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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial 'wannabe' in the state of Osun, Iyiola Omisore Mr. to coast home 'Money miss road', victory in the coming August guberare unrelenting in natorial election in their desperation the state as it's now
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•The governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (3rd left); his wife, Sherifat (4th right); Iyalode of Osogboland, Chief Alake Kolade (2nd left); Iyalode of Eko-Ende, Chief Aishat Ajala (3rd right); Iyalode of Igege, Chief Wulemotu Raimi (left) and other women dignitaries in Osun, during a solidarity visit to the governor at the Government House, Osogbo, State of Osun, last Wednesday.
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HE All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State of Osun has raised alarm that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has concluded plans to start violent attacks on its officials and facilities. The APC in a press within the PDP has it that statement issued and the attack would commence signed by its Director of at the party secretariat Publicity, Research and along Gbongan/Ibadan Strategy, Barrister Kunle road. Oyatomi, claimed that According to the party intelligence report from spokesman, the same
strategy was used by the PDP in 2007, when Aregbesola Campaign Office was attacked by some PDP hoodlums, who shot at the building and some individuals including the former Editor of OSUN DEFENDER, Mr Kola Olabisi who is now the Managing Editor. “This is a similar strategy
used by the PDP in 2007, when it attacked Oranmiyan House, the campaign headquarters of Aregbesola, shooting its way into the premises and creating mayhem that left several people injured,” Oyatomi satated The state APC therefore, called the people and security agents to call on
the PDP to desist from its familiar path of violence. “The party is therefore, calling on all citizens of goodwill within and outside the State of Osun, as well as security agents to prevail on the PDP that violence is not part of democracy. “Osun has been peaceful since 2010, when Aregbesola took over and the APC government is determined to keep it peaceful.” Osun APC however, has pledged its resolve to cooperate with the security
agents to help maintain peace. The party then recalled that in the past two weeks, two major campaigns of the party had been held successfully without incidents in Ile-Ife and Ikire. The party therefore, called on the PDP to expunge violence from its political engagements in the state in the interest of the PDP, APC, other parties and the state generally. “Violence will do nobody any good,” the APC stated.
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•The governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (left), presenting stipends to one of the trainees, Mr Popoola Morufu (2nd right); Managing Director, Osun State Investment Company Limited (OSICOL), Alhaji Bola Oyebamiji (right) and others, during the sent-forth ceremony for 31 indigenes of Osun on a two-month Mechatronics in-plant and end-user training in Germany at the Government House Banquet Hall, Osogbo, State of Osun, last Monday.
NASS Commission, Osun Assembly To Partner For Strengthening Lawmaking By KAZEEM MOHAMMED
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HE National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Wednesday made commitment to work with the State of Osun House of Assembly to strengthen the legislative institution in the country. The NASC Commissioner towards entrenching and for South-West geo- enhancing dedication, political zone, Mrs professionalism and loyalty Funmilayo Lamuye, said in the legislative service,” this during the visit of the she added. members of the commission Lamoye then said the to the state parliament in purpose of the visit was to Osogbo. acquaint members of the She said the commission, commission with the since its inauguration 2001, activities and operations of had started achieving its Osun House of Assembly main objective of acquiring Service Commission and to and securing a dedicated give update on how best to workforce that is ideal to carry out its functions face the challenges of the effectively. process of lawmaking in the “The National Assembly country. Service Commission is “As we are all aware, the indeed glad to be legislative arm of associated with the government as an establishment and institution is young, but management of Osun growing with the current Assembly Commission. sustenance of democracy in “The 3rd National the country. Assembly Service “The process of Commission was recently lawmaking, as we all know, inaugurated by President is very complicated and Goodluck Jonathan and specialised affair with global with this, members of the applications, as against the commission have found generalised service we have themselves in a new in the mainstream civil working environment. service. “Therefore it is germane “The establishment of the for members to familiarise commission does not only themselves in a new work provide a separate service environment with the State for the National Assembly Houses Of Assembly staff because of the unique Service Commission in the nature of their jobs, but it’s South-West zone to foster a step in the right direction a harmonious relationship
between national and state assemblies. “The establishment of an assembly service commission is not only a constitutional issue but a sure way of entrenching and strengthening democracy in the country by assuring the independence of the legislature.
