ISSUES WITH FESTUS FIFEN

With the current development in All Progressives Congress (APC)  over the emergence of Dr. Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Ike Ekweremadu as deputy, the Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Clifford Ordia has stated that no amount of gang up or selfish alliance by leaders of the ruling party can remove the duo of Saraki and Ekweremadu. Senator Ordia who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who also played a key role in the emergence of Saraki and Ekweremadu, spoke to journalists in Abuja, following a statement credited to former Kano state governor, Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso and other aggrieved groups that the emergence of the two leaders was faulty. He submitted that the emergence of the two senate leaders was divine. Ordia who has his background from the private sector as a chartered civil engineer before venturing into politics, reminded politicians that the era of imposition and ethnic politics was over and warned ...

By Festus Fifen Having covered the swearing-in ceremony of Mallam Nasir El Rufai in kaduna, I understood better what it meant to be loved by your people and what it also means for the people not to like you at all and they begin to clamour for change. The inauguration ceremony started like every other ceremony of such magnitude at the Murtala Mohammed Square in Kaduna, until the governor of the state Mallam elrufai who was then the governor elect came in,  People hailed him sang and even cried for the man they believe could bring about the change they need at this time. Things were normal until the crowd became over bearing thereby leading to the cancellation of most of the activities slated for the celebration. The usual ritual parade by the joint military personnel was not even observed  because of the crowd and their over bearing attitude. However things went the other way when the military tried to push back the crowd to make way for dignitaries and even the governor who h...