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In 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed other ministers of state and placed them under The Presidency. They include Mr Abayomi Edu and Dr Abimbola Ogunkelu, a consultant physician and cardiologist, from Ibowon, Epe in Lagos State, who is also a member of the Amala group, a group of eminent journalists who meets monthly at Bunmi Sofola’s place in Surulere, Lagos.
Chief Abimbola Ogunkelu was minister of state in The Presidency for Cooperation and Integration in Africa.
Let’s look at the situation now. In the Senate, All Progressive Congress has 58 seats, Peoples Democratic Party has 37 seats, Labour Party has seven seats, New Nigeria People’s Party has two seats, Social Democratic Party — two seats, All Progressive Grand Alliance — one seat and Action Democratic Party — one seat.
As of today, there are twenty-two states with APC governors, twelve states with PDP governors, one each with APGA, Labour and NNPP. The APC is yet to equal the feat achieved by the PDP in 2008. As of now most of the parties are in crisis, serious crisis including APC. The worst hit is the PDP. I hope the PDP will not go the way of AD, ACN, ANPP and APP. The death of All People’s Party is tragic. It was the second most powerful party in 1999.
The crisis of the PDP now is similar to that of APP. The possibility of PDP recapturing the PRESIDENCY which they lost almost ten years ago is remote. What can emerge is that a faction of the PDP and disgruntled elements in the APC and other parties may form a coalition to challenge the Presidential candidate of the APC in 2027. Definitely there will be a new alliance. That is the Nigerian way. The APC is not invincible, just as PDP was not ten years ago with its failing policies.
Before he was assassinated on 14 January, 1966, the leader of the party, Sir Ahmadu Bello , the Sardauna of Sokoto, Premier of Northern Nigeria, was the most powerful politician in the land., the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, wrote on page 85: “The Northern People’s Congress grew out of purely cultural society of that name. This had been started in Zaria by Dr. Dikko, who is now an important figure in the Ministry of Health.
The staff of the National Headquarters were Party Manager—Alhaji Habib Raji Abdullahi, Chief Operating Officer—Mallam Muhammadu King, Chief Publicity Officer—Mallam Yusuf Dantsoho, Research Officer—Mallam Abubakar Tugga, Local Government Officer—Mallam Abba El Anasari, Officer in charge Youth Wing—Mallam Ahmadu Kwanbo, North Regional President—Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gashash and North Regional Secretary—Mr. Michael Audu Buba.
Others were Mr. Michael Audu Buba, Alhaji Shehu Usman, Galadima Maska, Habib Raji Abdullahi, Alhaji Mu’azu Gambo, Alhaji Sani Okin, Mallam Hassan Ahmed, Alhaji Audu Anance, Alhaji Dalhatu Bida, Mallam Gwani Jatau, Mallam J. Tanko Yusuf, Alhaji Muhammadu Kokori Abdul, Alhaji Tijani Hashim, Mallam Muhammadu Sokoto, Mallam Abba Masta, Alhaji Usman Sulayman, Mallam Haliru Zarma Hong, Mr. Edmond B. Mamiso, Alhaji Ndagi Farouq and Mallam Muhammadu King.
As a philanthropist, he has endowed a professional chair in Malaria Studies at the University of Port Harcourt, while the Sylvanus Cookey Foundation, established by him, is helping to transform the lives of youths in his home town, Opobo. On 26 March, 1987, the Political Bureau submitted its report. It recommended that any Nigerian who hadn’t been previously convicted of a criminal offence be allowed to participate in politics in the 1990s as well as the gradual replacement of the military administration by civilians.
On 22 April, 1988, elections were held into the Constituent Assembly while on 25 April, 1988, government’s nominees to the Assembly were announced. To head the Assembly was Justice Anthony Aniagolu. The Assembly was saddled with the job of fashioning a new Constitution for the country. Between 21 and 25 July, 1990, the National Republican Convention held its convention in Port Harcourt, Chief Tom Ikimi was elected as the chairman. At its own convention in Abuja, the SDP elected Ambassador Baba-Gana Kingibe as the chairman. On 2 December, 1991, General Babangida arrested and detained eleven banned politicians. They were Abubakar Rimi, Maitama Yusuff, Lateef Jakande and Lamidi Adedibu.
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