Raila fooling Kenyans on corruption - Uhuru

                              

Raila Odinga is hoodwinking Kenyans on corruption in an effort to derail the government’s development agenda, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.

Uhuru said the opposition leader has no clear agenda for the country and has championed propaganda throughout his political career.

He referred back to 2007 in saying economic growth reached seven per cent, but that Raila spread politics of hatred, ultimately ruining the prosperity that was being witnessed.

“The problem in this country is bad politics. We are focusing on negative and divisive politics. Recently, when we allocated money to put up a referral hospital in Nanyuki, to ease pressure for Nyeri Hospital, the same person said money had been stolen,” he said.

He spoke in Naromoru, Nyeri county, on Monday when he launched the construction of Narumoru-Ngaring’iru-Ngobit road.

PDP calls for cancellation of Ondo State Election

                                    

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the declaration of All Progressives Congress' (APC) candidate as the winner of the Ondo State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

"We call on the Judiciary to redeem Nigeria's image on this matter as we request for the total cancellation of the election in Ondo State," said Dayo Adeyeye, PDP's national publicity secretary in a statement on Monday.

APC's Rotimi Akeredolu was pronounced the governor-elect after the poll held Saturday "having fulfilled the requirement of the law and got the highest votes," Professor Ambali Ganiyu, the returning officer for the election said on Sunday.

Akeredolu polled a total of 224, 846 votes while PDP's Eyitayo Jegede got 150, 380 votes to come second ahead of Alliance of Democracy's Olusola Oke who got 126, 889 votes.

But the PDP  said the outcome of the election did not reflect  "the will of the people of Ondo State" alleging that the electoral commission colluded with the ruling APC to rig the election in favour of Akeredolu.

"The actions of INEC in collaboration with the APC led Administration left us no time to campaign and sell our Candidate and Party Manifesto to the electorates in Ondo State," Adeyeye said.

"Our persistent call for the postponement of the election which was backed and supported by more than 20 other political parties were all rejected by INEC which were acting the script of the APC. It was a carefully planned and well-orchestrated strategy to rig the Election well in advance by preventing the PDP from planning and campaigning for the Election. The APC has hereby introduced a new formula of rigging election in Nigeria."

Adeyeye said his party have instructed its candidate  and the Ondo State Chapter of the PDP to proceed to the election petition tribunal to challenge the outcome of the Election.

Source:Guardian.ng

Creative industry can lift Nigeria from recession- Lai Mohammed

                                   

The Minister of Information and Culture of Nigeria, Mr Lai Mohammed has said that the creative industry has the potential of getting the country out of the present economic recession. Mohammed said this on the sidelines of the premier of the movie; “My Name is Kadi” an entertaining love story intertwined with solutions to curbing corruption and child talent development.

According to the minister, some countries’ of the world have improved their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the creative industry. “There are many countries in the world that have made it from the creative industry; for instance in California, the GDP is largely dependent on the creative industry, which is like the fifth in the world. “If we put our efforts to handle piracy and ensure quality, Nigeria can as well generate huge revenue from the sector,” Mohammed said. He commended the efforts of practitioners in the creative industry, adding that they were ahead of the government, and had projected the country’s entertainment industry to limelight.

Source:Vanguardngr