Charly Boy Group Issues Press Statement Over Controversial PACT Outcome.

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6 September 2018 PRESS BRIEFING ON PACT

The OurMumuDonDo Movement has always believed in the power of building coalitions by bringing different people, groups, and institutions of different backgrounds together to fight for a common cause.

This view is also doggedly rooted in our ideology as a movement, that to have a paradigm shift in Nigeria, there must be a synergy among like-minds, a convergence on a common ground, and a strong and formidable union, by exceptional young Nigerians who believe in the liberation of our dying nation from the hands of the old cabal.

We believe in young Nigerians with the integrity to combat and defeat the hegemony of those who have turned the positions of authority and leadership to a renter post for the vision-less and irredeemably corrupt. It is in consonance with the foregoing, that the OurMumuDonDo Movement, led by our convener, CharlyBoy, met with some young presidential aspirants, and members of the Presidential Aspirants Coming Together (PACT) initiative, all of whom are vying for the highest office of service in Nigeria – the office of the president, on 31 July 2018, to facilitate among them, the process of presenting a united front in the coming 2019 presidential election.

It is important to note, that on this day, three options were reeled off to the aspirants by the group: Option A was for the aspirants to unanimously agree on who would be projected as the flag-bearer of their United Front, and that this would be done before their respective party primaries – to save cost and time. Option B was for the aspirants to wait until they had all gone through the party primaries in their respective political parties, and then gather to elect their consensus flag-bearer for a United Front.

The difference between Option A and B is that unlike Option A where the would-be flag-bearer of the United Front is not necessarily the presidential candidate of his political party, Option B provides a flag-bearer who is actually the presidential candidate of his political party. Presidential Aspirants like Omoyele Sowore and Kingsley Moghalu were more disposed to Option B, and they were both forthright about it during the meeting. However, a slim majority of the eleven presidential aspirants at the meeting on the day agreed to go for option A as they expressed the uncertainty of their emergence as the presidential candidate in their respective political parties. They also agreed to come up with a modus operandi among themselves, which will facilitate the process of presenting a United Front. It is, however, unfortunate that things did not really go down well with the PACT initiative and they were unable to present to the Nigerian people, a decision that represents the true yearnings of all Nigerians.

However, we believe there are bound to be stumbling blocks in every great endeavor, and that should never deter us from achieving a great cause. At this point, however, we recognize the demand and exigency of having a young, visionary leader, who truly embodies a paradigm shift, and is acceptable to the majority of the Nigerian people. It is, therefore, important to inform the Nigerian people within and outside the country, that after due consultations with highly respected Nigerians, opinion molders, and social influencer across different divides of our society, we are convinced that without the participation of the Nigerian people in the process of electing a flag-bearer for a United Front, and their endorsement thereof, the process is incomplete and void.

We are convinced that the fate of our great country Nigeria, and the fate of One Hundred and Eighty Million Nigerians cannot be decided by seven people. This will be no different from the old ways which we seek to correct. We are convinced that a fundamentally crucial element in our democracy is popular participation. Indeed, there can be no significant achievement without public participation in the process of having a presidential candidate that will represent the real yearnings of the Nigerian people.

We, therefore, announce, in view of the foregoing, that the OurMumuDonDo Movement strongly disapprove of any process or emergence of a consensus candidate that is devoid of the Nigerian people’s participation or approval. We also wish to advise the leaders of the PACT initiative, very strongly, that further discussions on presenting a United Front for a young presidential candidate, should be postponed until the completion of presidential primaries in all concerned political parties.

This will guide us better in the process of making the decisions that will truly benefit our great country, and also improve the standard of living for all Nigerians.

SIGNED: Charles Oputa Convener OurMumuDonDo Movement Adeyanju Deji Convener Concerned Nigerians Ariyo Dare-Atoye Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy Moses Paul Mad Connect.

We Need Visionary Political Leaders

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September 6, 2018

I was at Nnewi Political Summit yesterday organised by Nnewi Professionals.The summit was to give platform to all the political Aspirants to present their programs to Nnewi People.

