BLAMING OPPOSITION FOR HUNGER IS ‘DELUSION’, ATIKU TELLS TINUBU. (PHOTO).
Blaming opposition for hunger is ‘delusion’, Atiku tells Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of blaming the opposition for the country’s economic hardship. He said the President was trying to evade responsibility for his administration’s policies. Tinubu had earlier on Saturday blamed his political opponents for hunger and poverty in the country while speaking at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. “I hear my opponent talking about hunger, poverty. Who created it? They did! They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” the President said. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said Nigerians were entitled to demand answers from the APC-led government over rising living costs, poverty, insecurity and questions surrounding public expenditure. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Ca...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday sunday attributed the steady growth of the State in all sectors to God's intervention,just as he said that with divine direction,the State will continue to experience pleasant surprises all year round.Speaking at the special Thanksgiving Service to usher in the New Year held at the Lagos House in Ikeja,Governor Ambode recalled the bleak economic outlook predicted for Twenty sixteen and his assurance that the State Would against all odds make appreciable progress,saying that with God's guidance,the State witnessed quantum leap in major sectors of the economy.The Governor said: ''Exactly a year ago,we were gathered here.Recall as part of my wishes,I had stated that despite the bleak economic outlook predicted in many quarters,Lagos State will grow in leaps and bounds and be prosperous.No doubt,God has been faithful.As we covert greater prosperity for all of us here and the State this year,we are confident that our God will never fail us.Lagos State will witness pleasant surprises in every sector this year'We are determined and God willing,we shall continue to achieve an all-inclusive progress and prosperity in the State.While alluding to the significance of this year's Thanksgiving Service which coincided with State's Golden Jubilee Anniversary,Governor Ambode said the God has indeed been faithful to the State in the past years,and as such it was important to show appreciation and supplication to God.He said the service,irrespective of religious affiliation,also offered the opportunity to reaffirm faith in God and belief in His grace to make the hopes and aspirations for the year become a reality.''We believe that as we are gathered this evening to praise Him and glorify His Holy name,new doors and windows of opportunities shall be opened for us as individuals,as a State and a Nation.We want to officially welcome all other States and Governors to the Year Twenty Seventeen.We join hands together as Lagosians to wish Mr President,Muhammadu Buhari,who had once worshipped here with us in the past,Happy New Year,and pray that God will honour him as he leads the ship of the nation to its rightful destination,'' he said.In his sermon,General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God {RCCG} Worldwide,Pastor Enoch Adeboye said for people to experience a new beginning,they must be willing to follow God completely and serve him in truth and spirit.More photos below.
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