A'Court Affirms Machina As Yobe North APC Senatorial Candidate
Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has tasked directors in social development and welfare departments to work out strategies to successfully eradicate poverty in Nigeria.
Farouq made the call yesterday in Abuja at the 1st Conference of Directors, Social Development/Welfare with the theme: "Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations around the World."
She said the theme presents social challenges that have devastating impacts on lives and livelihoods across the globe, exacerbating poverty, inequality, and other social challenges.
Farouq noted that social welfare is an organised function with a set of activities to enable individuals, families, groups, and communities to cope with the social problems of changing conditions.
"As you may be aware, the conference of directors of social development is the highest decision-making for social development sector in the country, the conference forum will enable directors of Social Development/Welfare in the country to share experiences on problems affecting the successful implementation of Social Development Programmes in the country and initiate futuristic plans and approach in the delivery of Social Services to the targeted groups," she said.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has lost the battle for the senatorial ticket of Yobe North senatorial district of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The judgement was delivered at the Court of Appeal yesterday in Abuja.
The court affirmed Bashir Sheriff as the authentic candidate of the APC for Yobe North senatorial district of Yobe State.
President, Court of Appeal,
Justice Monica DongbanMensen, who presided over a three-man panel, gave the affirmation in an appeal by the APC challenging the decision of Justice Fadimatu Aminu of the Federal High Court Damaturu, which had on September 28, 2022, declared Machina as winner of the primary election organised by the party in May 2022, while Lawan opted to contest the presidential primary election organised by the APC in June.
Lawan lost the
APC presidential ticket to former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu.
However, Machina was asked to step down for Lawan but he insisted that he would not withdraw for the Senate President.
In the face the controversy, the APC submitted the Senate President’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its senatorial candidate for Yobe North.
Miffed by the development, of
Machina headed to court to seek redress.
Specifically, Machina in his suit, asked the court to declare him as the validly elected senatorial candidate of the APC for the 2023 election.
Justice Aminu had nullified the parallel primary election that produced Lawan on June 9, 2022.
Consequently, the trial judge ordered the APC to forward the name of Machina to INEC as the authentic winner of the primary held in May.
The director, media and publicity, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Support Committee (PSC), Kailani Muhammad has described the discovery of Bauchi and Gombe oil blocks as a national economic breakthrough.
Muhammad who stated this during the weekend while addressing a press conference in Kaduna said, "The discovery of oil blocks in the north is a national economic breakthrough."
He disclosed that the newly discovered oil blocks in Bauchi and Gombe will be developed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, adding that it will be jointly managed by the Sterling Global Oil and New Nigeria Development Commission (NNDC) alongside the NNPC Limited.
He said, "Apart from the Gombe, Bauchi discovery, there are other locations in the Northern part of the country with large deposits of hydrocarbons. All these deposits will generally impact the Nigerian economy."