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PDP GOVERNORS FORUM DG URGES STATES’ IGR TEAMS TO SPEAK TRUTH TO THEIR GOVERNORS …Emphasizes need for new thinking on IGR By Michael Egiethua PDPGF Director General, Onaiwu Osaro presents a Certificate of Participation to a PDP IGR State representative The Director General of the People’s Democratic Party Governor’s Forum, Earl Onaiwu Osaro has urged PDP Governed states IGR team members to be bold and always speak truth about improving their various states’ IGR. He admonished them against playing the role of sycophants as the truth will always be vindicated. Speaking at the closing day of a 2 days Summit organized by the PDP Governors Forum tagged; 2019 Internally-Generated Revenue Summit For PDP-Governed States with the theme: “The Imperatives of Developing Internally-Generated Revenue Options For State Governments in a Recessed Economy””, Onaiwu said that, the reason state governors were not invited was to give the state participants an opportunity to speak fr

PDP GOVERNORS FORUM CONGRATULATE MEMBERS ON LANDSLIDE VICTORIES IN APPELATE COURTS NATIONWIDE By Donald Sylva The People’s Democratic Party Governors Forum has congratulated all its members on the landslide victory recorded on the various post-election petition cases at the several Courts of Appeal across the country. A press statement released on Friday November 29 th , 2019 and signed by the DG of the Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, the forum said the Appeal Courts have by their judgments affirmed the wishes of the people who not only voted en-masse for their preferred PDP Candidates, but defended their votes and the mandates they granted the governors during the gubernatorial election of March 2019. In the statement, the forum urged the electorate not to relent their efforts in giving the necessary support, prayers and loyalty to their leaders. It also pleaded with the governors to reciprocate the love of their people with the resolve to continue to do more in

PDP IGR SUMMIT 2019: SECONDUS ADVISES GOVERNORS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ….Calls for prudent management of state’s resources By Michael Egiethua PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus The national Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has urged the governors of PDP governed States to start to think outside the box. The Chairman who was represented by the Party’s National Financial Secretary, Abdulahi Maibasira at the opening day (Wednesday, 27th November, 2019) of the PDP Governor’s Forum organized IGR SUMMIT 2019 said there was need now, more than ever before for the governors to be prudent in the management of their states’ resources given the unfortunate fact that Nigeria has in the last few years, under the present administration of the federal government, been declared the “Poverty Capital of the World”. Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Aliyu Gusau Speaking further, Uche Secondus advised the PDP Governors to begi

PDP GOVS STORM ABUJA WEDNESDAY FOR IGR SUMMIT - Set Fresh Agenda for Economic Diversification By Donald Sylva The PDP Governors Forum has begun the countdown to hosting the 2019 Edition of its annual IGR Summit in Abuja. Glimpses into the event show that an array of tested IGR experts are billed to make strategic presentations, aimed at boosting revenue generation initiatives in the PDP-governed States.  The ultimate intention of the Forum in hosting the strategic event is to increase the economic well-being of the citizenry, and provide more access to dividends of democracy, a cardinal objective of the PDP. The summit is expected to parade finance and IGR experts like Dr. Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former CBN Deputy Governor, Mr. Akinyele Oladeji, an IGR Expert and Managing Consultant/Country Representative of Canadian Software Development Corporation (CSDC Consulting Nig

Coalition Calls For Cancellation Of Bayelsa Governorship Election  BY TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI The Coalition of Civil Society Election Observers Group has called on the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) to cancel the results of the Nov.16 governorship election in Bayelsa and conduct a fresh election. The coalition Co-ordinator, Mr Olufemi Lawson made the call at a news conference on Thursday in Ikeja. It will be recalled that INEC had declared Chief David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the election with 352,552 votes. The commission also announced that Lyon’s closest rival, Sen. Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)polled 143,172 votes in the election. Lawson said the result should not be allowed to stand as it did not reflect the choice of Bayelsans. He said reports by the coalition, comprising civil society groups that monitored the election, and some other local and international observers revealed that the election was

