Ex-Senate President, Senator David Mark has reacted to Saturday's ruling of the Appeal Court which voided his election by declaring that he "won the election convincingly".In a statement forwarded toDAILY POSTby his media assistant, Paul Mumeh, the immediate past Senate President expressed faith that he will still win even if the election was conducted a hundred times.The Appeal Court had in its verdict on Saturday ordered a re-run of the Benue South Senatorial election.The appeal was brought by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in that election, Daniel Onjeh.Mark, while charging his people not to be deterred by the verdict but be strengthened ahead of the re-run, said he has "no doubt that his constituents would turn out en masse to vote for him again."Continuing, he said, "Whatever the situation maybe, one thing I know is that my people are solidly behind me .They also appreciate the fact that I have done more than enough to lift up Idoma nation to a position of eminence in the contemporary political history of Nigeria."I won the election clean and clear. If we go back to the polls 100 times , I will still win convincingly."
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria. The Humanitarian Response Plan represents a collective vision for humanitarian action in 2021, and requests US$1 billion to enable partners provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people – from a pool of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021 in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. According to the UN, a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID-19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north-east. The plan, therefore, is based on assessed needs and the realistic capacity of the United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to implement required actions. Speaking at the event, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster M...

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