It was an interesting outing.Two people got my attention. Prof Kingsley Moghalu and Dr Ifeanyi Uba.

Prof Kingsley Moghalu seized the opportunity to inform his kinsmen and women that come May 29 ,2019,he will be sworn in as the next President of Nigeria .The hall caught fire as people went emotional.As usual Prof Moghalu was presidential and quintessential in his presentation via Nnewi local dialect as nwafor .He did not mince words that Politicians have turned Leadership into buying and selling business .He declared that he has come to restore lives through welfariest oriented programmes that would solve unemployment problem,return power to the people via Regional Government. He won the hearts of the ordinary people including his political opponents .

When Dr Ifeanyi Uba was invited to present his programs ……..to continue

How Nigeria System was Rigged

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September 6, 2018

LET’S SET RECORDS STRAIGHT

Out of the total of 360 House of Reps members, the entire South has 169, while the North has 191.

Here is the breakdown:

South East

Imo 10 Reps

Abia 8 Reps

Ebonyi 6 Reps

Anambra 11 Reps

Enugu 8 Reps Total= 43.

South South

Akwa Ibom 10 Reps

Bayelsa 5 Reps

Cross River 8 Reps

Delta 10 Reps

Edo 9 Reps

Rivers 13 Reps Total= 55 Reps.

SOUTHEAST & SOUTHSOUTH GRAND TOTAL =98 only.

South West

Ekiti 6 Reps

Lagos 24 Reps

Ogun 9 Reps

Ondo 9 Reps

Oyo 14 Reps

Osun 9 Reps Total = 71 Reps.

North West

Kano 24 Reps

Kaduna 16 Reps

Jigawa 11 Reps

Katsina 15 reps

Kebbi 8 Reps

Sokoto 11 Reps

Zamfara 7 Reps Total = 92 Reps.

North East

Adamawa 8 Reps

Bauchi 12 Reps

Borno 10 reps

Gombe 6 Reps

Taraba 6 Reps

Yobe 6 Reps Total = 48 Reps.

North Central

Benue 11 Reps

Kogi 9 Reps

Kwara 6 Reps

Nassarawa 5 Reps

Plateau 8 Reps

Niger 10 Reps Total = 49 Reps.

FCT 2 Reps.

GRAND TOTAL OF THE NORTH =191

The question is, how dare you upstage this people in a vote?

Even if Southeast, South-south and Southwest joined together cannot upstage the North.

More facts coming…

INJUSTICE OF OIL ALLOCATION IN NIGERIA (1)

North Central receives 20%;

CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.

North East receives 16%;

CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.

North West receives 21%;

CONTRIBUTES 0.00%.

Every month, the 19 Northern states receives a minimum of 57% of 100% of oil revenue to which they CONTRIBUTE 0.00%.

South West receives 16%;

CONTRIBUTES 3.97%.

South East receives 11.00%;

CONTRIBUTES 25.07%.

South South receives 15.00%;

CONTRIBUTES 70.64%.

More facts…

LGAs in NIGERIA:

Nigeria has 774 LGAs.

The North has 19 states, and the 19 states have 419 LGAs….and u know the meaning of 419..fraud…

The South has 17 states, and the 17 states have 357 LGAs.

Working with the data from the office of the Accountant General as published by the Ministry of Finance (2013 April), the 357 LGAs of the 17 southern states receive 45.1% of what they contribute is 100%.

The 419 LGAs of the 19 Northern states receive 54.9% of what they contribute is 0.00%.

So those hoping for a hopeless hope for restructuring should wake up. The north will Never allow restructuring bc they think they can’t survive in a level playing ground.

Let me stop here for now …..alot on my mind.

CENTRE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA :

RESTRUCTURING :Atiku Blasts Osibanjo

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September 6, 2018

By Atiku Abubakar

My attention has been drawn to a letter written to Premium Times in response to an essay on restructuring authored by me.

Faced with an avalanche of public condemnation for his 360-degree turn on the concept of restructuring, it is understandable that the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has written to Premium Times to douse the tension his comments created. However, in doing so, the Vice President should not attempt to revise history by saying that he spoke against ‘geographic restructuring’.

