Buried in this week’s aged care reforms was an idea that once cost two ministers their jobs
14 Sep
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Buried in this week’s aged care reforms was an idea that once cost two ministers their jobs

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Politics tamfitronics The late Australian playwright Alex Buzo liked to celebrate the art of tautology.For a period from the late 1970s onwards, he ran an event known as Australian Indoor Tautology Pennant, which celebrated gems uttered by public figures such as, "I don't want to sound incredulous but I just can't believe it."Rex Mossop, the (also) late Sydney rugby league caller, was a regular winner, and was often credited with popularising a phrase first used by American baseballer Yogi Berra that something was "deja vu all over again".For those with long political memories, there has been a bit of deja vu all over again in federal politics this week.That's been particularly true on the subject of aged care policy, but also on the question of the relationship between government and the Reserve Bank.Keeping partial aged...
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Call me an APC mole – Wike dares PDP Govs, leaders

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Politics tamfitronics The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dared any governor or leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to come on national television and call him a mole.He said this in an interview on a Channels Television Political Programme, Politics Today, in Abuja, late on Friday.The FCT minister said, “Before I accepted my appointment as Minister, I wrote a letter to the PDP in my state, I wrote a letter to the PDP in my zone; I wrote a letter to the PDP national, who in PDP is saying I’m a mile, name names.“The problem we have in this country is that some people think they’re smart. What I want to do I will do, what I don’t want to do I will not do.“I dare any body in...
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I will never support Gov Fubara politically again – Wike
14 Sep
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I will never support Gov Fubara politically again – Wike

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Politics tamfitronics The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said on Friday he would never support the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, politically again.The minister stated this in a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today.He berated Fubara for lying against him.The former allies fell out last year with members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and other stakeholders declaring support for the two men individually.Wike said: “I will never support Fubara in my political life again. Anybody knows me, it’s not about me. People laboured to put up a structure.READ ALSO: Fubara should face the crisis, Wike replies Edwin Clark“People laboured, you wouldn’t have even taken the 50th position. I sacrificed to talk to the Ogonis, I sacrificed to talk to several other people who let us go this way.“You turned it that...
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‘He Brought Up Lies’ — Wike Vows Never To Support Fubara Again
14 Sep
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‘He Brought Up Lies’ — Wike Vows Never To Support Fubara Again

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Politics tamfitronics Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to never back Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara politically again, accusing him of ingratitude, false allegations and betraying the structure that elevated him. While appearing on Channels TV’s ‘Politics Today’ on Friday night, Wike who referred to Fubara as his estranged political godson, claimed that he sacrificed significantly to ensure Fubara’s rise in Rivers politics, only to be unfairly accused of demanding funds in return. “I will never support Fubara in my political life again. I won’t do that. That’s one thing people should know me for. I don’t double deal. It is not about me. People laboured to put up a structure...
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