DAILY RENDEZVOUS

WE SHALL OVERCOME  BY GOVERNOR AHMADU UMARU FINTIRI ON THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2020. Fellow Citizens, circumstances that have unfolded since my last Address to you necessitates that I Address you once again. I have moved round and assessed the damages and the extent to which the latest mayhem visited on our State has reversed the progress we have made in recovery from the backwardness we inherited. I do admit that it is colossal even as I feel and share the pains of all our well-meaning citizens. In the midst of all these, we must all resist the actions and utterances of those whose aim is to gain political mileage over our collective tragedy and misfortunes. Turning the unfortunate mayhem into an issue for political discourse, is the height of insensitivity whose level we cannot be reduced to. I have reviewed the situation in the State with Security Operatives and duly observed that relative calm is returning across the State. May I acknowledge and commend the conduct of...

Daily Rendezvous The Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has denied the threat audio circulating on social media. Social media went agog yesterday with claims that the Governor threatened one Gambo Hussani alias Nakura for making uncomplimentary remarks about him. But reacting on Thursday, Solomon Kumangar, Fintiri’s spokesperson, in a statement, said the report on Mr Fintiri was not correct. He disclosed that the Governor is known for his human nature and soft approach to all things and that the governor is too busy with governance to issue a threat to Nakura. "The Governor’s aide wishes to advise Adamawa residents to ignore determined agents of fake news bent on spreading false stories to the public., "We react to the utter falsehood and disgraceful lies, a report by so-called social media agents of the opposition in Adamawa which, Wednesday, claimed that Governor Fintiri threatened one Gambo Useni for making uncomplimentary remark agains...

Daily Rendezvous The Senior Special Assistant to the Adamawa State Governor on Social Mobilisation, Victor Dogo, has cautioned the oppostion, frantically aiming a dig at the governor, suggesting that the looted palliatives were consignments received from federal government but not given to the people.Dogo said, the narrative is false, misguided and mischievous in all fronts.  The mare endorsement of looting of public and private property makes any political group or party an enigma to the people it seeks to impress and it leaves such politicians and their party with the heavy duty of explaining how towing away of tractors, removing roofing sheets, brandishing knives and clubs, in any way resembles attempt to get food items.  Dogo made this known in a statement made available to Daily Rendezvous, Tuesday. Dogo said, "Since the flagging off of this Fresh Air government, it has been unapologetically committed to addressing the needs of the people of this stat...

Daily Rendezvous - Arrests 155 Looters, Impound 12 Tricycles of Loot The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, said he would sign an executive order for a house-to-house search for looted goods after his 12 hours Ultimatum elapse at 6am Wednesday. Fintiri said, homes found harbouring Looters and looted properties, could have their Certificate of Occupancy revoked and risked having homes demolished. This is contained in an official state broadcast made by the governor on Tuesday in Yola, Adamawa state. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said, he has issued a 12 hour ultimatum to Looters in the state to return all properties carted away, explaining that after the grace period of 12 hours which elapse at 6am Wednesday, he would sign an executive order for a house-to-house search by security and any home harbouring looted properties would have its C of O revoked. Fintiri notes that about 155 Looting suspects are already in police custody, 12 Tricycles loaded with looted ...

Daily Rendezvous By Solomon Kumangar Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintirii has every  reason to celebrate his fifty three years birthday anniversary as the Governor of Adamawa State. From every political calculation and calibration, the unequivocal conclusion is that he is a Man of the people who emblematises the Divine injunction that “Power comes from God alone”.  Throwback to 2019: Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, then an ordinary citizen without federal might, without security, found himself in the eye of a raging political storm, contrived and fermented by treacherous forces, which betrayed a political vision and threatened to completely overturn and dismantle a well-nurtured political agenda to achieve their own selfish power grabbing ambitions.  Pitted against the backdrop of a manipulated and deviously translated zonal power-sharing arrangement and confronted by the real threat of political annihilation in the face of a viscous opposition that will stop at nothing to...

Daily Rendezvous The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has set up, an eleven-man judicial panel of inquiry to look into the alleged question police brutality by the members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Adamawa state. The panel, based on its terms of reference is tasked to investigate cases of extra-judicial killings, human rights violations, unlawful detention and incidences of deaths of suspects in police custody and it is expected to submit its findings within six months. This is contained in a press statement issued by the press secretary to the governor, Humwashi Wonosikou and made available to Daily Rendezvous, in Yola, Adamawa. The statement said, "Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has approved the composition of an Eleven Member Judicial Panel of Inquiry into alleged brutality of the Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Adamawa State. "This is pursuant to the directives of the National Economic Council following the...

Daily Rendezvous Breaking: Dear Lagosians,  I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest has degenerated into a monster that is threatening the well-being of our society. Lives and limbs have been lost as criminals and miscreants are now hiding under the umbrella ofthese protests to unleash mayhem on our State.   As a government that is alive to its responsibility and has shown a commitment to the movement #ENDSARS, we will not watch and allow anarchy in our dear state. I, therefore, hereby impose a 24-hour curfew on all parts of the Stateas from 4pm today, 20th October,2020. Nobody, except essential service providers and first responders must be found on the streets.  Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu  Governor, Lagos State

Daily Rendezvous African Development Bank’s second virtual business opportunities seminar of 2020, draws 250 global partners and suppliers During the seminars, participants are informed about the Bank’s strategy for supporting economic growth, its priority areas and rules and procedures for project and corporate procurement  The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) hosted its second virtual business opportunities seminar in 2020 (BOS) on 13 and 14 October. The BOS offers a one-stop shop for individuals and consulting firms, civil contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and diplomatic commercial attachés from the Bank Group’s regional and non-regional members seeking to provide goods and services to projects or to the Bank, or otherwise partner with it. During the seminars, participants are informed about the Bank’s strategy for supporting economic growth, its priority areas and rules and procedures for project and corporate procurement. This month’s editio...

