Tag: VON DG

“Atiku will fail in 2023; cannot ‘defeat’ Obasanjo, Afenifere, others” – VON DG

Aminu Imam

The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has said former Vice-President Atiku Abubakars presidential bid in the 2023 poll will fail because it is against the principle of power rotation between the South and North. Okechukwu, also a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja, yesterday. The VON DG referred to the patriotic position of APC Northern Governors letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on June 4, as evidence that the rotation of the presidency between the North…

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2023 Presidency: Bala Mohammed got it wrong on APCs zoning to South – VON DG

Aminu Imam

Godwin Amunde Founding member of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has faulted Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammeds argument against the partys zoning of the 2023 Presidency to the South, saying that the governor got it wrong on all fronts. Okechukwu noted that Governor Balas disposition shows the lack of dynamism in the political thinking of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, stressing that the opposition party has shown that it is incapable of upstaging APC, especially when the unity and prosperity of Nigeria is not uppermost in their calculations.…

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VON DG, Okechukwu begs Buhari to honour Igbo elders with release of Kanu

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to honour Igbo elders with the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking to journalists, Okechukwu also appealed to IPOB to support Nigeria president of Igbo extraction in 2023. I join, Ohaneze Ndigbo, eminent constitutional lawyer and Chairman, Igbo Leaders of Thought, Prof Ben Nwabueze, and people of goodwill nationwide in commending President Muhammadu Buhari for accepting to consider the release of held leader of the Indigenous People of…

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DG VON appeals to President Buhari to assent to Electronic Transmission Bill

Aminu Imam

The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria, (VON), Chief Osita Okechukwu, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to endorse the electronic transmission of results contained in the recent Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill passed by the National Assembly. Speaking on the raging controversy over Direct Primary mode of electing party candidates inserted into the yet-to-be-endorsed Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, Okechukwu, who is a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), appealed to President Buhari not to ‘throw away the baby and the bath water’. In an issued statement in Abuja on Sunday,…

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Anambra Guber Election: ‘Adopt The Zikist Model Merger Strategy’ – Okechukwu Urges APGA, APC

Aminu Imam

Says it guarantees a win-win scenario Godwin Amunde Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has once again reminded the leadership of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) of the imperatives of striking a merger with APC, in the Zikist Model strategy, to win the November 6, governorship poll. Okechukwu, who is also the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) told journalists in Abuja that APGA leaders should know that it is far better to be late than to be the Late, insisting that APGA was on the way…

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Anambra Guber: What Buharis Endorsement Means To Sen Uba, Ndigbo – VON DG, Okechukwu

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, (VON), Osita Okechukwu said the recent endorsement of Senator Andy Ubas governorship ambition by President Muhammadu Buhari has very wide implications for Anambra State and Ndigbo in general. Senator Uba would fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the November 6 Anambra governorship election. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Thursday,  Okechukwu, who is also a member of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, said the endorsement gesture, acceptance and support by the President is a signal to other good and correct political possibilities for the…

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Anambra Guber: VON DG, Okechukwu, urges APGA members to fully Integrate into APC

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has urged members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State to fully integrate into the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing history of long cosy political understanding dating even back to 2013 when a faction of APGA joined the merger of APC. He equally said that in 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari more or less saved His Excellency Willie Obiano from his traducers, hence his re-election. Okechukwu, who is also one of the founding members of APC, said…

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To end insecurity, Nigeria must address widespread poverty – VON DG

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has cautioned Nigerians against blame game on the rising issue of insecurity in the country, urging them to instead come to the reality that the security challenges facing the country today is the outcome of Extreme-Poverty instituted 35 years ago by the IMF Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) during the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida military administration which divested interest in the business of the people. Osita Okechukwu who made the position known in a statement recently in Abuja,…

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