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Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhajj Alhassan Yaryasa has warned Governor Abba Yusuf against dissolving the state’s new emirates.

Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero replaced Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano during the emirates’ establishment by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

Following the 2023 governorship election, former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, a political godfather to Governor Abba Yusuf, promised to reverse Ganduje’s decision and restore the Kano Emirate to its original structure.

The Tinubu Campaign Organisation for Kano South Coordinator, Alhajj Yaryasa, advised Governor Yusuf not to dismantle the emirates.

He emphasized the need for state peace by arguing that such a move could cause emirate unrest and resistance.

Yaryasa worried about external influences pressuring the governor to cause conflict between the government and emirate communities.

Advising Governor Yusuf to put state interests before personal and political ones.

The governor’s popularity could suffer if the emirates are dissolved, Yaryasa warned.

That traditional rulers are not political appointees and should only be removed for serious crimes, he said.

Yaryasa asked top state elders to advise the governor against tampering with the new emirates.

In order to preserve the sanctity of traditional institutions, he also supported legislation that would prevent politicians from meddling in their affairs.

The governor should be advised by state elders not to bow to pressure from the new emirates because it will harm the state.

“A law should prevent politicians, especially governors and other elected officials, from meddling in traditional American institutions.

APC leader told Punch, “Politicians should respect traditional institutions, otherwise it will be rendered useless in the eyes of society.”

Salihu Lukman, the former director general of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, has pleaded with President Bola Tinubu to restore the functioning of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is currently in power.

On Friday’s episode of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, Lukman—the APC’s immediate vice chairman—announced this.

After Senators Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore left their positions as the party’s national chairman and secretary, respectively, in July of last year, he added, the APC needed to be forced to function.

“I expect President Asiwaju to address the fundamental issue of making sure our party’s structures are operating properly,” he stated.

“After fighting to remove Senator Iyiola Omisore and Abdullahi Adamu from the party leadership, I am frustrated because it’s not about getting them out; it’s about making the right decisions to make sure these structures work so that anybody who comes should be able to work based on the party constitution.”

Approximately two years following the breakup of the National Working Committee (NWC), which was led by Adams Oshiomhole, Adamu assumed the position of APC national chairman in March 2022.

Adamu served as the state’s governor of Nasarawa from May 1999 to May 2007. Additionally, from May 2011 to April 2022, she served as the senator for Nasarawa West in the National Assembly.

Prior to the APC presidential primary in June 2022, Adamu declared former Senate President Ahmad Lawan the party’s consensus nominee. However, a group of northern governors vehemently disagreed, preferring former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu ultimately defeated Lawan, then-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, and other APC power brokers to become the party’s nominee. The presidential election of February 25, 2023 would be won by the former governor of Lagos.

Adamu and Omisore were forced to leave the ruling party two months after Tinubu took office as president of Nigeria due to a series of issues.

Lukman remarked, “We had to fight to get Asiwaju to win the ticket,” in reference to the APC’s current performance. It shouldn’t be business as usual now that you have won the ticket.

For example, if the real federalism report by the Malam Nasir El-Rufai-led Committee was produced under former President Buhari—I am a member of that committee. The task was carried out honestly, without even debating the views of influential individuals. Instead, the objective was to gather public opinion, weigh it, and encourage people to start considering their options. We then presented those possibilities, including draft legislation bills.

“I argued about this in several of my writings,” he remarked in response to a question about why the report was not put into action. The APC’s conservative wing frequently gets its way. Their advanced abilities enable them to prevent the completion of tasks they find objectionable. I am frustrated in part because of the APC since they are everywhere. I anticipated that the APC would hold a lot of debates. Without meetings, there would be no debates; instead, candidates would have to plot to gain positions and run for office even in the absence of elections. In a democracy like that, progress is impossible.

Although there have been significantly less instances of electoral manipulation than there were in 2015, according to Lukman, “where there are gaps is our democracy’s capacity to produce leaders that are accountable to citizens.” responsibility in terms of attending to public needs and serving as a spokesperson for public interests. This has a large void in it.

It also reflects, in my opinion, how we prioritize the entire system and institution that should guide governance following elections. And the political party is that establishment.

“I am now more of an advocate for the national reforms that our political parties require. As I keep bringing up the Uwais Committee report, which called for the unbundling of INEC, one of the structures that should result from that unbundling would be the Political Party Regulatory Commission. This is because, as of right now, none of our parties—including the APC—are operating, and the National Executive Committee, which is meant to meet quarterly, hasn’t met since August.

