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 Prince Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has advised christians to call out injustice and corruption as a way to make the society better. He made this known on Sunday December 25 when speaking during the Christmas concert oganised by Apostolic Faith Church Ondo State, at his residence. Prince Adebayo said when public offices steal funds, the church should not encourage them by keeping silent but condemn it, as that is the only way God will have mercy upon Nigeria. “My only advice to the church is, when they see people in public offices who have stolen fund, they shouldn't say God has blessed you. When someone does injustice in politics, the church should cry out and say this is injustice. If the church does this, God will have mercy upon Nigeria and truth and justice will come”, he said. The SDP presidential candidate, while commending what the church is doing in the state, said he will provide more infrastructure in the state. The mo...

 The presidential candidate of the Social democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo has promised his party will produce a government that will make provisions for families and protect families all year round. This was contained in Prince Adebayo’s speech to mark the Christmas day celebration on Sunday December 25, 2022, at his residence in Ondo State. In the spirit of the season, he said under his government, the entire cities of Nigeria will become a happy family all together. He said, “This is the season that we celebrate with family and we all come together as a community to commemorate the birth of Christ. It is a great gift given by God Almighty to mankind leading eventually to Easter, the glorification of man who is created”. “We celebrate this season together and we share things together, we fellowship with one another, just imagine if we did this all round the year, just think about it, to have a government that makes provisions for family, protects families, and we co...

 Prince Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has urged Nigerians to vote right and vote the SDP, as the party has plans to eradicate poverty and insecurity in the country. He also urged people to think of their destiny and not allow money or bags of rice influence their vote choices during the election. Prince Adebayo stated this on Tuesday, 20th December 2022, during a solidarity rally organized by the SDP senatorial candidate For Oyo North Senatorial District, Hon. Mulikat Adeola in Ogbomosho, Oyo state. He said, “Look at your life and ask yourself, is this the life God created me to come and live? Is this the life my children will live? Will I serve these people and my children will come and serve them too?” “Use your vote to fix your destiny, do not look at bag of rice or N2 000, so you will use your hands to repair your destiny”. “Vote for Social Democratic Party, vote for SDP”, he added. Prince Adebayo further noted that with SDP in pow...

 Prince Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate has taken a swipe at the seven-and-a-year-old administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and concluded that he “runs a jungle of rival gangs after own money”. Prince Adebayo in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle said President Buhari stands akimbo and watches his presidency become a stage for pediatric hirelings and mischievous crowd renters who have no merit to be in public office. The presidential hopeful also described as “dangerous and ridiculous” the part being played by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele in the country’s political process. According to him: “I have said it not with joy but most regretfully that @MBuhari watches his presidency become a stage for pediatric hirelings and mischievous crowd renters who have no merit to be in public office. Now factions of overfed incompetents are dancing naked in face of hungry Nigerians “The most ...

 The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adebayo Adewole, has explained why the party is sticking to the manifesto of its former standard bearer and presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Moshood Abiola. “The candidate we had in 1993 was a perfect candidate for 1993,” Adewole said during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. “The candidate we have for 2023 is a perfect candidate for 2023 with modern knowledge. “All the good things that Chief MKO Abiola proffered in 1993, we’ve not forgotten any of them. What we have done is improve on each of them to meet modern times. So, we are better equipped now and the evidence of what we predicted is now clearer to the people.” According to Adewole, despite being surrounded by 21st-century advancements. there is a significant lack of basic infrastructure, job security, internal security, upward mobility, and more in the country. “Once we eradicate poverty acr...

 The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Prince Adewole Adebayo has said the fight against corruption in Nigeria needs to start from inside the government, for it to be successful. He said his party will change the mode of fighting corruption, as Nigeria has been getting it wrong all these while. Prince Adewole was speaking at the Centre for Awareness on Justice and Accountability (CAJA) Integrity Award Public Lecture, which held on Wednesday, 14th December 2022 in Kano State. The theme of the event was ‘Promoting Integrity as a way of Fighting Corruption’. He said, “We are getting something wrong in Nigeria; government cannot fight corruption in Nigeria, government can only fight corruption inside government. Why we have failed is that government is not fighting corruption inside government but is fighting corruption inside other people's bed room, so we'll change that”. He further noted that there is a need to watch out for the institutions used to fight co...

T he Social democratic party (SDP) has promised to strengthen Nigeria’s human rights institutions and ensure institutional support for human rights and educate citizens more on the fundamentals of human right.  The party’s presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo said these during the Presidential Town Hall on Human Rights And The 2023 Elections which held on Saturday 10th December, in commemoration of the 2022 International Human Rights day. The town hall was organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with the United Nations Nigeria. The commission invited presidential candidates to make presentations on how they intend to protect and fulfill the human rights of Nigerians should they be elected. Prince Adebayo said his party will bring in a new crop of leadership that recognize human rights, and provide what the citizens need to uphold their dignity, which is what human rights demand. He said, “Chapter 2 of the constitution says that there's a ...

