackle further breakdown of law and order, their men have been ordered to take over the 23 council secretariats in the state.

Reps Minority Caucus: Hunger, Abductions, Killings are Daily Realities in Nigeria

The minority caucus in the House of Representatives says Nigerians are facing the most difficult times in the nation’s history.

In a statement felicitating Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, Kingsley Chinda, leader of the minority caucus, said Nigerians should be resilient despite difficulties.

Nigerian House of Representatives

“Clearly, this is a most difficult and challenging time for us as a people as our dear country continues to grapple with governance, sociopolitical, and economic realities occasioned by unprecedented poor living conditions and invidious government policies,” the statement reads.

“Indeed, our people are daily faced with realities of hunger, excruciating pain, poverty, and several killings, abductions, and kidnappings across the country.”

Emirship Tussle: FG Listening to Enemies of Kano – Kwankwaso

Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, has accused the federal government of compromising security in Kano.

Speaking during the flag-off ceremony for the construction of 82 kilometres of rural road networks in Madobi, his hometown, the former Kano governor said the federal government is listening to some “unpatriotic politicians” from the state.

Former NNPP Presidential Candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso

Kwankwaso said the people of Kano would resist any attempt to undermine the constituted authority in the state.

Yunusa Tanko: Nigeria needs Electoral Reform, not Rotational Presidency

Yunusa Tanko, spokesperson of the Labour Party presidential campaign council in the 2023 election, says reforming Nigeria’s electoral process is more important now than the proposed single-tenure rotational presidency.

Speaking in an interview with NAN, Tanko said the pursuit of rotational presidency can come after electoral reform is achieved.

He added that reforming the electoral process would guarantee the emergence of credible leaders across all levels of government and help deepen democracy.

On June 10, about 35 members of the House of Representatives proposed a six-year single term for the president and governors.

The legislators said the bill also proposes rotation of executive powers among the six geopolitical zones to “ensure equal representation and reduce the desperation and tempo of agitation for the creation of states”.

Fashola: National Assembly can only legislate on Minimum Wage, not Salaries

Babatunde Fashola, a former minister of works and housing, says the national assembly may have unconstitutionally legislated on salaries instead of minimum wage.

In an article entitled ‘Minimum Wage Review – My Takeaway’, Fashola said what the constitution provides for to be legislated on in the exclusive-legislative list is the country’s minimum wage.

Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola

Fashola said there is need for the constitution to be amended to allow for the fixing of minimum salaries of workers.

APC Stakeholders write Tinubu, Reject Abia Nominees for Tertiary Institution Governing Councils

The Abia APC Stakeholders Forum (AASF) has rejected the list of appointees from the state to the boards and governing councils of tertiary institutions.

On June 14, President Tinubu approved the reconstitution of governing councils and boards for federal tertiary institutions in the country.

The forum said except for Henry Ikoh, a former minister of state for science and technology, and one Chijioke Ikpo, others appointed to the governing councils are not members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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In a letter addressed to the president, the group demanded that the names of appointees, excluding Ikoh and Ikpo, be withdrawn.

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