PDP GOVERNORS FORUM IGR CONVERGE: ‘’THE IMPERATIVES OF DEVELOPING INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE OPTIONS FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS’’ BY NELSON NSEABASI Economic planning and development has been the bedrock of thriving economies all over the world. The issue of income generation for a micro and macro level is vital to the wellbeing of a particular economy, as it is with it that development is planned.  In recent time, the nation Nigeria has witnessed a period of drastic decline in the economy, leaving the price of stocks very low in the trade market while unemployment rose to an alarming rate. Firms were forced to relocate resources, scale back production and lay off employees. To salvage the situation, it is recommended that government adopt strategic macroeconomics policies. Intermittently and constantly, there are series of discussions on how to continually improve the economy, as against inflation and deflation. It behooves of the leadership and persons responsibl

COUNTDOWN TO 2019 IGR SUMMIT: PDP-Govs Forum Says It Is Ready -            Dr Peter Obi to deliver keynote speech -            Summit to tackle newer IGR options in a recessed economy By Donald Sylva The PDP Governors Forum is set to host the 2019 Edition of its annual IGR Summit in Abuja. In a statement released Tuesday by the Summit Organizing Committee and signed by Patrick PA Okon on behalf of the Forum; the Summit will hold at the BON Hotel Stratton, (formerly Protea Hotel), Asokoro, Abuja,  on Wednesday/Thursday, November 27-28, 2019. The statement in part reads: ‘’the current economic reality in the country has more than ever before informed the need for the forum’s initiative to escalate same for public discourse at the upcoming summit. It added that: “The challenge of declining internally-generated revenue and the need to boost alternative sources of income for the PDP-governed states outside reliance on the monthly federal government allocation

I WON BAYELSA GUBER POLL-PDP Governorship Candidate, DIRI ... Ask inec to declare him governor elect By Donald Sylva Sen. Douye Diri I WON BAYELSA GUBER POLL-PDP Governorship Candidate, DIRI ... Ask inec to declare him governor elect By Aferiokha Osigbemeh The Peoples’ Democratic Party Governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said that he won the Saturday Gubernatorial election in the State. Diri therefore called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare him winner of the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. Senator Diri who  made the call on Monday while briefing newsmen in Yenagoa, said that the results monitored by his party's situation room in the eight local government areas, showed in clear terms that he won and  should be declared the governor-elect of Bayelsa state. The PDP governorship candidate who announced 98,582 as the total figure

BAYELSA DECIDES: JOURNALISTS ESCAPE DEATH AS BOAT CAPSIZES By Donald Sylva Some journalists covering the ongoing governorship election in Bayelsa have been involved in a boat accident as the boat they were travelling in capsized. The four Nigerian Journalists cheated death on Saturday as the boat conveying them across flooded parts of Sampou community on Nun River, Kolokuma Opokuma area of Bayelsa capsized midway. Their destination, Kolokuma Opokuma, is the home of the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Duoye Dori. The Journalists were among other journalists accredited to cover the Bayelsa election. The victims were returning from the polling station when the incident happened and left them submerged.  The timely intervention of sympathisers who rescued the journalists, prevented them from drowning. The flood in the area prevented the journalists from travelling by road and in the alternative, made use of local canoe

APC WANTED TO RIG ELECTION USING ARMY - Bayelsa group alleges   By Donald Sylva PDP Guber Candidate, Sen. Douye Diri The Coalition for Protection of Peoples Mandate CPPM, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare Senator Duoye Diri winner of today's governorship election in Bayelsa state. In a statement issued in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital, the Chairman of the CPPM Comrade Osai Phillip said INEC must reject election results from places where security agencies aided thugs to destroy voting process and hijack election materials and promptly declare the candidate of the PDP, which available results from across the state indicates, is in clear lead. Osai said this will help to douse the escalating tension being generated by the election. He said: “Without doubt, the people of Bayelsa state today willingly voted for the governorship candidate of the PDP, the ruling party in the state. “Even in the midst of the politi