Daily Rendezvous The Senior Special Assistant to the Adamawa State Governor on Social Mobilisation, Victor Dogo, has blasted Husseni Gambo Nakura, over his misguided and uninformed rating of governor Fintiri's performance, claiming that previous governments like that of Boni Haruna, Nyako and even Bindow, funded education while the Fintiri administration has not done anything to that effect. Dogo while condemning the statement said, it was an expression of outright lies and a compendium of inaccuracies deliberately concocted to deceive and mislead. But Adamawa peope have seen the light and cannot be distracted by such cheap attention seeker trying to keep Adamawa backwards. Dogo made the remarks in a press statement made available to Daily Rendezvous, Wednesday, in Yola, Adamawa. Dogo said, "Nakura is easily noticed for his backward and stale knowledge from what he thinks and phantoms within his limit of exposure on what politics and governance really is.  "It...

The Chairman Adamawa concerned citizens popularly known as "Nakura is easily noticed for his backward and stale knowledge from what he thinks and phantoms within his limit of exposure on what politics and governance really is. I thought of this before writing, but note my response is for the responsible men of his age that are using their brains to build their state reasonably. It is wrong sitting under the tree as a local champion to voice the figment of ones imagination as an opinion of the people . The shocking display of shame by such a person does not come as a surprise, saying that the people's Governor was booed is only known to him and whoever in his bedroom. The revelations getting to us is as clear as what you can call a show of shame by a man that is becoming irrelevant in the politics of the day. The passion expressed to the Governor is rather a response to how he esteems the Mubi- Madagali axis highly and upholds them equally as other parts of the state. The Mubi ...

Daily Rendezvous The Senior Special Assistant to the Adamawa state governor on Mass Mobilisation, Victor Dogo, said the opposition in Adamawa are already sulking and grieving over their missed opportunity, as governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri's stellar performance is already exposing the frailty of their government and woeful governance style and how Adamawa state has been pushed several years backward as a result of poor leadership. Dogo addressing a spurious and mischievous publication targeted at governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri by the opposition explained that, the desperation of the opposition is now coming to the surface and is expressed in series of faceless attacks in media publications, seeking to masquared outright lies as some form of truths. Dogo made this known in a statement made available to Newsmen, Thursday. Victor Dogo said, "For the umpteenth time,the opposition in Adamawa state has found another proxy and willing ally who purportedly writes for an onli...

Daily Rendezvous Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has felicitated with the Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Abdullahi Mohammed on his 62nd birthday anniversary. Governor Fintiri described the Bauchi state Governor as a leader per excellence whose  qualities are worthy of emulation. The Governor said Bala Mohammed has impacted the lives of his people and Nigerians through his resilience and interest in the development and unity of Nigeria. Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said “I sincerely extend my best wishes and congratulations to Governor Bala Mohammed on the occasion of his 62nd birthday celebration. Your are a beacon of hope to many and a role model to those who like you are called to the service of Nigeria”. While celebrating Governor Bala Mohammed for exuding rare leadership qualities, Fintiri prayed God to grant him long life and good health to continue to touch more lives. “My family and I pray for renewed strength, God’s guidance as you do m...

Daily Rendezvous The former vice president of Nigeria and PDP's candidate in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has endorsed the leadership style of the Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, describing him as the first among all first term governors in the country to have implemented a revolutionary style of governance that has led to a successful conduct local government elections, expunged a culture of unpaid salary arrears of local government workers, primary school teachers and the primary  healthcare sector. Atiku praised the governor for defying the challenge of inherited N115 billion debt to deliver a solution-based style of leadership with practical policies that promotes nationhood, prosperity and growth in Adamawa State. Atiku Abubakar made this known in a personal letter to the Adamawa state governor over the weekend. Atiku praised the governor as to have exhibited the highest qualities of Leadership that deserves commendation and...

Daily Rendezvous A court has slammed a N50 million against Senator Elisha Abbo for assaulting a nursing mother, Osimibibra Warmate repeatedly at a sex toy shop on May 11, 2019. The Senator was said to have entered a sex toy shop around 6pm, with three young women to purchase adult toys. However shortly after they began shopping for the toys, one of the three girls started throwing up. She vomited several times, prompting the shop owner to remark that the woman should have vomited outside and not inside her shop. Abbo, who was said to be agitated by the sudden illness of the girl, was said to have accused the shop owner of poisoning the store’s air conditioner. While the nursing mother was pleading with the second man to take things easy, she was slapped repeatedly by the lawmaker. The judgment in the civil case came barely weeks after a Magistrate Court discharged him of the offence of criminal assault.        

Daily Rendezvous The Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and Member representing Gombi/Hong Federal Constituency, Yusuf Buba Yakub, has called on Nigerians to celebrate the independence day with hope and optimism that though the country is yet to get to its desired destination, yet, the Nigeria of our dreams is possible. Buba called on Nigerians all over the country to hold unto those things that unite us as a people instead of those things that divide us. Buba said that, despite the daunting challenges of the global pandemic, schools have began to open gradually, businesses and social activities are gradually picking up, and that in the same vein, Nigeria will achieve its dream and true potential inspite of its challenges, but we all have to keep faith and work towards building a greater and stronger country. Yusuf Buba made the remarks in a statement issued by his special adviser on media and publicity, Nkem Anyata-Lafiya, an...