I have been in the forefront of the discourse on restructuring since the 1995 Abacha Constitutional Conference and to the best of my knowledge, there has not been any term like ‘geographic restructuring’. It is a strange concept, not only because it is not what the restructuring debate is all about, but also because the words of the Vice President, which prompted my response were clear, unambiguous and unequivocal.

Mr. Osinbajo said, “the problem with our country is not a matter of restructuring”. That I disagree with and so do many other Nigerians. If the Vice President has changed his stance, I welcome it, but we should not use one finger to hide behind semantics.

For the Vice President to say “Alhaji Atiku’s concept of restructuring is understandably vague, because he seeks to cover every aspect of human existence in that definition”, is most unfortunate.

I have been very clear, detailed, and unambiguous about my ideas for restructuring. At several occasions, including, but not limited to my speeches at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (made in April this year and July 2017, respectively), I gave very clear and concise ideas about administrative, political and economic restructuring as followss:

Devolution of powers and resources to the states.
No state will receive less Federal funds than today as a result of restructuring
Matching grants from the federal government to the states to help them grow their internally generated revenue position.
The privatisation of unviable federal Government-owned assets.
A truly free market economy driven by the laws of demand and supply.
Replacing state of origin with state of residence, and
Passing the PIGD so that our oil and gas sector will run as a business with minimal governmental interference.

I am hard pressed to see how these clear and specific ideas can be described as ‘vague’. One would have thought that if anything is vague, it would be the idea of ‘geographic restructuring’ whose meaning is hanging in the air.

Be that as it may, in his letter, Vice President Osinbajo then jumps from the topic of restructuring and goes on to say:

“Good governance involves, inter alia, transparency and prudence in public finance. It involves social justice, investing in the poor, and jobs for young people; which explains our School Feeding Programme, providing a meal a day to over 9 million public school children in 25 States as of today. Our NPower is now employing 500,000 graduates; our TraderMoni that will be giving microcredit to 2 million petty traders; our Conditional Cash Transfers giving monthly grants to over 400,000 of the poorest in Nigeria. The plan is to cover a million households.”

While what Professor Osinbajo says may be true or false, I must say that his dovetailing into the area of the economy does not explain certain facts such as the fact that the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics reported in December 2017 that Nigeria lost 7.9 million jobs in the 21 month period under review.

If the Vice President cannot see that losing 7.9 million jobs in 21 months while creating 500,000 jobs is a deficit, then I do not know what to say to the honourable professor.

Professor Osinbajo also harps on about “prudence in public finance”, but he fails to show the wisdom in sharing out $322 million of Abacha funds to the poor only to take a loan of $328 million from the Chinese the very next month. Many Nigerians, myself included, see this as imprudence.

Finally, while the Vice President is not exactly correct when he says “In four years from 2010 to 2014 the PDP government earned the highest oil revenues in Nigeria’s history, USD381.9billion. By contrast the Buhari Administration has earned USD121 billion from May 2015 to June 2018”, let us for the sake of argument say that he is right.

My response to Vice President Osinbajo is that while I was Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2006, Nigeria’s Economic Management Team, of which I was a prominent member, paid off Nigeria’s entire foreign debt of $30 billion, at a time when we were earning one third of what the Buhari administration is currently earning from oil. So such arguments are puerile at best.

My advice to the Vice President is that he should choose whether he is for restructuring or whether he is against it and stick to his choice. This continuous prevarication, this approbation and reprobation, helps no one, least of all true progressives who know that Nigeria needs to be restructured and restructured soon.

source : premium times

Prof Osibanjo Writes on Restructuring ………………

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September 6, 2018

Dear Editor,

Kindly permit me a response to a piece in your publication, titled “Osinbajo got it wrong on Restructuring,” written, we are told, by my illustrious predecessor in office, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

First, let me say that I really would have expected Alhaji Abubakar to at least get the full text of my comments before his public refutal of my views. But I understand; we are in that season where everything is seen as fair game! He quoted me as saying that “the problem with our country is not a matter of restructuring… and we must not allow ourselves to be drawn into the argument that our problems stem from some geographic re-structuring”.