 The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, says the Labour Party (LP) is not different from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Prince Adebayo made the comment on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday. “Labour Party is now a branch of the PDP,” he said while noting that his party earlier pushed for a merger with LP and other parties. “We wanted to merge with the PRP and Labour Party when it was Labour Party,” Adewole said about the LP which has a former vice presidential candidate of the PDP Peter Obi as its flagbearer. The SDP presidential flag bearer also promised to abolish poverty if his government is elected. “We can abolish poverty within two budgets,” he said, linking it to hunger, and lack of basic needs. “Why are people poor? People are not poor because they don’t have billions in their accounts. People are poor because when they wake up in the morning, they can’t have good food or food at all,” the presidential cand...

  The national umbrella body of inter-faith clergy, comprising both Christian leaders and Islamic clerics across the 36 states of Nigeria and FCT has adopted the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi and plans to hold endorsement rally to flag off religious communities massive mobilisation for Obi-Datti. This was disclosed yesterday December 4, 2022 by Archbishop Prof Leonard Kawas while addressing pressmen at the headquarters of his church in Abuja shortly after the celebration of his 21st year as a Bishop. According to the Archbishop who played host to the National Chairman of Labour Party, Barr Julius Abure and other dignitaries at the celebration of his 21 years of his ordination as a Bishop, Mr Peter Obi will storm Jikwoyi to be part of the endorsement rally slated for 10am on Tuesday December 13, 2022 at World Harvest Pavilion by Ashaka Cement Bus Stop in Jikwoyi, Abuja. The cleric who is one of the key leaders of the inter-faith group and a co-convener of the...

 *OBA VICTOR ADESIMBO COMMISSIONS 615 SOLAR STREET LIGHTS DONATED BY SDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, PRINCE ADEWOLE ADEBAYO IN ONDO* _*For Immediate Release*_ His Imperial majesty, Oba Dr Victor Adesimbo, Kiladejo, CFR Jilo III, the Osemawe and paramount ruler of Ondo kingdom, on Friday 2nd December, commissioned 615 solar street lights donated by SDP presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo to the people of Ondo state. The project was commissioned during the 2022 Ekimogun Day ceremony at the NCI Stadium road junction, Ondo city.  According to Prince Adebayo, his party made the pledge to donate the street lights at the 2021 Ekimogun day, and also carry out other infrastructure projects, of which work has begun.  He said, “I am just reporting back to his majesty, the paramount ruler of all Ondos, the father of the Ondo Kingdom that last year when we came for the Ekimogun day, we made a pledge that we would do solar electrification for the streetlight, we would patch the ...

 Prince Adewole Adebayo,  the presidential candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP),  has pledged to turn Ondo town in Ondo State into Dubai if elected into office in the forth coming 2023 elections. Prince Adebayo made the pledge Saturday when he, his running mate Engr. Yusuf Salisu Buhari and other entourage of his campaign office joined other dignitaries at the 2022 Ekimogun day festival in the ancient Ondo Kingdom. Ekimogun Day celebration in Ondo city is an annual event during which indigenes of Ondo and their friends from far and near celebrate unity, love, culture and tradition of the ancient town turned city. The festival holds every first week of December annually where the people of the ancient Ondo Kingdom come together to display their cultural heritage and tradition. The presidential candidate who appreciated those who are in the helms of leadership in the state pledged to transform the state if elected into office. While pledging his continued support for ...

 Prince Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has revealed how he had lost a multimillion agric deal due to bad governance in the country. The presidential hopeful spoke at the 4th quarterly meeting of NACCIMA in Enugu, assuring that the SDP, if elected into office, will not be a lawbreaker. Recalling how he lost multimillion dollars deal Prince Adebayo said, “I will give you an example, in one of my plantations, the Indian government and the Indonesian government spoke to me and said there is a particular specie of palm-tree that you grow for palm oil. The Indian government said that they need it for industries. So, the Indian government said we’ll give you money it was about $6 million dollars, signature bonus, if you can grow and dedicate to type and send to us. “Then, I was considering that, the Indonesians said there is a particular way you grow it we don’t like. We’ll send you experts to come and guide you. “Then, I went to NIFOR (Ni...

 The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP),Prince Adebayo Adewole has described the Central Bank of Nigeria governor as a cashier. Prince Adebayo, while answering questions on the Naira during the Question and Answer session about the Nigeria currency at the 4th quarterly meeting of the Nigeria Association of Chambers and Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), held in Enugu, said the issue of Nigeria currency is a straightforward thing, stressing the fact that the value of anything depends on its supply. He said if Naira is challenging to get, the Nigeria currency will have value, stating that the tragedy of the Nigeria Naira is that the government is not accounting for the country’s revenue diligently. The presidential hopeful also made it known that when the government intends to carry out expenditure which is where inflation comes in, they take the money into the hands of their political allies; for example, when there is a need to contract ro...