Katsina state Governor Aminu Bello Masari has flagged off the distribution of empowerment items worth one billion naira to Imams, women and youth organizations in Funtua zone.
The items were provided by the senator representing Funtua zone senator Bello Mandiya to boost livelihoods in his constituency.
The impact of the economic meltdown globally and insecurity has left many families with mixed fortunes.
This is why many families have to rely on special empowerment packages like these for survival.
Imams were specially considered in this empowerment package in recognition of their roles as spiritual leaders.
130 tricycles were procured by the lawmaker to be distributed to the clerics from the zone.
Other items distributed include 200 motorcycles, 750 water pumps and 200 deep freezers for women.
The senator who lost out at the primary elections said the effort is to ensure that Apc remains victorious at all levels.
The need for politicians and the wealthy to identify with the less privileged is an ever present reality.
Many families who can no longer go to their farm must depend on interventions like these to make ends meet.
COURT DISMISSES PDP’S SUIT SEEKING DISQUALIFICATION OF TINUBU, SHETTIMA
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit by the Peoples Democratic Party, seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kassim Shettima, from the 2023 general elections.
Delivering judgment, Justice Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the ground that the PDP lacked locus standi to institute the suit.
Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the case was caught by the principle of issue estoppel, and described the suit as an abuse of the court process.
In its Originating Summons, the PDP challenged the validity of Bola Tinubu to contest for the 2023 presidential election as APC candidate on the ground that Mr Shettima’s nomination as his running mate was in breach of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022.
The PDP argued that Mr Shettima’s nomination to contest the position of vice president and Borno Central Senatorial seat contravened the law.
The PDP, which sought an order disqualifying the APC, Tinubu and Shettima from contesting the presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25, also sought an order nullifying their candidacy.
It further sought an order compelling INEC to remove their names from its list of nominated or sponsored candidates eligible to contest the poll.
But the defendants, in their preliminary objection, urged the court to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction.
They argued that the PDP lacked the locus standi (legal right) to file the case, which invariably was challenging the political party’s decision and its nomination of candidates for the polls.
They further submitted that such an act was an internal affair of APC which they argued was non-justiciable.
Justice Ekwo agreed with the defendants that the PDP had no locus standi to file the matter.
According to him, where there is no locus, the court has no jurisdiction.