In his remarks, the Chairman of Osun House of Assembly Service Commission, Mr Busari Hassan, thanked members of NASC for the visit and promised that the commission would continue to perform its role in an effective and efficient manner.
HE Citizens Popular Party (CPP), the State of Osun chapter, has elected its candidate to contest the August 09, 2014 governorship election in the state. Announcing the results According to the of its governorship Anifowose, the education primaries held in Osogbo, sector of the state needs a on Saturday, the CPP resolute direction, thus his declared Alhaji Rafiu readiness to make education Anifowose as its candidate more functional with no for the gubernatorial controversy, saying that the election. CPP has the best approach Anifowose, who hails to the development of the from Ile-Ife, is a successful education sector in the farmer. He was the state. immediate-past State “My administration will Chairman of the CPP. empower all the artisans and He was the sole unemployed youths. This is governorship aspirant of the to develop the economy of party, and he was the state through the local unanimously adopted by content. We shall banish delegates of the party at the poverty and hunger in our congress. dear state. In his manifestos tagged: “My fifth programme is Five cardinal priorities of the promotion of agriculture CPP, Anifowose said: “CPP for sustainable food government takes health as security. It is time to go back the first priority, hence our to base on agriculture. We determination to reform the must make agriculture a health sector of the state. viable sector in the state He commended Governor economy, hence our Rauf Aregbesola for the resolution to enhance improvement in the health farming and support farmers sector, even as he said his where needed”, he added achievements are yet to Anifowose urged meet the standard needed for members of the party to a viable health sector, canvass for votes and saying: “I shall pay more ensure that the party attention to the sector in my emerged victorious in the first 100 days in office as the governorship election. governor.”
APA Acknowledges Aregbesola’s Achievements As It Presents Gov Candidate By ISMAEEL UTHMAN
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NSPITE of its interest in the August 09, 2014 governorship election, The African People’s Alliance (APA), State of Osun Chapter, did not fail to acknowledge the achievements of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in his first term. The APA, while poured encomium on presenting its governorship Aregbesola for his candidate for the administration’s giant forthcoming election, said strides in the state. Abdullahi, who it would be mischievous not to commend the described the present development of the state administration as the best under Aregbesola’s since the creation of the state, said APA would administration. APA, at its primaries on ensure the continuity of Monday in Osogbo, the development of the presented an Okinni-born state should the party win politician, Alhaji Azeez the election. He noted that, though, Obasanjo Agboola, as its flag-bearer for the the party really valued and forthcoming governorship appreciated the efforts of Aregbesola-led election in the state. Speaking at the administration in the programme, Deputy development of the state, National Chairman of the but would dislodge the party in the South-West, governor and defeat him in Alhaji Ashiru Abdullahi, the gubernatorial election.
The APC chieftain maintained that Aregbesola has really delivered good governance, going by what he described as numerous developmental projects that cut across all the nooks and crannies of the state. However, Abudullahi stated that the APA would perform better that Aregbesola if the electorate voted for the party. He therefore charged the people of the state to come out en mass and cast their vote for the APA in order to enjoy the dividends of democracy. In his acceptance speech, the APA flagbearer, Alhaji Obasanjo, said his administration would leave no stone unturned to ensure that poverty and unemployment are
reduced to the barest minimum. Agboola enumerated his seven-point integral plan as provision of portable water supply, rural and urban development, stability of electricity power supply, promotion of health sector, boosting of the Agriculture sector, and functional education among others. He urged all members of the party to start canvassing for votes and sell out the party’s manifestos to the electorate for them to know what the party has in stock for them. Agboola, the former chairman of the party, commended all the party delegates that elected him to fly the flag of the APA in the forthcoming governorship election.
