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The Spokesman of Atiku Abubakar 2019 Presidential Campaign, Mr Segun Showunmi has urged the federal government to revisit calls for restructuring as we move into 2022. Segun Showunmi said that the country had wobbled enough and that if it would ever become the giant of Africa that the nation is supposed to be, it must set machinery in motion in the new year to allow the spirit and ideals of restructuring flow unhindered. The PDP stalwart has equally expressed his displeasure with the lackadaisical way the federal government had been fighting anti graft war in the country urging the government to go after the corrupt governors in 2022. Showunmi stated this in his new year message made available to journalists at Abeokuta, the state capital on Friday. He said "many conversations have occurred as to how do we live within the shared national boundary, Nigeria. Some have captured it under the popular term restructuring, which to their mind, a round table will be needed to take in the v...

Ronke Ogunremi, A True Amazon with Integrity One of the greatest pains in Nigeria of today is that those we can refer to as political elites are into politics for self-aggrandizement, although, it cannot be ascertained why this is so, but the fact of the matter is they are known for putting their personal interests above the over-all well-being of the masses. This is not so for a one time General Manager of Eko Hotel; and the defunct Gateway Hotel, Abeokuta, Princess Dr. Ojaronke Joseph - Ogunremi, who from the beginning of her journey into politics in 1998 has maintained that the general interest of the people should be the major focus of the political class. She displayed this belief in 2019, when she decided to run for House of Representatives in Abeokuta North, Obafemi Owode and Odeda Local Governments, during the primaries, she vehemently confessed that her campaign will be based on integrity and not monetary incentives. In one of the interviews with her before 2019 elections, Foc...

A nationalist, Segun Showunmi has called on the government and the citizens of Nigeria to take a deep lesson from the last year EndSars protests which took place all over the states resulting into what he termed gory tales. Segun Showunmi who is always agitating for a better Nigeria said that human beings have the rights to protest under any circumstances as there is no provision in the constitution of the country prohibiting them from exercising their fundamental human rights to protest or show displeasure to unfriendly governmental policies. He pointed that the incident which happened last year is capable of dragging the nation into war just like a revolution of the nature of the “Arab Spring”—which left a lot of North African countries destroyed, but we should be grateful to God for his timely intervention. "It is appropriate to pay obeisance to the memories of all those who suffered, died, got injured or lost valuable properties. In all, we must never forget what happened and ...

  A group, Good Governance Vanguard (GGV) has said that no amount of unpatriotic sponsored attack against a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Spokesman of 2019 Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign, Segun Showunmi would displace the fact that Gov Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has performed abysmally poor. The group in a statement signed by its Coordinator, Irede Ogunrinde stated this while reacting to a news report credited to one Ogun Civil Network calling Segun Showunmi all sort of unprintable names just for asking Gov Abiodun to up its game and give qualitative leadership just as he promised during his electioneering campaign. The group said it was so laughable and indeed playing to the gallery for anyone to have dubbed Segun Showunmi a political jobber with no pedigree who only criticises for pecuniary gains after which he would shut up his mouth. It stated further that "we could understand the pains and frustration of this attack dog masquerading as a group because our...

  The Spokesman to Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar 2019 PDP  Presidential Campaign, Segun Showunmi has joined other distinguished Nigerians to express his deepest condolence over the demise of Dr Emmanuel Abiodun, the father of Gov Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. Segun Showunmi in his letter of condolence to Gov Dapo Abiodun, described Pa Emmanuel Abiodun who died on Monday at 89 as a beloved father and one of the fortunate parents who have had the rare privilege of watching their son become the executive Governor of Ogun State in their lifetime. He said that the late educationist must have died a fulfilled and happy man having sat beside the governor when taking the oath of office over two years ago The PDP chieftain declared that having been around Ogun State for a very long time, watching and observing the activities of Gov Abiodun's last three predecessors, and seeing the level of tolerance, forbearance and calmness with which the governor (Abiodun) had especially managed to treat all ...

Ogun PDP no going back on tomorrow's Local Government Elections- Leke Shittu The court backed Leke Shittu leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ogun State has said that the party is set to participate in tomorrow's local government elections. Hon Leke Shittu in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists at the state capital said that the clarification became imperative due to the confusion generated by the statement credited to one Hon Sikirulai Ogundele saying that the PDP had pulled out of tomorrow's local government elections. Hon Shittu disclosed that " this is to inform the general public and good people of Ogun State that the party has and will never pull out of tomorrow's local government elections. We have done all that we are supposed to do under the law and we will surely participate in tomorrow's local government elections.  "We hereby use this medium to urge the good people of Ogun State to disregard the statement...

 Ogun LG polls: Obafemi/Owode screening committee defends report. The Obafemi/Owode local government screening committee for the Chairmanship aspirants in the July 24 local government elections in Ogun State has rejected plans by some individuals to drag the committee's reports in the mud. The committee in a statement signed by its Secretary, Mr Clement Adeniyi and made available to our Correspondent said it however in the face of spurious reports, particularly one written by faceless Comr Samson Adekunle from Asipa village, remained undaunted to present a befitting Chairmanship candidate for the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the local government. The committee said it has noted with dismay the bundles of lies as allegedly written by the faceless Comr Samson Adekunle and posted on several social media platforms wherein the Chief Kola Sorinola led APC Screening Committee for the local government was solely maligned for the purpose of rubbishing the committee'...