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Jandor Foundation Opens New Office Complex With Fanfare

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5 years ago

October 3, 2019

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A rising grassroots oriented non-governmental organisation, Jandor Foundation has opened a new office complex in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital amidst a lot of fanfare.

Held on October 1, 2019, the event which was well-attended despite the torrential rainfall was a gathering was attended by influential traditional rulers, top professionals, seasoned politicians, community development association executives and market leaders.

The official opening was performed by former First Lady of Lagos State, Her Excellency Abimbola Fashola assisted by traditional rulers and special guests amidst a lot of cheers from all present.

Lead Visoner, Mr Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran (4th left), HE Mrs Abimbola Fashola with special guest cutting the cake

In his welcome address, the Lead Visioner of the Foundation,Mr Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran said he was inspired to set up the foundation because having come from humble beginnings he had to rely on people to make it in life.

He said his own grass to grace was enough to show that what many people need to move from poverty to prosperity was the support of a good natured individual and some form of mentorship.

He revealed that his Foundation will be focused on the grassroots of Lagos because he was a firm believer of touching the lives of the very needy directly with the use of the bottom up approach.

According to the serial entrepreneur and philanthropist “We are committed to human empowerment, sustainable mental growth, excellence, innovation, empathy and community service”.

He hinted that since it began over a year ago, the impact has been phenomenal. He said that apart from various interventions, forty undergraduates are currently enjoying the Foundation’s scholarship scheme, adding that it also recently built and donated a standard broadcast studio to the Mass Communications Department of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.

Mr Adediran stated that the new office complex will help the foundation be more efficient and help it impact more indigent people in the society.

Earlier, Dolapo Ogunbambo, a member of he Foundation’s Advisory Board had taken time to reel out the long list of interventions and programmes that the foundation has so far carried out-and it was obvious that it has spread its tentacles to virtually all local governments in Lagos State.

Mr Ogunbambo stated that Jandor Foundation is all out to to help the less-privileged, vulnerable and uneducated,women and aged members of society. He noted that the Foundation is aware that government cannot do it alone and therefore, it will strive to reach where and those government have left behind.

In her remarks, Mrs Fashola began by praising the Lead Visioner, whom she fondly called Jide Core. She stated that she was wowed by the wonderful work the foundation has done so far and called on it not to lose focus as there are bound to be naysayers.

She called on other young men to emulate Mr Adediran and not wait till they are millionaires to develop the culture of helping others or giving to the less privileged. She wished the Foundation well and pledged her support to help drive the foundation to greater heights. The event was rounded off with a vote of thanks by Mr Seun Soyinka, a member of the Advisory Board.

The event was graced by such personalities as Senior Special Assistant to the President, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Mr Lanre Babalola, Chief of Statff to Governor Fashola, Oba Morufu Ojo-Ola, Ojon of Ejigbo, Oba Kayode Akinyemi, Alabirun of Ikare Kingdom, Oba Oyekan Adekanmi, Alapa of Apa Kingdom,Oba Nosiru Babatunde, Onishahs of Shasha, Oba Ogabi, Onimeke of Imeke, Mr Fouad Oki, Hon. Akeem Muniru, Hon. Akinade Fijabi, Hon. Kazeem Ogunsakin, Kingsley James, Victor Ganzallo, Abisoye Fagade, Biodun Oshinibosi, Steve Ayorinde, Layinka Oyedeji, Rasheed Muri-Okunola and Michael Effiong

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Breaking: Wike Plans to Attend Thursday’s PDP NEC Meeting

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4 hours ago

April 17, 2024

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By Eric Elezuo

The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, may have concluded plans to attend the much advertised National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), billed to hold on Thursday, in Abuja.

Impeccable source, who is in the know, told The Boss that the minister, whose membership of the PDP is yet to be revoked even as he frolicks with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and serving in the President Bola Tinubu government as a minister.

The Source told The Boss that Wike’s impending presence at the NECeeting on Thursday is not unconnected with plans, already hatched with some governors, to weaken the opposition PDP.