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Aregbesola Charges Muslims On Peaceful Co-existence By KAZEEM MOHAMMED OVERNOR of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has urged Muslims across the country to always read the Quran with deep understanding of the positive teachings embedded in it. He stated that the Excellence and turbanning negative image Islam is as “Atayese Adinni of facing today was as a result Osun” given to him by Alof lack of understanding of Fatih-Ul Quareeb Islamic the Quran by some Society of Nigeria. Ogbeni Aregbesola, who Muslims. The governor stated this was decorated on the on Saturday in Osogbo, the occasion by the Presidentstate capital, during the General, League of Imams conferment of Award of and Alfas, South-West
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including Edo and Delta, Sheik Mustapha Ajisafe, stressed further that the number of times God talked about peace, harmony, forgiveness, love and patience in the Quran is far more that the times which God talked about Jihad. Ogbeni Aregbesola, who read from the Quran Chapter 18 vs 29, which says God has not placed the judgment of anybody in the hands of any man, urged Muslims all over the world to always live
in peace and harmony with all men at all times. “Every problem the Islamic world is facing today is a result of lack of deep understanding of the Quran by Islamic faithful,” The number of times God talked about love, peace, understanding, patience, forgiveness is far more than the number times he talked about the Jihad.” “Islam is a religion of peace. God has not placed the judgment of anybody in
the hands of any man,” Aregbesola stressed. Aregbesola, who lamented that the BokoHaram sect is tarnishing the image of Islam, urged every Muslim to be the example of the kind of Muslim that they want others to see. “I urge every Muslim to always show the good example of how you want people of other faiths to see Islam. God did not ask you to force people of other faiths to Islam,” he stated. In a welcome address, National President, AlFatih-Ul Quareeb Islamic Society, Alhaji Ayorinde Muhammed, stated that the prayer session was organised purposely to give thanks to Allah for the wisdom and strength with which Aregbesola is ruling the state and also to pray that God frees the country from the menace of BokoHaram.
Alhaji Ayorinde, who stressed that the BokoHaram sect is not a Muslim group, also enjoined the Federal Government to employ all means to put an end to the menace of terrorism and bring back the Chibok girls, while calling on INEC to ensure a free and fair election in the state. “I am using this opportunity to call on politicians to tread softly in the coming election in the state, I also urge INEC to ensure that the vote of the people counts, so that we can have a credible leader,” the Islamic Cleric stated. Special prayers were then offered by the National Chief Missioner, Alhaji Sheikh Abdulrahaman Adangba, for the peace and progress of the state, the peaceful rescue of the Chibok girls, as well as an end to the Boko-Haram menace in the country.
Ondo Rep Mobilses Support For Aregbesola By ABRAHAM JESUDOYIN
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•A cross section of the crowd outside the fence at the mega rally for re-election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, in Ikire, last Tuesday. Photo: JESUDOYIN ABRAHAM
Osun 2014: Ijesa North Rallies Support For Aregbesola By FRANCIS EZEDIUNO
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HEAD of the August 9 gubernatorial election in the State of Osun, members of the Ijesa North Federal Constituency Campaign Committee for the Re-election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola have been inaugurated to perfect the re-election bid process. The inauguration took their support for place shortly after the Aregbesola’s re-election accreditation of the party’s bid. members and supporters The monarchs held at Ijebu-Jesa town hall. unanimously acknowledged Speaking after the the performance of inauguration, the Chairman Aregbesola’s government of the campaign committee, in the last three and half who is also the State years, explaining that his Commissioner for Finance, performance was on ground Budget and Economic for people to see. Planning, Dr. Wale They noted that the Bolorunduro, charged infrastructure and members to take the developmental projects campaign seriously, adding executed by the that the party cannot afford A r e g b e s o l a - l e d to take any chances. administration cut across all While noting that the the nooks and crannies of current administration in the their domains and state has done more than commended the what it promised the people administration for the feats of the state, Bolorunduro achieved, describing it as noted that the result of the unprecedented and election would be a formality unusual. in a free, fair and credible The Chairman of Obokun election. Chieftaincy Committee, Oba The committee members, Enoch Adejare Oyooyo 11, after the inauguration, held Owa Ooye of Imesi-Ile, told crucial meeting with the gathering that the traditional rulers from traditional council in the Obokun and Oriade Local area would give Aregbesola Government councils of the full support in his re-election federal constituency as its bid, arguing that the current first assignment. administration has During the meeting held transformed the state at Aregbesola Campaign through various Office in Ibokun, the infrastructure and traditional rulers declared developmental programmes.