Similar to the Board of Trustees, the National Advisory Council has not met since 2013. Not one National Advisory Council meeting, either. The National Caucus is a framework that should be advisory and can meet even once a week, but it doesn’t.

“Though they should have a constitution, we have established organizations like the women’s and youth wings, but nothing has been done as of yet,” he stated.

Siminalayi Fubara, the state governor of Rivers State, has received a call from Tony Okocha, the chairman of the APC’s Caretaker Committee, urging her to hold local government elections in accordance with the constitution.

Okocha made the request while speaking to reporters during the Inter Party Advisory Committee’s (IPAC) visit to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) on Thursday. He pointed out that the current LGA chairmen’s terms are about to expire in a few months.

According to him, the APC is prepared to run in the LGA elections.

“I felt that I should also take this opportunity to call on the Rivers State Government to add to the calls that we have made for an election to be conducted,” stated Okocha. “This is because the constitution permits an election to be held following a specific amount of time.”

“And in a few months, the current council members’ terms will come to an end. Naturally, procedures must be followed because the law stipulates that parties must have a reasonable amount of time to notify one another about the impending election.

We would also like to take this opportunity to inform the governor that things are not going as usual.

The usage of caretaker arrangements in local governments has actually been declared by the Supreme Court to be an anomaly.

We will not be boycotting elections this time around; it was a mistake that was made in the past and it won’t happen again.

Adolphus Enebeli, a retired justice of the Rivers State High Court, is leading the RSIEC, and he expressed trust in it.

Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is scheduled to take office on Saturday for a second five-year term following a landslide of elections that the opposition has denounced as fraudulent and called for protests.

The celebration will take place at Kinshasa’s 80,000-seat Martyrs sports stadium, which is the preferred venue for the 60-year-old president known as “Fatshi,” despite simmering tensions in the nation’s unstable eastern provinces.

Officials say that eighteen additional heads of state will be present.

His first swearing-in took place in the somber grounds of the Palace of Nations, a location that has historically hosted significant governmental events, in January 2019, following his controversial victory over Joseph Kabila.

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Etienne Tshisekedi, a legendary opposition politician who passed away, is the father of Tshisekedi.

When he ran for president, he pledged to end 25 years of violence in the east and improve living conditions in the mineral-rich but primarily impoverished Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Although he has not fulfilled his promises, he ran on a platform of his first term’s accomplishments, including free primary care, and requested an additional mandate to “consolidate” the gains.

On December 20, more than 40 million individuals were registered to vote for a president, as well as for local, state, and federal legislators and council members.

• “Gigantic, organized mess” – Polling was formally prolonged by one day to accommodate several logistical snags and persisted in isolated locations for days beyond.

Tshisekedi ultimately emerged victorious with 73.47 percent of the vote.

Former Katanga central region governor Moise Katumbi finished far behind with 18.08 percent.

Five percent went to Martin Fayulu, who claims he was likewise duped in the previous presidential election.

Denis Mukwege, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts helping rape victims, received a 0.22 percent score.

These contenders demanded that the election results be void. The police prohibited and put an end to a protest that was scheduled for December 27.

The Kinshasa archbishop referred to the polls as a “gigantic, organised mess.”

In a nation with a troubled political history, claims of fraud and a “electoral hold-up” have not diminished, and there is still cause for concern about violence.

• Security issues: On Saturday, supporters are urged by Katumbi and Fayulu to “show their discontent.”

“To stand up and say ‘no,'” they exhorted everyone, wherever they might be.

In addition to the use of unauthorized voting machines, instances of fraud, vandalism, and intimidation have been acknowledged by the CENI electoral body.

Votes for 82 candidates, including three ministers of state and four provincial governors, were canceled in the general election.

For Tshisekedi, the security challenge is still enormous.

Violence between the army and M23 rebels, who are supported by neighboring Rwanda, has since restarted in the east after a respite before the elections.

Soldiers from the ten-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been quietly entering the Democratic Republic of the Congo since mid-December.

They are replacing an East African peacekeeping force whose mission was terminated by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the grounds that it engaged in rebel collaboration rather than combat.

On Tuesday, a senior army official stated that Kinshasa was depending on them to assist it in regaining ground against the M23 militia, which has taken over large areas of the east since resuming operations in 2021.