By Lola Idahosa, Kaduna
A political forum in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State, PDP Integrity Group, has accused the State Youth Leader of the party of extorting tens of millions of Naira from some political office seekers in Southern Kaduna.
Consequently, members of the group have passed a vote of no confidence on the leader, Hon. Boniface Garba who hails from the area.
A statement signed by 38 leaders of thought and political chieftains alleged that Hon. Garba collected over thirty-one million Naira from five aspirants who contested for various positions in the recent PDP primaries in the state.
According to the statement, “In view of the above, we the good people of Sanga LGA PDP hereby demand for the immediate removal and replacement of Hon. Boniface Garba if the PDP is to emerge victorious in Sanga LGA during the next general elections” they declared.
The group which condemned what it called “unbecoming tendencies” of Boniface Garba also accused him of reckless handling of party affairs in the state.
But in a swift reaction on behalf of the youth leader, a Special Assistant to Governor Ramalan Yero on Media, Mr. Tanko Rossi Sabo described the allegation as baseless and malicious saying that the action was the handiwork of those who lost in the primaries.
The media aide to the Governor said the State PDP Youth Leader was not only a respected person, but also of high integrity who stands tall among his peers.
Mr. Tanko Sabo challenged those making the allegations to pin point what they had offered in the community that could be compared to those of the State PDP Youth Leader, who championed the emergence of various political office holders from the area.
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SURE-P: Beneficiaries To Get 3 -Month Salary Arrears
By Lola Idahosa, kaduna
It was a jubilation all the way at the Yar’Adua Indoor Hall, Murtala Mohammed Square Kaduna when the State Governor, Alhaji Ramalan Yero announced payment of 3 months’ salary arrears to beneficiaries of the State Youth Development Programme.
The occasion was the flag-off of the Youth and Women Empowerment Development Programme being participated by a total of 2,550 youth and women selected from the 23 local government areas of the state. The participants were engaged in various community services in October, 2014 without the ten thousand naira salary.
Governor Yero told the mammoth gathering that the main purpose of the programme is to transform and also improve their quality of lives.
It will also give the youth the opportunity to contribute their quota to the development of their various communities, he said. Governor Yero, charged them to be committed to their assigned community services as well as ambassadors of peace in their respective areas.
Love ,Accommodate One Another-Kaduna First Lady Pleads
By Lola Idahosa, Kaduna
The wife of Kaduna State Governor , Hajiya Fatima Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has appealed to the people of Kaduna State to continue to love and accommodate each other irrespective of their religious and political affiliation.
She made this appealed in her Christmas goodwill message signed by her Chief Press Secretary Aisha Sani Junai and made available to newsdiaryonline also joins Christians around the world in celebration of the birth of Jesus and in wishing Nigerians and the good people of Kaduna state a happy Christmas celebration.
According to the statement, “Hajiya Fatima prays that as citizens celebrate the feast of sacrifice, God Almighty would bless them with good health, peace, happiness and prosperity”.
“She enjoins Christians to continue to extend and exhibit perseverance, love, self restraint, and accommodation which are some of the virtues of Christmas in their dealings with people of Kaduna state irrespective of their religious and political affiliation”.
“Hajiya Fatima, while appealing to citizens to engage only in acts that would promote peace and harmony in the state, calls on parents to be cautious of the whereabouts of their wards.
The wife of the governor further calls on all to continue to pray for peace and tranquility in the country”.
