Ribadu: Strong Institutions, Attitudinal Change Crucial to Win Anti-graft War in Nigeria James Sowole in Abeokuta The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has said building strong institutions
and attitudinal change on the part of Nigerians are crucial to win the anti-graft war in the country. Ribadu disclosed this yesterday while delivering the 9th Oba Sikiru
Adetona Annual Professorial Lecture of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, entitled, 'Corruption and National Security: Impacts and Consequences.'
Represented by the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Oluwatosin Ajayi, the former EFCC Chairman said corruption had undermined
the fabric of the state’s legitimacy, weakened institutions and diverted critical resources that are meant to develop the country. While saluting the Awujale and
Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the NSA described the traditional ruler as a courageous Continued on page 5
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Kwankwaso Condemns Defection of Govs, Lawmakers, Says Joining Another Party after Winning Election Highest Form of Betrayal Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso, has condemned politicians who defected to rival political parties after winning elections on different political platforms, describing such action as the greatest political sin. Kwankwaso made his position
known yesterday in Kano while receiving scores of defectors from the Takai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano South into the NNPP at his Miller Road residence. Some key politicians in Kano State, including Senator
Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila representing Kano South, and a member representing Rano, Kibiya and Bunkure federal constituency in the state, Hon. Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, among others, had recently defected from Kwankwaso’s NNPP
to the All Progressives Congress (APC). However, the former Kano State governor described such defectors as those who, after winning elections on the back of the support of the masses, betrayed the people by
defecting to the opposition camps. He recounted the resilience of the Kwankwasiyya movement, despite attempts to derail it in the past, especially in 2015. Continued on page 5
Northern Govs Demand Review of Security Strategies, Seek Creation of State Police Hail Tinubu’s sustained commitment to tackle security challenges Gov Sani allays fears on abuse of state police by governors John Shiklam in Kaduna The 19 northern governors under the auspices of the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) have demanded an immediate review of Nigeria’s security strategies and the creation of state police to tackle the resurgence of Boko Haram activities in some parts of the North-east, killings by bandits in the North-west and North-central, as well as the general insecurity across the country. This is just as Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has debunked the fears that governors could abuse state police, stressing that the legal framework to be enacted by the National Assembly will restrict the power of state police to the fight against insecurity and criminalities and not political cases. In a communique issued yesterday at the end of their meeting with the Northern Traditional Rulers Council (NTRC) at the Government House, Kaduna, the governors called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the enactment of the legal framework for the take-off of the state police. Continued on page 5
HONOURING AFRICA’S RICHEST MAN… L-R: Kano State Deputy Governor, Aminu Gwarzo; Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf; former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso; and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, at the fifth combined convocation ceremony and investiture of Dangote as the Chancellor of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State…yesterday.
UBA, Fidelity Bank, Airtel Africa, 16 Others Account for 84% of N68.34tn Market Capitalisation on NGX… Page 5