Yes, I said so.

As the quote shows, I rejected the notion that geographical restructuring was a solution to our national problems. Geographical restructuring is either taking us back to regional governments or increasing the number of States that make up the Nigerian federation.

As we all may recall, the 2014 National Conference actually recommended the creation of 18 more States. And I argued that, with several States struggling or unable to pay salaries, any further tinkering with our geographical structure would not benefit us.

We should rather ask ourselves why the States are underperforming, revenue and development wise. I gave the example of the Western Region (comprising even more than what is now known as the South West Zone), where, without oil money, and using capitation tax and revenues from agriculture and mining, the government funded free education for over 800,000 pupils in 1955, built several roads, farm settlements, industrial estates, the first TV station in Africa, and the tallest building in Nigeria, while still giving up fifty percent of its earnings from mining and minerals for allocation to the Federal Government and other regions.

I then argued that what we required now was not geographical restructuring but good governance, honest management of public resources, deeper fiscal Federalism, and a clear vision for development.

On the issue of deeper fiscal Federalism or restructuring, I explained how the then Lagos State Government, led by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, decided to fight for greater autonomy of States.

As Attorney-General at the time, it was my duty and privilege to lead the legal team against the then Federal government, in our arguments at the Supreme Court. I am sure that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would remember these cases on greater autonomy for States that I cite below, as he was Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the time.

At the Supreme Court, we won several landmark decisions on restructuring Nigeria through deeper fiscal federalism, some of which our late converts to the concept, now wish to score political points on.

It was our counter-claims alongside those of other littoral States, that first addressed so comprehensively the issue of resource control. We agreed with the oil producing States that they had a right to control their resources. We argued, though unsuccessfully, that the Ports of Lagos were also a resource, which should enable Lagos State, in the worst case, to be paid the derivation percentage for proceeds of its natural resources. Years later, we also filed an action at the Supreme Court arguing that the Value Added Tax, being a consumption tax, should exclusively belong to the States.

On the issue of who, between the Federal and State governments, should have authority to grant building permits and other development control permits, the Supreme Court, by a slim majority, ruled in our favour. It held that, even with respect to federal land, States had exclusive authority to grant building or other developments control permits.

In 2004, we created 37 new local governments in Lagos State. We believed that we had a Constitutional right to do so and that in any event, a State should have a right to create its own administrative units. Several other States joined us and created theirs.

The Federal government’s response was to seize the funds meant for our local governments, thus strangulating States like Lagos, which had created new local governments. We challenged this at the Supreme Court. The court held that the President had no right under the Constitution to withhold or seize funds meant for the States. The allocations were not a gift of the Federal Government to the States. They were the Constitutional right of the States and local governments.

The court also agreed that States had a Constitutional right to create local governments, pursuant to section 8 of the Constitution, but that the creation remained inchoate until the National Assembly, by resolution, amended the existing list of local governments to capture the newly created LGs.

In response, we created by State Law, Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), to accommodate the newly created Local Government Councils until such a time as the National Assembly would complete the process. But the Lagos State Government took up the challenge to re-engineer its revenue service, making it autonomous. With innovative management, tax collection in Lagos became more efficient, and tax revenues continued to grow geometrically. Today, the State earns more IGR than 30 States of Nigeria put together!

Further, we contested the attempts of the then Federal Government to create supervisory authority over the Finances of Local Governments by the signing into law of the Monitoring of Revenue Allocation to Local Governments Act, 2005. The Supreme Court also ruled in our favour, striking down many provisions of the law that sought to give the Federal government control over local government funding.

I have been an advocate, both in court and outside, of fiscal Federalism and stronger State Governments. I have argued in favour of State Police, for the simple reason that policing is a local function. You simply cannot effectively police Nigeria from Abuja. Only recently, in my speech at the Anniversary of the Lagos State House of Assembly, I made the point that stronger, more autonomous States would more efficiently eradicate poverty. So I do not believe that geographical restructuring is an answer to Nigeria’s socio economic circumstances. That would only result in greater administrative costs. But there can be no doubt that we need deeper fiscal Federalism and good governance.

