DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous  The director general of media to Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has fired back at Adamawa’s former commissioner for information, Ahmad Sajoh, describing him as a ‘tenant’ in the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a statement he signed on Sunday, Mr Sajoh said that the PDP-led state government in Adamawa is worried about how many people will show up to see the APC candidate for governor, which is why they are not letting the party use Ribadu Square in Yola. But Mr Kumangar, in reaction to Mr Sajoh’s remarks, said the ex-Adamawa information commissioner was ungrateful to those that had  helped him in the past, and as such, no amount of vituperation against the Fintiri-led government will help garner votes for the candidate of the APC in Adamawa. “It clearly amounts to grandiosity, and if one man named Sajoh believes Binani will smell the Dougiriei government house, he should know that no one can pander to him because recklessness is not sol...

Daily Rendezvous  The 55th birthday anniversary of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa State presents this opportunity to celebrate the life of an unrepentant democrat, quintessential public servant, and a patriot who is passionate about our state’s place in the 21st century. Though this is an individual tribute, highlighted by personal encounters, it honours a Nigerian who through both his official and private capacities, has continued to work for national cohesion and integration. Our paths crossed over Fourty Five years  ago in the course our sojourn  on earth.  Then, an ebullient Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri rose from being a young Lad from the Barracks in Minna to a local prodigy in primary and Secondary schools.  From atop a senior functionary of government, I considered his demeanor and approach rare, especially in this part of the world. I was humbled by the simplicity of this Politician and respected his penchant for keeping in co...

Daily Rendezvous The Director General Media to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has said Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has no hands in the invitation of AA Lawal Uba by security agencies. According to our sources, the Department of state service (DSS) on Friday invited AA Lawal Uba over his vituperation on the speaker, Adamawa state house of assembly, Aminu Abbas. In reaction to the invitation by the DSS, the main oppostion party in Adamawa, the All progressive congress (APC) blamed Fintiri for Uba’s travails and accused him of stifling dissenting voices in Adamawa state. But in a statement issued by the Director General, media and communication, Solomon Kuamangar, today, the Governor’s aide said Fintiri should not be blamed for the travails of the misguided fellow, AA Lawal Uba. The statement said AA Lawal Uba is a misguided critic who ought to know that the Governor on several fora has reiterated and welcome constructive criticism by anyone he should, howeve...

Daily Rendezvous By Mansur Aramide, Yola One thing most aides to Governor Ahmadu Fintri have not failed to notice is the governor’s resilience and style of leadership.  The workaholic governor has in the past year demonstrated that transparency in governance can go a long way to enhance public understanding and goodwill.   Adamawa State ranks among the states in the federation with low accruals from the Federal Allocation of distributable income in addition to low internal revenue generation. Yet the way and manner the governor have tackled project conception, implementation and funding make it seem as if he has much money stacked somewhere.   The Director-General (Media) to the governor, Mr. Solomon Kumangar, describes his principal as a go-getter, remarking that keeping up with his pace in governance requires aides to be up and doing almost 24 hours a day. “It has been challenging, but a fruitful experience,” he says.   He disclosed the governor believe...

Daily Rendezvous The  Director-General Media to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state, Solomon Kumangar, has caution APC gubernatorial aspirant in Adamawa, Mustpaha alias Otumba to reneged on his gubernatorial ambition, because the there is already handwriting that he would suffer catastrophic defeat at his party primaries. Kumangar advised the APC 'wannabe' guber aspirant to save himself from shame and disgrace and quickly abort his vain mission, because by May 22nd, his party will prove to all that he has no political clout to challenge within his party or outside it with Fintiri. Kumangar made this known in a press statement made available to Daily Rendezvous, Thursday. The statement reads in part,  "Throw in the towel in order to avoid defeat at the May 2022 guber primary of the All-Progressives Congress. Reacting to a recent statement credited to Mustapha where he claimed he will bury Fintiri and the PDP if given his party’s ticket to run for 2023 in Ad...

Daily Rendezvous   Solomon Kumangar, the Director-General media to Governor Fintiri of Adamawa state, has accused the member representing Michika in the Adamawa state House of Assembly, whose seat was declared vacant, Joseph Ayuba, of the playing  ethnic and religious politics to woo sympathy. Kumangar said merely blackmailing the Governor will not promote  his inordinate ambition to represent Michika/Madagali in the House of Representatives. He remarked while reacting to several allegations from Joseph Ayuba that Governor Fintiri is behind his seat being declared vacant by the House of Assembly, penultimate Wednesday. The Director-General urged Ayuba to stop playing politics of blackmail and religion as such will spell doom for him.  He said the suspended member should channel his blackmail antics to his opponents in APC as history is about to repeat itself as Ayuba is known to have played petty politics in 2019 has planned the same tactics to arm-twist ...

Daily Rendezvous The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, said his government has since its inception identities the civil service as the machinery for the effective implementation of its Eleven-Point agenda.  Fintiri said, the appointment of new permanent secretaries is not a mere activity but a means for recognition of hard work, discipline and dedication to service. He made this remark in a speech he delivered at the inauguration of the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries, Monday, in Yola, Adamawa state. Fintiri said, "I welcome you all to yet another milestone in our journey to a new and progressive Adamawa State that works for all – which is the swearing-in of another batch of Permanent Secretaries in the Civil Service of our dear State.  "This ceremony goes beyond the mere ritual of trying to fill the existing vacancies created by the retirement of a number of patriots who had the privilege of serving our State with fulfilment, but an event which ...

