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FG Kicks Off LG Address System Campaign
The Federal Government has launched a nationwide sensitisation campaign for the activation and implementation of a Local Government Proof of Address (POA) System, a key initiative under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu aimed at enhancing grassroots governance, strengthening national security, and improving service delivery across the country.
The campaign was flagged off on Monday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, during a stakeholders’ sensitisation programme organised for northern geopolitical stakeholders in collaboration with the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON).
Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs Office, Engr. Nadungu Gagare, the SGF said the Proof of Address System is designed to provide every resident in Nigeria with a verifiable and secure address, fully integrated into public and private administrative processes.
According to a statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Segun Imohiosen, Akume said “the POA initiative reflects President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s steadfast commitment to tackling the nation’s key challenges while laying the foundation for a safer, more efficient, and prosperous Nigeria.
“It represents a crucial step toward strengthening governance, enhancing security, and improving efficient service delivery at the grassroots”, Akume said.
According to the SGF, the system will be rolled out across all 774 local government areas and is expected to serve as a vital tool in combating insecurity, fostering transparency, and curbing a wide range of social and administrative vices.
“This initiative will not only provide a reliable database of verifiable addresses but will also enable better delivery of government services and infrastructure,” he added.
National President of ALGON, Hon. (Engr.) Bello Lawal, represented by Simon Akala, Special Adviser and former Chairman of Karu Local Government Area, emphasized the transformative potential of the POA system when linked to a properly coordinated street naming and numbering framework.
He said the POA infrastructure would play a foundational role in enabling financial inclusion, issuing national identity cards, voter registration, passport processing, utility services, and delivery of address-linked credentials such as the National Identification Number (NIN).
“This is a critical national project. We urge traditional rulers, religious leaders, civil society organisations, and local government officials to rally behind this effort to bring lasting development to our communities,” Akala said.
Also speaking at the event, the Postmaster General of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), Tola Adeyemi, represented by Mrs. Rose Ismaila, reaffirmed the agency’s readiness to support the POA system.
She noted that NIPOST has a constitutional mandate to develop and maintain a national address system and digital postcode database.
“We are currently working with ALGON to ensure street names across the country are accurately aligned with postcodes and that every building in Nigeria has a Digital Alpha Numeric Postcode for easy identification,” Ismaila stated.
She stressed that a reliable address system is essential not only for improved mail delivery but also for emergency services, e-commerce, policing, healthcare delivery, and economic planning.
The sensitisation campaign marks a major step in the Federal Government’s drive to modernise Nigeria’s administrative infrastructure at the grassroots level, where accurate address systems are often nonexistent or poorly maintained.
Stakeholders at the meeting hailed the initiative as a welcome development, calling for sustained collaboration between all tiers of government, private sector players, and local communities to ensure the successful implementation of the system nationwide.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged winner of the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election in Kano state
The returning officer, Professor Muhammad Waziri of Bayero University, declared Garba Ya’u Gwarmai of the APC winner with 31,472 votes
Waziri defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Ali Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured victory in the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election held in Kano state.
Announcing the results on Sunday morning, August 17, the returning officer (RO), Professor Muhammad Waziri from Bayero University, declared APC candidate Garba Gwarmai the winner with a total of 31,472 votes.
He defeated the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Yusuf Maigado, who polled 27,931 votes, according to The Punch.
The supplementary poll was conducted after the initial election in the constituency was declared inconclusive. With a margin of 3,541 votes, Gwarmai’s victory marks a key win for the APC as the party continues to reinforce its influence across the state.
Meanwhile, the NNPP won the Bagwai/Shanono state assembly by-election in Kano state.
Daily Trust and Vanguard noted this update.
Announcing the result at 12:36 a.m. on Sunday, August 17, the RO for the election, Prof. Hassan Adamu Shitu, declared the NNPP candidate, Ali Hassan Kiyawa, winner with 16,198 votes, defeating the APC candidate, Ahmad Muhammad Kadamu, who polled 5,347 votes.
Former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is performing well but lacks an effective communication strategy to relay its achievements to Nigerians.
Aliyu made the statement on the Thursday edition of Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’, while reacting to the outcome of a recent public accountability session held in Kaduna.
Aliyu, reflecting on the discussions at the Kaduna Forum, said the government is facing public dissatisfaction not because it hasn’t delivered, but because it is failing to tell its own story effectively.
The ex-governor said it is proper for political leaders in the North to make demands from Tinubu’s administration since the bulk of the votes that took power came from the region.
“Let the people understand what is happening on the ground. If by what we say that 63/64 percent of the vote came from the north, it is only logical that the north will be expecting so much from the government.
“But from what we have seen so far is that the government is doing well but they do not know how to communicate very well,” he said.
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New Twist As El-Rufai Snubs ADC, Announces Another Party To Vote In Kaduna Bye-Election [ Video Trends]
Former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai, appeared to have taken a reverse from the coalition’s adopted political platform, ADC
This is as the former governor took to social media and asked the people of Zaria, Chikun to vote for another party in the Saturday, August 16 (today), bye-elections in the constituencies in Kaduna
Recall that the former governor recently visited Sokoto to canvass support for the ADC, while criticising President Bola Tinubu and the APC government.
Click to watch El-Rufai’s video here
— Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) August 14, 2025
Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna, has fueled speculations that he dumped the recently adopted coalition political platform, African Democratic Congress (ADC), as he called on the people of Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency and Zaria Kewaye and Basawa state constituency to vote for the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
However, in a dramatic turn, the former governor urged the people of Zaria and Chikun to vote for the SDP in the Saturday, August 16, by-election, a poll which was meant to test the opposition’s strength ahead of the 2027 general election.
Recall that El-Rufai defected to the SDP after dumping the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but soon after joining the party, the SDP fell into a leadership crisis, and the former governor has been silent on his membership and allegations against him.
El-Rufai recently visited Sokoto on a mission to gather support for the ADC. He described his action as a patriotic one to rescue Nigeria from the grip of ‘nepotism’ and ‘incompetence’.
During his visit to Sokoto, the former governor attended two important events meant to sensitise the people and political stakeholders working to achieve the agenda of sacking President Tinubu and the APC in the next general election.
During his address at the event, the former governor lambasted the ruling party and called them ‘a failed, clannish, and visionless administration that has plunged Nigeria into deeper socio-economic misery’.
He declared that it was time for Nigerians to rise against the APC and accused the party of ‘broken promises and elite conspiracy’. He warned that any move to vote for the APC beyond 2027 would be a greater doom for the country.
However, in a sharp turn, the former governor, in a video posted on his social media page ahead of the by-election, urged the people in the constituencies where the poll will be held in Kaduna on Saturday, August 16, to vote for the SDP rather than the ADC he went to Sokoto to canvass for.
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