The traditional ruler maintained that the current administration under Aregbesola placed high priority on the welfare of the citizenry and in particular the traditional councils. While urging the governor to see to the speedy elevation of some of them and prompt payment of the allowances due for the traditional institution in the state, Oba Enoch said traditional rulers being the custodians of culture and security of their domain need to be properly taken care of. He added that the welfare of the traditional rulers means a lot for community development. In the same vein, the Chairman of Oriade Chieftaincy council, Oba Adebayo Ogunmokun, while speaking at the event, praised Aregbesola for his transformation agenda and the manner he has fasttracked development in the state particularly in all the towns in the council area. Oba Ogunmokun said A r e g b e s o l a ’ s administration in three and half years has put smiles on the faces of all and sundry in the state. Responding to the requests from each of the traditional rulers, the chairman of the campaign committee in the federal
constituency, Bolorunduro, assured that all their individual requests would be looked into and addressed when Aregbesola wins the second term election, adding that all the plights of the traditional rulers and their domains would be looked into. Bolorunduro averred that Aregbesola’s government has strategies for all the towns and villages in the state, stressing that augmentation of the Obas’ salary that has been generating issues will be properly taking care of. He said no town would be left out in the second phase of road construction and rehabilitation, noting that all their requests will be tabled and added to. The Aregbesola Campaign Committee chairman, however, solicited for the support of the Obas in selling the governor to the people of their communities, positing that, Aregbesola’s re-election would bring total freedom to them. The committee had earlier inaugurated subcommittees in all the wards of the federal constituency in order to make their work easy. The sub-committee inaugurated included subcommittee on Finance, Strategy, Mobilisation, Publicity, Legal and Security, Medical and Protocol.
member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Sunday Abegunde, popularly called Abena, representing Akure North and South Federal Constituency of Ondo State, on Monday, launched mobilisation campaign for the re-election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola in the forthcoming August 9, 2014 governorship election in the State of Osun. The federal lawmaker had knowledge, nutritious meals, embarked on tour of the free school uniform among state’s 30 local government others. Chief Ade Adetimehin, an council areas and the Area Office in Modakeke under Ondo APC chieftain, stated the aegis of Aregbesola that his experience during Sunshine Movement the tour had confirmed that (ASM), to mobilise Ondo the governor of the state has State indigenes residing in done so well in the discharge the State of Osun to ensure of his duties. . He stressed that despite Aregbesola’s victory. Abegunde and other the low Internal Generated APC chieftains from Ondo Revenue (IGR) of the state, State, in a long convey of compared to Ondo where he vehicles, visited Osun West came from, the governor of Senatorial District on the state has achieved more Monday, Central on than what his counterpart in Tuesday and East Ondo has achieved. ASM Coordinator in Senatorial District on Wednesday, while Boripe Local Government Area, Mrs distributing various Council Ohunmehin Funmilayo, campaign materials. While addressing Ondo stated that Aregbesola has State indigenes in various greatly shaped her life local government council positively as one of the Osun Youth areas visited, Abegunde 40,000 Scheme urged them to come out Empowerment and vote massively for the (OYES) cadets. She promised that all governor of the State of Osun in his bid for re- Ondo indigenes are ready to cast their votes for him come election in August 9,2014. Abegunde, while August 9, 2014. addressing ASM members Also, indigenes of Ilaje in Oriade Local Government community of Ondo State Council Area, said he had residing in the State of Osun already foreseen at Oba-Oke in Olorunda Aregbesola winning the Local Government Council election as a result of his Area of the state applauded performance. the generosity of the He said no governor has governor, who did not moved close to Aregbesola’s record in the discriminate against them as area of infrastructure non-indigenes. The community members, d e v e l o p m e n t , empowerment, economic who said they have been in development and Osun for over 30 years, said they have not had a taste of communal peace. According to him, the stable electricity supply, and governor has created therefore pleaded with the enabling environment for governor of the state to the people of Ondo State to assist them in providing transact their businesses stable electricity. without any hindrance and The community thereafter making life more abundant assured Agunbiade of their for them through various support for the governor, developmental projects and stating that they have been policies. He said: “Aregbesola’s supporting him and they still policies and programmes hold on to that allegiance. The tour, which started have positively affected people of Ondo State. Their on Monday to Wednesday, children are benefiting from was ended with a visit to the his administration’s free governor Aregbesola in his education, tablet of office.
