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Chukwuma Eyes Anambra Youths To End Political Dysfunction

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Chukwuma Eyes Anambra Youths To End Political Dysfunction

Evidence of political activities by the candidates jostling for the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State come November 8, 2025, has shown that out of the entire candidates, it is only Chief Sir Paul Chukwuma who is ab initio, formidably prepared, ready and willing for the position, the incumbent inclusive. A distinguished entrepreneur, philanthropist, academic and politician, Paul Chukwuma is the Founder, Olivia University, Bujumbura, Burundi; Pro-Chancellor, Benue State University, Makurdi, a first class graduate, he is a human capital developer, having invested heavily in education.

He is the President, Nigeria-Burundi Business Council; he has been described as a son of grace by his friends and allies. A look at the Anambra election that will take place on November 8, 2025, it carries a lot of weight considering the strategic position occupied by Anambra as a core Igbo state in the federation of Nigeria. That said, most of the big politicians in this country are all from Anambra, judging from Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, down the line, too numerous to mention, and Anambra has played a very big role in making Nigeria what it is today both in academics, commerce and industry, governance, politics, agriculture, among others.

Therefore, looking at the entire political scenario toward the November election, Chief Sir Paul Chukwuma, Onwa Umueri, Onyechinazo, the much I know him, he is most qualified for the job, being a vibrant youth, well-read and well educated. When you go into his family upbringing, Paul Chukwuma is somebody I will describe as a man destined to lead and to govern his people.

He is a staunch Catholic and also a Knight in the Catholic Church, he has done a lot of things in the Catholic Church, judging from training of Reverend fathers, seminarians, sponsoring religious activities in the church including church buildings, sponsoring people to travel to Jerusalem for pilgrimage, making handsome donations, to religious schools and even unity schools, because he tested poverty and God blessed him.

So he decided to use part of his wealth for the uplifting of mankind. Academically he is sound, very sound, you need to hear him speak, you need to hear him talk, you need to hear him analyse political issues in this country, very convincing, very vocal and unassuming.Paul Chukwuma is deeply rooted in grassroot politics, he was the national auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), apart from that, the office which Anambra State APC is occupying today was acquired and furnished by Paul Chukwuma before he left that party for reasons best known to him, and joined the Young Progressives Party (YPP) a completely youth party, in order to prove a point, to prove that he has the capacity, to prove that what has been going on in Anambra State is a child’s play.

He has made his footprint in every part of Anambra State, all the three Senatorial zones. He is well known, Anambra North, Anambra South, Anambra Central. When you move round, What is on the lips of every youth, every woman, every man, is Paul Chukwuma, Onyechinazo. So his work at the grassroot level has brought him to limelight.When we talk about his selling point, and what gives him the confidence that he will win the position considering the array of other candidates, his compassion for the downtrodden, his readiness to use his wealth to develop Anambra State, the way he has been doing, because ordinarily, periodically, he visits the senatorial zones in the state on philanthropic basis. He has been paying for WAEC exams for almost all the candidates in Anambra State, you can imagine that, whether he knows you or not, once you are ready and you can’t pay, he pays.

Then he has very classified approach to security issues in Anambra State which I am not going to disclose now because it is going to be a sellout to his opponents. He is a human developer, taking into consideration the establishment of Olivia University in Burundi, so he is a very good human Manager, and an employer of labor and other businesses, so he is not going there as a poor man, or to chase after public fund, he is going there to change things, to bring his wealth of experience in public governance, to Anambra State.His political network across the country, even at the centre is second to none, his oratory is top-notch, in fact, you need to hear him, you need to sit down with him, after hearing him analysing the political situation in Anambra State and this country, on your own, you will go all out to campaign for him.Leaving his former party is also germane giving the kind of personality he is.

He was a simple man by nature and abhors irregularities. Even though I have not discussed with him. But if anyone asks why he left APC, you now go and ask the executive governor of Akwa Ibom State why he left PDP, you ask Oborevwori the governor of Delta State, why he left PDP, you ask El Rufai, why he left APC, so why is his own a news. Even, if not that the law specifies that you must be a member of a political party to contest election in the country, I would have said let him run as an independent candidate, because he is capable.

