Tag: Senate
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2019: Ekweremadu Tasks Buhari on Free, Fair, and Credible Elections
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy president of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to ensure his administration not only conducts a credible, free and fair election next year, but also be prepared to accept in good faith, the outcome of the election should he and his party, the ruling All…
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Dictatorial Tendencies, Nepotism Endangering African Democracies – Ekweremadu
By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has warned that democracy will be highly imperiled and transmute to civilian dictatorship without respect for key institutions of democracy by African leaders. He decried the widespread coercion of the press, civil society, the judiciary, and parliaments by some African leaders, whom he…
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Herdsmen Crisis: “Open Grazing Archaic” – Ekweremadu
By Aaron Ossai, Abuja To end the herdsmen crisis, the Deputy President of the senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has advised the nation to urgently adopt ranching and do away with open grazing, which he described as “archaic, anachronistic, and out of tune with modern society”. He also reiterated his call for the decentralisation of policing…
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Saraki Assures Kwarans Of More Federal Infrastructure
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has assured the people of Kwara state of his avowed commitment to attracting more capital projects and appointments into the state. He said the people of the state deserve nothing but the best in acknowledgement of their support for him and the ruling All Progressives…