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#OndoPoll: Buhari Campaigns For APC’s Candidate

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The All Progressives Congress ( APC), Ondo State, says President Muhammadu Buhari would flag-off campaign of Mr Rotimi Akeredolu/Agboola Ajayi, on Thursday, Nov. 10.

The Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Abayomi Adesanya, announced this in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure on Wednesday.

“We heartily welcome the President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

“Along with them are: National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun; National Leader of the Party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; the Speaker House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara to Ondo State.

“The party also welcomes the Executive Gov. of Imo State and Chairman of APC Governors’ Forum, His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha; Gov. Solomon Lalong of Pleateu State and Chairman National Campaign Committee, Ondo 2016.

“All APC governors, National Assembly members; members of APC National Working Committee, APC Leaders, and other dignitaries, will be present,’’ he stated.

Adesanya said the President’s visit is not only for campaign for the victory of his party’s candidate but because of his love for the people of the state.

The spokesman added that the state was strategically positioned and endowed with great potential of both human and natural resources for economic diversification.

He therefore urged the good people of the state, party members, to troop out en masse to welcome the President and his team to the state.

Credit: NAN

United Nations Appoints Lionel Messi, Shakira For SDG’s Campaign

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The United Nations has appointed Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi and pop sensation Shakira who is also the wife of Gerard Pique, a defender for the Catalan club.

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (L) poses with Colombian singer Shakira (R) on January 9, 2012 during the FIFA Ballon d’Or football award  ceremony. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE

 The two stars and other prominent persons were appointed to assist in the campaign to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
(SDGs).
UN secretary-general said: “The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are our shared vision of
humanity and a social contract between the world’s leaders and the people.
“They are a to-do list for people and planet, and a blueprint for success.”

The group includes heads of state and government, business and political leaders and prominent academia, as well as artists who have shown outstanding leadership in their field.
John Mahama, Ghanaian president and Norwegian prime minister, Erna Solberg will co-chair the group of SDG Advocates, thecable.ng reports.
Other appointees include:

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Richard Curtis Screenwriter, Producer and Film Director
Dho Young-Shim, Chairperson, United Nations World Tourism Organization’s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty Foundation
Leymah Gbowee, Director, Gbowee Peace Foundation
Jack Ma, Founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group
Graça Machel, President, Foundation for Community Development
Leo Messi, World Renowned Footballer, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser
Alaa Murabit, Founder, The Voice of Libyan Women
Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute at Colombia University
Shakira Mebarak, Artist, Advocate and Founder, Pies Descalzos Foundation, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Forest Whitaker, Founder and CEO, Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation
Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank

Fayose Is Spending Ekiti Money On Anti-Buhari Campaign – APC

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The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of mismanaging the state fund by spending on non-profitable ventures including the hate campaign against its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (retd.).

The party said the Governor was only trying to divert the attention of Nigerians from his alleged fraudulent victory as revealed in the leaked audio tape.

It said the money Fayose was spending on his hate campaign could have been channeled towards productive activities for the benefit of Ekiti people.

In a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the APC berated the governor for lack of focus on development issues.

It stressed that, “For the past four months, he (Fayose) had busied himself with debts profile of the state, while not forthcoming on the balances and refunds made to the state by the Federal Government.”

Olatubosun added that what Fayose was doing was the usual fraudulent antics allegedly associated with his administration to whip public sentiments against real issues of development and transparent management of state resources.

“He knows with General Muhammadu Buhari as the President, that will be the end of impunity and fraud through which he was declared the governor. He knows he can’t survive the revelations contained in the tape when Buhari becomes the President. That is why he wants General Buhari dead.

“We know Fayose very well. He will go to any length in his hate campaign wishing Buhari dead. But he will not succeed. The? spirits of Nigerians that desire change in their lives are stronger than Fayose’s selfish spirit whose only wish among millions of Ekiti is to build an empire around himself with stupendous wealth while Ekiti people beg him for crumbs from his table,” Olatubosun said.