Maybe he felt the process for the primary in his former party was not fair enough, but he felt the process was not fair enough, so he left early On issue of youth and how he is galvanizing the youths, Paul Chukwuma is at hom with the millenials, the genzees and the entire gamute of Anambra youths, He is already doing that, the youths are already singing his slogan, from Anambra North, Anambra South, Anambra Central, there are so many groups, so many forums coming up, supporting him because he belongs to the youths.

On issue of zoning, let me tell something about the zoning, it is not the making of Anambra people, at no material time did Anambra people came out and say we are zonng, that thing is APGA contraption, APGA is no more a political that you will use to rescue Anambra and the southeast, it is like one man show, it is not the making of Anambra State. It is the making of APGA Government, it is APGA Government that talked about it, from Peter Obi. So Anambra people did not at any material time say it must be this it must be that, no.

So that is not an issue as far as I am concerned.I am calling on Anambarians, men, women, youths, to queue behind Chief Sir Paul Chukwuma in order to rescue Anambra State, in order to revive Anambra, in order to make Anambra better, in order to provide adequate security in Anambra State, because he has what it takes, and he is not begging anybody for money, he is ready, capable, willing.

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Edo State To Spend N1billion On Armoured Car For Speaker, N4.6billion On Vehicles For Lawmakers

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The budget also reveals that N4.6 billion is planned for vehicles for the 25 members of the State House of Assembly.

Reporters’ review of the Edo State approved budget for 2026 shows that N1billion has been allocated to purchase an armoured vehicle for the Speaker of the State House of Assembly.

The budget also reveals that N4.6 billion is planned for vehicles for the 25 members of the State House of Assembly.

The Assembly planned N250million for the construction of a new legislative building, while the renovation of the Speaker’s guest house is budgeted at N60million.Another N170million has been set aside to purchase one Toyota Camry (2016 model) and seven Toyota Corolla (2016 models) for the Commission’s Chairman, members, and secretary of the House of Assembly Commission.

Also, N50million is planned for the purchase of refrigerators and other equipment for four directors. The House of Assembly Commission also plans to spend 200 million naira on roof and window replacement for its office building.

Earlier, a civic accountability group, MonITng, raised concerns over the execution of a multi-million-naira education project in Edo State, citing poor quality, procurement irregularities, and a recurring pattern of questionable contract awards.

“A project titled ‘Building of Blocks of Classrooms at Ojah Comprehensive High School, Akoko LGA, Edo State’ with project code ZIP20240448, valued at ₦222,000,000.00, and awarded under the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Federal Ministry of Education, has raised serious concerns about the quality of execution, contract pricing, and procurement integrity.”

According to MonITng, its team tracked and inspected the project site. “Our team tracked and visited the project site and confirmed that although the classrooms were completed, they were poorly constructed.”

The group further noted: “The structure lacks basic finishing elements such as landscaping, proper drainage, and standard finishing works, all of which should have been included and adequately executed, given the huge sum budgeted for the project.”

It added that “the poor quality of work raises questions about project supervision, contract oversight, and how the allocated funds were spent.”

MonITng also linked the project to a contractor allegedly tied to multiple controversial contracts. “Even more troubling is the pattern we uncovered. The project was executed by Sam Sedi Nig. LTD, a company that has consistently received major contracts facilitated by Senator Adams Oshiomhole.”

The group claimed that “this same contractor handled the abandoned ERGP20245252 project, Construction of Warake to Ivbiaro Road in Owan East LGA, valued at ₦200,000,000.00, which remains incomplete despite significant disbursements.”

“Additionally, the same company implemented a controversial agricultural empowerment programme in Etsako communities, also facilitated by Senator Oshiomhole.”

MonITng alleged that “the recurring involvement of this contractor in multiple projects, combined with substandard delivery and abandoned works, suggests a pattern of procurement manipulation, inflated contracts, and possible diversion of public resources.”

It added that “the situation reflects how public projects, although completed on paper, often fail to deliver a meaningful impact due to corruption, poor supervision, and a lack of accountability.”

 

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APC E-registration Plot To Manipulate 2027 Polls – Ogun LP

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The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party has accused the All Progressives Congress of using its ongoing electronic membership registration to allegedly manipulate figures ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the state chairman of the Labour Party, Chief Oluwabukola Soyoye, claimed that the APC’s e-registration exercise was designed to digitally inflate its membership strength and project a false image of popularity in the state.