Alhaji Atiku’s concept of restructuring is understandably vague, because he seeks to cover every aspect of human existence in that definition. He says it means a “cultural revolution”. Of course, he does not bother to unravel this concept. He says we need a structure that gives everyone an opportunity to work, a private sector driven economy. Yes, I agree. These are critical pillars of our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), including our Ease of Doing Business Programme.

If, however, this is what he describes as restructuring, then it is clear that he has mixed up all the issues of good governance and diversification of the economy with the argument on restructuring.

Good governance involves, inter alia, transparency and prudence in public finance. It involves social justice, investing in the poor, and jobs for young people; which explains our School Feeding Programme, providing a meal a day to over 9 million public school children in 25 States as of today. Our NPower is now employing 500,000 graduates; our TraderMoni that will be giving microcredit to 2 million petty traders; our Conditional Cash Transfers giving monthly grants to over 400,000 of the poorest in Nigeria. The plan is to cover a million households.

Surprisingly, Alhaji Atiku leaves out the elephant in the room – corruption. And how grand corruption, fueled by a rentier economic structure that benefits those who can use political positions or access to either loot the treasury or get favorable concessions to enrich themselves. This was a main part of my presentations the Minnesota Town Hall meeting.

In arguing for good governance, I made the point that our greatest problem was corruption. I pointed out that grand corruption, namely the unbelievable looting of the treasury by simply making huge cash withdrawals in local and foreign currency, was the first travesty that President Buhari stopped.

I showed the OPEC figures from oil revenues since 1990. In four years from 2010 to 2014 the PDP government earned the highest oil revenues in Nigeria’s history, USD381.9billion. By contrast the Buhari Administration has earned USD121 billion from May 2015 to June 2018, less than 1/3 of what Jonathan Administration earned at the same period in that administration’s life. Despite earning so much less, we are still able to invest more in infrastructure than any government in Nigeria’s history. The difference is good governance, and fiscal prudence.

In the final analysis, restructuring in whatever shape or form, will not mean much if our political leaders see public resources as an extension of their bank accounts.

This, I believe, is the real issue

source :Premium Times

Linda Ikeji sacks staff accused of raping teenager

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September 6, 2018

Linda Ikeji, popular Nigerian blogger, has sacked Theo Ukpaa, the man who is alleged to have raped Emilia Samuel when the latter was 16 years old.

Ms Ikeji, who made the announcement on her blog on Wednesday night, said: “I personally wanted to let everyone know that Theo Ukpaa, who was Head of Programmes at Linda Ikeji TV, is no longer a staff of the company.

“His job with my company was terminated on Monday, August 27th, just a day after I read the heart-breaking story of Emilia Samuel.

“The general public is therefore advised not to transact any business with him in the name of Linda Ikeji TV, as anyone who does it, does so at his/her own risk.”

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ADF Leaders Meet With World Leaders In USA

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August 31, 2018

BVI Channel 1 Online can confirm that the Leaders of Alaigbo Development Foundation have met with several important people in USA to further draw their attention to the plight of Ndigbo in Nigeria .ADF Team was led by Prof Uzodinma Nwala

ADF President at the African Union Forum with the Ambassador of African Union to the US,Ambassador Dr Arikana Chihombori in Nashville Tennessee,USA

ADF has continued to bring the aspirations of Ndigbo to the attention of the international community.ADF Leaders are scheduled to meet with interest groups in America and United Kingdom .

BVI Channel 1 Online will keep you updated.

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Yerima, Arewa Youth leader eyes Reps’ seat

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August 31, 2018

National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Mallam Yerima Usman Shettima may have concluded arrangements to contest a seat in the National Assembly on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Indication to this was reinforced by his resignation last week from the Young Democratic Party (YDP), of which he was the Deputy National Chairman.