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APC Leaders Urge Electorate To Defend Votes By KAZEEM MOHAMMED
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EADERS of All Progressives Congress (APC) and political office holders in the State of Osun have echoed it on their supporters to guard their votes during the August 9 governorship election to prevent rigging. They gave the charge on state. Among the speakers at Tuesday in Ikire, Irewole Local Government during the event were the Speaker the APC mega campaign in of the State House of Irewole/Isokan/Ayedaade Assembly, Honourable Federal Constituency of the Najeem Salaam; House of
Representatives member representing the constituency, Honourable Ayo Omidiran; Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Sunday Akere; and the senator representing Osun West, Mudashir Husein. Expressing confidence that Aregbesola has been able to attract the support of the people through his
developmental programmes and policies, he said that the opposition has no other target than to steal votes. According to Salaam, this is a period that the spirit of the late Chief Bola Ige would haunt those that killed him the more, adding that the PDP has completely lost its credibility. “If we see a government that is performing, the
appropriate thing for us is to support that government to continue and that is what we need to do for Aregbesola, because he has performed well. “Apart from that, the PDP is finished in Osun, because those that matter there have realised that they have all along been in a wrong place and have left the party for APC. “We should however, be vigilant, because they are now jittery and have no other option than to attack people and steal our votes. “While we are vigilant, we should ensure that we defend our votes”, he charged. On his own, Akere said, the support that Aregbesola is receiving across the state has shown that Osun is united on his re-election. He was optimistic that
people would show the love by voting massively for the governor, to be able to continue his developmental programmes and policies. Omidiran and Husein canvassed votes for Aregbesola, saying that Aregbesola has performed well for the overall benefit of the people of the state and deserve to be reelected. Also, an APC leader, Alhaji Fatai Diekola and the former Secretary to the State Government, Engineer Sola Akinwumi urged the people to vote massively for Aregbesola and stand by their votes to prevent rigging. This, they said, would enable the people of the state to continue enjoying the ongoing development in the state.
NBA Laments Absence Of Federal Court Of Appeal In Osun
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Aregbesola ‘ll Win August 9 Election Convincingly - OYT By KAZEEM MOHAMMED
failed us completely,” the lawmaker stressed. Taiwo added that federal power can never work in Osun, as the people have seen the performances of Aregbesola in all sectors of governance. The lawmaker added that the people of the state are aware that the Minister for Police Affairs, Jelili
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Adesiyan was appointed to rig the election, saying that is why he has been boasting to use the police against APC members. He stressed that this would not work, as the people of Osun want the current spate of developmental programmes and policies to continue.
HE Osogbo branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has expressed worry over the absence of a division of the Federal Court of Appeal in the State of Osun. Addressing a press Appeal to the state are in conference as part of the Akure and Ibadan and all activities commemorating appeal cases by lawyers in 2014 Bar Week of the NBA, the state are either filed in Osogbo branch, the Akure or Ibadan”. chairman of the planning While calling for the committee, Mr. Gbadamosi separation of the office of Adesina and member, the Attorney General from General Council of the Bar, that of the Commissioner for last weekend in Osogbo Justice, he maintained that observed that the absence such approach of a Federal Court of Appeal would promote quick in the state hinders the dispensation of justice in promotion of lawyers to the country and gives attain Senior Advocate of values to the two offices. Nigeria (SAN) status. “The law practice in He, therefore appealed to Nigeria will be more efficient, the Chief Justice of Nigerian if the office of the Attorney to facilitate the creation of a General is separated from division of an Appeal Court that of the Commissioner for in the state, contending that Justice, and this will also such development was allow independence in capable of enhancing the judiciary. performance of legal The office of the Attorney practitioners. General is higher than that According to Adesina: of the Commissioner for “The nearest Courts of Justice,” Adesina remarked.