Soyoye alleged that the ruling party had resorted to electronic registration because it could no longer mobilise people openly, insisting that the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun had suffered widespread rejection due to what he described as underperformance.

According to him, the APC’s e-registration, presented as a routine membership drive, was in reality “a political referendum that exposes the deep rejection of Governor Dapo Abiodun and his black-market style of governance by the people of Ogun State.

“The people of Ogun are now wiser. They have deliberately refused to participate in any open, physical APC registration because they know the ruling party has failed them,” Soyoye said.

“That is why the APC has resorted to this so-called electronic registration — a system that allows figures to be fabricated behind closed doors without the presence of real members.”

The LP further alleged that the electronic platform could be used to manipulate membership data, inflate figures and create a misleading narrative of political dominance ahead of 2027

“What we are witnessing is not a genuine political exercise but a fraudulent digital operation designed to manufacture legitimacy for a government that has lost the confidence of the people,” Soyoye added.

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Let These Campaigns Of Calumny Against AMBO Stop Forthwith

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Let These Campaigns Of Calumny Against AMBO Stop Forthwith

By Kola Odepeju

“Calumny Is Only The Noise Of Madmen” –Diogenes

As Osun state gubernatorial election draws nearer, we’re now at the dawn of the campaigns for the coming election and so as characteristic of Nigeria’s democracy, wrong accusations, blackmails, character assassinations and all manner of negative campaigns aimed at demarketing the most popular candidate with the highest chances of coasting home to victory in a major election of this nature, must surface. And so in our own dear Osun state here this ugly trend has started surfacing. The mudslinging that has started from Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Accord Party’s camp against the APC gubernatorial candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji AMBO is ‘normal’ and expected because with the massive support for AMBO across the nook and cranny of the state, it’s crystal clear that he’s the candidate to beat.

As mentioned above, a candidate to beat in any major election is bound to face vilifications by his opponents who see him as a threat and a stumbling block against the success of their own ambitions. Therefore given the nature of our politics in this part of the world, the negative campaigns that have started against AMBO are no surprise. We witnessed the same thing against the incumbent president, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu during the 2023 electioneering campaigns for the office of the country’s president. But against all odds, Asiwaju Tinubu emerged victorious. So as Asiwaju Tinubu emerged victorious in 2023, l have that strong conviction that our own Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji will also become victorious in the coming August gubernatorial election in the state irrespective of whatever negative campaigns that may come up against him. This is because the AMBO governorship project is divinely ordained.

Amongst other attacks that are still likely to come up against him as we face the election and as the election faces us, we have heard from those who are afraid of losing power that AMBO is the architect of half salaries in Osun (as if he was the governor in that era). We have also heard from them that he’s not youth-friendly. The spokesperson to governor Adeleke, Malam Olawale Rasheed also amplified these two negative points in his latest article aimed at demarketing AMBO. Like I mentioned, the negative campaigns have just started. We are still going to hear more. I wonder why people cannot engage in issues-based campaigns instead of vilifying candidates.

Ambo has told Osun youths the program he has for them. He has promised to take care of them. And as a God-fearing and honest leader who keeps to his words, l believe he will not renege on his promise for the youths and also his promises for Osun people generally. So let those who revel in vilifying a credible candidate like AMBO tell Osun youths the programs they have for them rather than calumniating a visionary and capable leader who has what it takes to deliver the goods. Of course AMBO – being a focused leader – needs not to bother himself about the negative campaigns being circulated against him by his political detractors because William Shakespeare had for long told us that “*Be thou as chaste as ice, and as pure as snow, thou shall not escape calumny*”. And George Washington also mentioned it that “*Silence is the best answer to false accusations*”.

Finally, the Yorubas in their words do say that “maligning the honey doesn’t reduce its sweetness”. No matter the level of negative campaigns against the APC gubernatorial candidate towards the election, it won’t reduce the love the Osun people have for him while it won’t deter them from casting their votes for him in the upcoming gubernatorial election in the state. He will surely come out victorious by the special Grace of God Almighty 🙏. For, Vox populi vox dei. AMBO should continue on the path of issues-based campaigns and close his eyes against malignant talks by those who are already on their way out of power.

● Odepeju, newspaper columnist and political activist, writes from Iragbiji, Osun state.

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