In the resignation letter, Yerima stated that his intention to quit the YDP is “just to devote my time to deep reflection and take a very close look at my participation in politics and make some necessary adjustments.”

The Kaduna State-born activist, who has relocated back home from Lagos for the project wants to represent Kaduna North Federal Constituency.

Yerima has commenced consultations across board with a view to seeking support and advice of community leaders, party leadership, youth and professional organisations as well as from his comrades in democratic activism.

Yerima, an alumnus of the Lagos State University (LASU),in his mid-40s, is said to have confided in a close friends that he has been nursing aspiration to serve his good people at the legislative chambers in Abuja

It was also learnt that he had held series of meetings with leaders of the PDP; including the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondu, Senator Umaru Ibrahim Tsauri, National Secretary, and Abdullahi H. Mai Basira, National Financial Secretary among other party leaders and elders.

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Ojukwu’s widow declares Senatorial ambition

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August 29, 2018

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and widow of late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, yesterday formally declared her interest to contest for the Anambra South Senatorial seat.

She made the declaration in Ekwulobia in Aguata council, during a meeting with the stakeholders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in the old Aguata zone.

Addressing the people at the gathering also attended by former governor of Imo State and governorship aspirant, Chief Ikedi Ohakim and multimillionaire, Dr. Godwin Maduka, Ambassador Ojukwu said she wants to continue with her husband’s legacy, saying she wants to go to the senate to accomplish the dream of Dim Ojukwu, to liberate the Igbo from hardship and bondage.

“I’ve come here, today, to reaffirm that I wish to represent our senatorial district at the red chamber. Why is it important? It is important because our people need to be represented appropriately.

“Igbo have suffered so much in this country, and have continued to suffer. Our leader, Dim, suffered so much for our people. Evil prevails when good people sit and do nothing; to seat down and be an armchair critic means you are at home with the evil, that is why I came out to make a difference. So, if you want the evil to stop, my people, send me, and I will get our dues. We must identify with APGA, I’ve laboured tirelessly for this party and I will continue to protect the ideals of the party,” she said.

Speaking, Ohakim appealed to others interested in the seat to see the need to step down for Ambassador Ojukwu, as a mark of respect to her late husband.

“Bianca Ojukwu has what is called double legacy and double identity,” noting that her father, late C.C. Onoh, single-handedly built a house for M.I. Okpara. Bianca is not an ordinary human being; she is a spirit and the identity of the Igbo man. Bianca has suffered for us, the Igbo, by sacrificing everything to be by our leader, Ojukwu, till death.

“I beg all others who want to be senators in this zone to please respect our late leader, Ojukwu and father Onoh, by stepping down for Bianca Ojukwu.”

On his part, Maduka said: “I’m here to respect our leader, Dim Ojukwu. The new Igbo nation means that we have to allow people who can speak for us, speak for us. We have to send people who can give us adequate representation; we don’t want anyone who will go to represent us for his personal good.”

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ADF Delegation Attends World Igbo Congress

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August 29, 2018

The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has extended Invitation to her 2018 Convention to the Alaigbo Development Foundation.Prof Uzodinma Nwala will lead other delegates to the annual Convention

WIC under Prof Ejiofor’s leadership has not only endorsed the ADF Green Book but has also endorsed the Enugu Declaration along with sixteen other pan-Igbo and pro-Biafra organizations and major stakeholders in Alaigbo.

The Chairman of ADF Board of Trustees, Dr Dozie Ikedife, is already in the United States and would be joining the ADF President along with other ADF stakeholders at the Convention. Thus, the trip would afford ADF the opportunity of holding serious bilateral discussions with the WIC leadership.

The trip will also afford further opportunity for ADF delegation to meet other pan-Igbo organizations as well as other interest groups in furtherance of ADF global Agenda and collaboration with our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora..

In a related note ADF President shall join the ADF Secretary and other ADF leaders in the United Kingdom for a series of activities including the Inauguration of the ADF UK Chapter. They shall be joined by several interest groups of Umuigbo from Ireland, Germany and some other European countries.

Ndubuisi writes for BVI Channel 1 Online