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2023:Nigeria’s Deputy Speaker Unveils Northern Youth Forum’s Softwares For APC Candidates

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Ambassador Yusuf presenting the award to Deputy Speaker

 

The Informed Northern Youth Forum (INYF) ,an IT based Northern Youth youth Political movement established to nurture a generation of IT youngsters, change makers, has over the years built a network of thousands of Informed youths across all 19 Northern States and across the country with massive audience and engagements across various social media platforms.

 

This was disclosed by the founder & Director General of the forum Amb Yusuf Shamsudeen PNHA at the unveiling ceremony of some of its work at the Abuja residence of its patron the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt Hon Ahmad Idris Wase (Maje) CON.

While unveiling the application,the Deputy Speaker stressed the need for an all inclusive friendly interface to the latest innovations of the forum.

Speaker Wase cited grassroot mobilization, women empowerment & peace promotion amongst others as a necessity for the success of the APC in the upcoming 2023 general elections.

The application unveiled at the event included APC KYC app.(a handy guide for voters during election), Jagaban app. for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the FG app. for Hon Femi Gbajabiamila the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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The APC KYC app (or APC Know Your Candidates) is a unique piece of technology which houses a detailed profile of all APC Candidates running for various political offices in the 2023 general elections.

Ambassador Yusuf said the application houses detailed profiles of APC Candidates ranging from the APC Presidential Candidate to Governors, Senators, House of Representatives members and state House of Assembly candidates.

Its is furnished with detailed profiles & images of all APC Candidates running for various offices in the upcoming 2023 General Elections across the country to better ease and guide voters during election.

Ambassador Yusuf said the Jagaban app. is designed to serve as a living documentary housing the biography, Political career and all success recorded by the APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate Sen Kashim Shettima before and in Politics.

Its a comprehensive piece with high convincing potentials of all & sundry on the need for the success of APC in the coming elections.

It also serves as a means of bridging the age long gap existing between electorates & Candidates via community, chats & Direct Message plug ins amongst other packages in the application.

Ambassador Yusuf making a point Deputy Speaker Wase

Ambassador Yusuf making a point Deputy Speaker Wase

On his part, the Grand Patron of INYF, the member representing the good people of Fagge LGA at the hallowed Green Chambers of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman, House Standing Committee on Tertiary Education & Services, Comrade Aminu Sulaiman Goro pledged to continue to support and prioritize IT based solutions towards enhancing political engagements.

He pledged to deliver full all round cooperation for the success of the APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC at large.

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Mutiu Adepoju Urges NFF to Retain Augustine Eguavoen as Super Eagles Coach

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Former international, Mutiu Adepoju, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to keep Augustine Eguavoen in charge of the Super Eagles.

Eguavoen took charge of the Super Eagles in interim capacity in September.

The 59-year-old guided the team to qualify for AFCON 2025 with three wins, two draws and one defeat.

The NFF are reportedly still planning to hire a foreign coach for the three-time African champions.

Adepoju however said his former teammate should stay in charge of the team.

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“I would rate him very well. Number one, we’ve qualified for the AFCON, which is one of the objectives,” he told Brila FM.

“I would say he has done well and is still doing well.

“They should keep encouraging him. I believe he’s getting things done, I will rate him high, let just keep supporting him.”

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Kano State Hosts 8th Annual Audit Forum to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

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The 8th Annual Audit Forum, organized by the Office of the Auditor General of Kano State, was held recently, focusing on strengthening transparency and accountability in public financial management. .

Isma’ila Musa, the Auditor General of Kano State, welcomed the participants and highlighted the constitutional and legal mandates that guide the auditing process. “Sections 125(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and 36(i) of the Kano State Audit Law, 2021 (as amended) mandate the Office of the Auditor General to audit the accounts and financial statements of the State Government and all Offices and Courts,” he stated.

Musa expressed immense gratitude to His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State, for his support in making the event possible. “It is very important to note that a strengthened fiscal transparency will help build trust in governance,” he emphasized. He added that the Audit Forum is a reform intended to reduce opportunities for corruption and abuse of public resources, thereby increasing the efficiency of public expenditures.

The Auditor General also acknowledged the contributions of various officials, including the Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Accountant General, the Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Services, and former Auditors General, among others. “My sincere appreciation to all the invitees here present for honoring our invitation. I wish us a successful 8th Kano State Annual Audit Forum,” Musa concluded.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Honorable Tukur Fagge, praised the exercise for its potential to enhance resource management and ensure the success of the tasks at hand. “This exercise will enhance resources management and will realize the success of the task,” Fagge stated.

Sarkin Shanon Kano, Shehu Muhammad Dankadai, who served as the royal father of the day, also graced the event, adding to the significance of the occasion.

The forum underscored the commitment of the Kano State Government to upholding transparency and accountability, reflecting the administration’s dedication to effective and efficient service delivery.

 

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Breaking: Former Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO, Ahmadu Kurfi Passes On at 93

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Late Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi

 

A former secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, has passed away.

A family source, Jafar Yakubu, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER about the death of the pioneer secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, who supervised the 1979 general election.

 

Jafar Yakubu said Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi died at the age of 93 and his Janaza funeral prayers will take place by 2:30 PM at Kurfi in KATSINA state .

 

Dr. Amadu Kurfi, OFR, was born in 1931. He was a former chairman of the then Marketing Board, former Federal Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the first person to acquire a BSc degree in the whole of Katsina State, at University College London in 1957.

 

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