PFN advises members to obtain voter cards
APC leaders endorse Ondo commissioner’s bid for Reps
AHEAD of 2023 general elections, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria ( PFN) has urged its members to get their voter cards to avoid disenfranchisement.
Speaking at the inauguration of the executives of PFN Lagos Island Province, at the weekend, the Lagos State Chairman of PFN, Enyinnaya Okwuonu, said the church has the solution to the nation’s problems; hence the nation must look up to the church for the answer.
He appealed to members to pay their taxes, be loyal and submissive to the government in power “because every government is put there by God.”
Beyond praying, he added, there is something the church should do.
“In a country where there are no values, anything goes. The family is the nucleus of every society. In PFN, we have a directorate in charge of children and teens, and directorate for youths, to ensure that people get to understand values.
On his part, the in- coming chairman of PFN, Lagos Island Province, Rev. Tony Samson, urged Nigerians to understand that diversity is a blessing and not an anomaly.
He asserted that diversity is strength and beautiful, adding: “Nigerians don’t understand this. My strength is different from your strength; but when we come together, my strength cancels your weakness, then we achieve more with our diversity.”
AFORMER Ekiti State Commissioner for Public Utilities, Bamidele Faparusi, has advised Governor Kayode Fayemi to rein in some of his aides.
This followed reports that some loyalists of the governor were allegedly coercing some appointees to back a particular aspirant in the January 27 All Progressives Congress ( APC) governorship primary.
Faparusi said allowing the negative tendency to go unabated could hurt the governor’s image and throw the party into confusion.
The former House of Representatives member and governorship aspirant disclosed this, yesterday, in Ado Ekiti during a chat with journalists on the forthcoming primary.
He described the act as antithetical to democratic norms, saying it is wrong for anyone to breach the right of others by forcing them to vote or support any aspirant against their wish.
He said: “It has come to my notice that some elements, claiming to be emissaries of Dr. Fayemi, were calling some appointees and demanding that they support a certain aspirant against their wish. This unconscionable act is a political fraud and it is greatly condemnable.
“Unfortunately, some of those being threatened are core politicians who worked for the emergence of this government. They should stop treating people as if they did them a favour by appointing them. They worked for the party and they deserved their appointments.
“This sounds so repulsive and depressing. How can they be compelling appointees to erect a billboard for a certain aspirant on the instruction of Mr. Governor? Is this democracy or militocracy?”
He added: “The governor, as leader of the party, should quickly sanction these people and condemn this nefarious activity. He had promised a level playing field for everyone and I do not see how intimidation and harassment of delegates will ensure a level playing ground at the primary.”
HIS came as the APC leadership in Ese- Odo Local Council of Ondo State endorsed the candidacy of Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, for the Ilaje/ Ese- Odo Federal Constituency seat.
The nod was given during a meeting at Arogbo town at
Tthe weekend. In attendance were party leaders from Apoi, Arogbo Ijaw, and other bigwigs in the local council.
The leaders, who lauded Ojogo’s contributions to development of the party in the council, adopted him unanimously after a motion moved by Bayo Anifowose.
The motion was supported by Chairman of Apoi Ward 4, Doye Olajide, and former Chairman, Ese- Odo Local Council, Corporal Nanaopiri.
Ojogo, who expressed gratitude for the gesture, said he was “overwhelmed” by the “show of love and support”, adding that his political journey “is still subjected to the nod” of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.