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TOBI AWORINDE, ALEXANDER OKERE and OLUFEMI OLANIYI
Published 2 May 2021
TOBI AWORINDE, ALEXANDER OKERE and OLUFEMI OLANIYI
Published 2 May 2021
Prominent Nigerians have berated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over the growing insecurity in the country.
They spoke at different events across the country.
The President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Wale Oke, said the President had failed to secure Nigerians and should be removed if it would bring the desired peace and security to the country.
Oke, who is the Presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, said these in a message he delivered in the early hours of Saturday at a vigil organised by his church.
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Eminent Nigerians, yesterday, stated that government needed the to summon the political will to act decisively to end the insecurity and criminalities going on in the country.
Former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi, said what Nigeria needed most to overcome the present state of insecurity was leadership and political will.
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Poju Oyemade on Saturday, May 1, 2021. The politician said Nigeria needs young people to be the head the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), saying the people in position of power are too old to understand how fintech companies work. He said, “
What is the average age of our cabinet? Our cabinet does not reflect Nigeria. They cannot understand Paystack, they cannot understand Flutterwave. They cannot understand Kobo360.
“They don’t know how to tax them. The tax authorities are taxing their revenues, because they think that all the money received by Kobo360 is revenue. No, it is money they are receiving as an aggregator.
Fayemi said Nigerian youths should vote out APC rather than relocating to Canada and other foreign countries.
The Governor spoke during his address at ‘The Platform’, an annual programme organised by Covenant Christian Centre yesterday.
Fayemi said rather than relocate to Canada, youths should stay back and help Nigeria become a better place.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, also cautioned youths against creating anarchy in the country.
He said: “Don’t succumb to despondency, there is a lot to hail in this country. There is a lot to frustrate you, a lot to want to make you give up and pick that visa and go to Canada.