“Yes, we have on good authority that FCT minister, Wike is planning to attend the NEC meeting tomorrow all in a bid to weaken the fabrics of the PDP, and pave the way for the continuation of the Tinubu administration come 2027, and by extension, relapse Nigeria to a full blown one party state.

“From every indication, Wike and his co-travellers, are bent on unleashing the same crisis ravaging the third force, Labour Party, and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s Nigerian National People’s Party (NNPP) on the PDP for the APC to remain the only political party in the country, and ensure that Tinubu has no challenger, come 2027,” the Source said.

It would be recalled that Wike has boasted over and again that there’s no opposition against Tinubu’s re-emergence in 2027, and that they have made sure of that. He has been compensated with the Ministerial job after he withdrew support for his party, and supported the APC and Tinubu to emerge as national government.

The Source further revealed that in the attempt to actualize the intended one party state, a lot of funding is ongoing to ensure that concerned stakeholders are ‘settled’ handsomely.

Wike, prior, during and after the 2023 general elections, has been floating in between the two major political parties; the APC and the PDP. While he claim to still be a member of the PDP, he is functioning as a minister in an APC government, mocking the inability of his party to discipline him.

Political stakeholders have concluded that the outcome of Thursday’s PDP NEC meeting will determine the path Nigeria’s political trajectory will take, and that it may portend the end of multi-party system and political democracy if Wike succeeds in his plan.

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Bribery, Corruption: APC Suspends National Chairman, Ganduje

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2 days ago

April 15, 2024

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The All Progressives Congress ward in Ganduje, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, has suspended the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.

The party ward legal adviser, Halliru Gwanzo, announced the suspension while addressing newsmen in Kano State on Monday.

Gwanzo cited allegations of bribery against Ganduje levelled by the Kano State Government as the reason for the suspension.

“We decided to suspend Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje from the party due to the seriousness of the allegations against him,” Gwanzo said.

Meanwhile, efforts to contact the Chief Press Secretary to the APC National Chairman, Mr Edwin Olufo, failed as his mobile phone was unreachable.

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Akpabio Commits to Collaboration with Tinubu, Governor Umo Eno

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6 days ago

April 12, 2024

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The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has stated his commitment to working closely with Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Governor Umo Eno to ensure the delivery of democratic benefits to the people of Akwa Ibom State.

Akpabio stated this in his country home, Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, while briefing his constituents on the journey so far as their representative in the red chamber.

He assured the people of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District of his commitment to their welfare in appreciation of their total support for him, President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in last year’s election.

The Highpoint of the constituency briefing was the distribution of over 10,000 bags of rice and other essentials for his constituents from the wards, to the local governments.

A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, quoted Akpabio as saying, “I am here once again, to thank you for standing by me, our President and the party, before, during and even after last year’s elections. I have come to say thank you and also bring Renewed Hope to you all.

“As the President is doing his own, the Senate President is also doing his bit and being complemented by the state governor, Akwa Ibom would be the better for it. We have finished elections and politics, we are now into governance. The governor of the state must touch you, because he is the governor of all the people in the state irrespective of political affiliation.

” As I am touching you now from the political angle, I will also touch the state without any political party affiliation. Most of the projects we are putting in place would be used by people resident in the state. Relax, things are getting better.”

The former Governor of the state, assured his constituents that his current position as the Senate President would be used for the development of the state in collaboration with the President and the Akwa Ibom State Governor.

Hear him: This Senate President is not the one that would be fighting the state government. I will collaborate with , I will collaborate with , to make the state better for us all. We cannot be out of government for a long time. You have to go to a government that carries you along”

Akpabio promised to work for his constituents and Nigeria with all his strength, noting that, “as the President of the Senate, I am for the Southern region and the entire country. I may not come here regularly to tell you what I have been doing for you, but you will be feeling the impact on way or the other. Our unemployed youths would be gainfully employed. I will construct a mini stadium in all the local governments in the district, for our youths to develop their sporting potentials. ”