PDP GOVERNORS FORUM CONGRATULATES GOV BEN AYADE AT 52 By Donald Sylva Prof Ben Ayade The PDP Governors' forum has extends its warm felicitations to the Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade on his 52nd birthday. In a letter addressed to Prof Ben Ayade, signed by Hon. CID Maduabum, Director General of the PDP Governors Forum and made available to the press stated as follows; The Forum wishes you good health, long life, strength and wisdom in your record of excellent delivery of good governance to the people of Cross River state. The distinguishing characteristic of PDP Governors is the singular devotion to the rapid development of their people and state. The trajectory you have set for your state's overall social and economic development especially in infrastructure, industrialisation and creative solutions to its problems is worthy of emulation. Please accept the congratulations of the Chairman, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri...
PDP GOVERNOR’S FORUM CONDOLES WITH SEN MAKARFI OVER DEATH OF HIS FATHER By Donald Sylva Sen. Ahmed Makarfi Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, on behalf of his colleague-members of the forum, has condoled with the former Governor of Kaduna State and former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, on the death of his father, Alhaji Muhammadu Na’iya Makarfi. A press statement from its Abuja Secretariat on Wednesday, stated that the Forum which is deeply saddened by the news, equally commiserates with the government and people of Zazzau Emirate and Kaduna State in general on the passage of the Majidadin Zazzau, a devoted statesman and devout Muslim, who dedicated his life to the service of God, stability and growth of the nation and the good of humanity at large, aside being a strong voice for his community. The Forum prayed the Almighty God to accept the soul of the departe...
ARE WE BEING FOOLED OR FOOLING OURSELVES? By Caesar Kagho It’s reached the critical point in this country for us to ask pertinently if we are being fooled by our leaders or we are collectively fooling ourselves? For, no sooner had we voted in a new government than we’d be itching to disengage them like a bone in the throat. And no sooner had we voted them in than they too would be itching to campaign for another tenure! This has been the sordid case for the state and the federal governments over the grueling years since the re-birth of democracy in this country. The arduous process to dismantle these menacing entities demands an eclectic approach and from all indications, the social media inclusive, it is obvious that we still have not got it right. The song “WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN” by the most powerful British rock band (decibel wise), The Who, from Shepard’s Bush, London, and written by the band’s virtuoso guitarist Pete Townshend in 1971...
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