Daily Rendezvous The Director-general media to Governor Fintiri of Adamawa state, Mr Solomon Kumangar, has vowed to resist any move to undermine the current administration of Governor Fintiri by Ishaku Abbo or any publicaly exposed person on account of opposition. Besides, the Director-General backed “genuine” and constructive criticism of the current Administration but not hauling insults on the Governor, adding that the Governor was never at any time opposed to constructive criticism. The warning may have been informed by a Facebook post made by Ishaku Abbo, falsely claiming that the Director General Media to Governor Fintiri, Solomon Kumangar, has apologised to him for severally criticising him. “Am ready to defend Governor Fintiri with my last blood as being in opposition does not suggest Ishaku Abbo should be hauling insults on the Governor.  "This fellow is not the only person in oppostion in Adamawa why is he so obessed with throwing tantrums at the Governor? po...

Daily Rendezvous A member and local government exco of the All Progressive Congress in Lamurde, Ngumeh Alfred, has apologised to the Director-General media to Governor Fintiri of Adamawa state, Mr Solomon Kumangar, for defaming him in a viral Facebook post and accusing him of being a drunk. Ngumeh apologised in a public statement that he posted on his Facebook page earlier today. The APC chieftain was said to have posted the libellous message on his Facebook page.  The apology post reads in part, “I humbly tender an unreserved apology to Mr Solomon Kumangar and to urge the general public to disregard same as it was uninformed.   “I hereby retract those comments entirely and define them as careless, untrue statements undeserving for a great media luminary of repute”.

Daily Rendezvous The Director-General media to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has aimed a dig at the All Progressive Congress over recent comments by one of its official suggest that the Director is a drunk. It could be recalled that Director-General Media to the Governor during an interview with the media challenged how APC in Adamawa is Day-dreaming and claiming of defeating the Governor in 2023, which is contrary to the reality on the ground that APC is none existent in the state. Kumangar pointed out that APC needed to put its house in order in Adamawa before they could lay claim to defeating the Governor in 2023. Kumangar maintains that APC bury its daydreaming of coming back to power saying the candidate of the opposition APC that will defeat the Governor in 2023 must come from the moon. While reacting to Ribadu’s claims the DG challenged him to make public his degree certificate since he was alleged to graduate from MAU, Yola. In a statement issued to...

Daily Rendezvous Opposition parties in Adamawa State save for the All-Progressives Congress (APC) may have gone comatose a year to the 2023 general elections.  Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the general polls, the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and other parties are virtually non-existent. Their offices have remained docile and desolate. Some of the parties include the All-Progressive Congress (APC), Social democratic party (SDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), among others. The State is presently dominated by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), having the majority advantage while the All-Progressives Congress (APC) is trailing. Before the 2015 and 2019 general elections, PDP solely controlled the State. No less than 20 of the opposition parties participated in the 2019 elections in the State Few of them won an elective position inthe legislature.  Similarly, in the local government councils’ elect...

Daily Rendezvous The Director-General, Media to Gov. Fintiri, has aimed a dig at the senator representing northern Adamawa, Ishaku Abbo, advising the senator to devote some of his misdirected energy used in glorifying fables to serving his constituency and his constituency would have been better for it. Kumangar challenged the senator to provide any glimpse of evidence suggesting of his performance as a senator representing his constituency instead of going about being concerned with the affairs of a high profile performer like Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. Kumangar said, "Focus on tackling your relegation in APC, not Gov. Fintiri. He accused Ishaku Abbo of peddling, "Unsavoury comment and childish outburst against his principal over the allegation by some online media that the governor is maltreating his deputy, Crowther Seth." Kumangar made this known in a piece titled, ‘Abbo and the burden of apprentice leadership’, which was made available to Daily Rendezvou...

Daily Rendezvous Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has commiserated with his Media aide Solomon Kumangar on the death of his Mother Mama Kwata Kumangar who passed on Sunday at the age of 78. Rt.Hon Fintiri described Mama Kwatas death as a big loss, saying she would be sorely missed by Members of her family, the people of Madagali and Michika.  Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri noted that "Mama was a towering family figure who not only brought tremendous change to her household, community, Adamawa and the Church of the Brethren Mission in Nigeria, as a Mother to all that crossed her path". The Governor who personally called Solomon expressed his condolences to the family. "I am saddened by the news of the passage of your dear Mother to eternal glory". While lamenting the loss of the Kumangar Matriarch, Governor Fintiri however, urged the bereaved family to take solace in the fact that Mama lived a fulfilled life. "I can testify to that because I ...

Daily Rendezvous RE-MR. SOLOMON KUMANGAR'S PERSONAL ATTACK ON OUR STATE CHAIRMAN. We observe that in an attempt to respond to the issues of dividends of democracy raised by our State Chairman during the democracy day celebration Program held at Muna Hotel on June 12, 2021, one Mr. Solomon Kumangar defied the ethics of the media profession and resorted to personal attack of our State Chairman ALH. IBRAHIM BILAL. In the program which was organized to showcase projects and dividends of democracy brought to Adamawa State by the APC controlled Federal Government and our elected/appointed representatives, the state Chairman in his speech stated that the projects/ dividends of democracy brought to the State by the Federal Government, APC elected and appointed representatives combined surpassed that of the State Government. Mr. Kumangar in his attempt to counter the chairman's statement failed to reel out facts as showcased by the APC during the Program as a counter but set...