HE lawmaker representing Ayedaade Constituency in the State of Osun House of Assembly, Honourable Yemi Taiwo, has stated that the state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, stands a better chance of winning the August 9 governorship election in the state convincingly. He stated this during a “There is no place for chat with OSUN PDP again in Osun. They DEFENDER recently in have been given chance in Osogbo, saying, the the past and they have governor has prepared enough ground for his reelection through his developmental By KEHINDEAYANTUNJI programmes and policies. According to him, the Also in his lecture, He also hinged on the Peoples Democratic Party IGERIANS have been charged to pressurise the Anjous said leadership need for Nigerians to ask (PDP) and his candidate, a lot of questions from their National Assembly to recognise the struggle the requires Iyiola Omisore are only presidential election of June 12, 1993 generated in responsibilities to make leaders, as a way to make people focus in their bid to leaders responsible and boasting that they will take Nigeria and recognise the day as a national holiday. achieve self-development alive to their duties, rather over without anything to This was disclosed by the 1993 election, handing over and nation building, watch them getting away justify it. State Commissioner for to democratic governance particularly in a corrupt acts. “They don’t have Information and Strategy on May 29, 1999 would not heterogeneous country like with Anjous also charged anything to justify why and a Guest Speaker, have been realisable. Nigeria. they should be voted into Honourable Sunday Akere power. They are like and Mr Yinka Anjous at a lecture organised by prodigal sons of Osun. Progressive “When Iyiola Omisore Modern Awareness (MPA) held at was the deputy governor, Igbonnibi Hall, Ila-Oragun, IRST Executive Governor of the State of Osun, of Senator Iyiola Omisore he made no meaningful State of Osun. Senator Isiaka Adeleke has debunked the rumour would only win his polling contribution to the Akere charged the people that he defected to the All Progressives Congress unit and not the ward. ponder on the success of that to He stated that Bello was administration, except importance of May 29 and (APC) because of a promise that he would be given not a threat to his popularity fighting his boss, Chief Bisi June 12 and demand the senatorial ticket. National Assembly to ratify Adeleke said this recently In his words: “There is no in any way because the Akande. which of the two days in Ede at a press conference. iota of truth in the rumour people of Ede, where both “Also, throughout his should be declared as The former governor, who that I was promised of them hail from, love him. stay in the senate, he was Democracy Day. had represented Osun West senatorial ticket to join the He said: “Aregbesola has unable to achieve According to the Senatorial District in the APC. But when we get to performed very well in terms Commissioner, June 12 is anything, despite the fact Senate on the platform of the bridge we shall cross it.” of capital expenditure but he that he chaired the remarkable in the history of the Peoples Democratic Adeleke said that the could still do better in human the nation’s journey to Appropriation Committee governance, Party (PDP), said that he had former Speaker of the State development. We will of the Senate, the most democratic saying if it was not for the no problem with his former House of Assembly, Mr. address the issues of some powerful committee for crisis generated by June 12, party but with some Adejare Bello, who was who have grievances.” that matter. characters in the party. picked as the running mate
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political leaders to be passionate about the plight of their followers, saying many leaders in the past dod not care about their people, noting that this has limited the level of confidence people have in government. In his address, the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Kolapo Alimi, said even when the people have been denied access to democratic dividends in the nation’s 15 years of democracy, it has opened the path to ask questions about governance. He said the process in the State of Osun has shown that no matter the shortcoming of civilian rule, it is better than military administration. The climax of the programme was the decoration of some individuals with several awards of excellence in service, notable among them was the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. (Mrs) Temitope Ilori.
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threatening fire against APC members. Going by their antecedent violence and rigging are their stock-in-trade. And since there is no hope for them of winning the coming election through 'One man One vote' then their hope lies in repeating what they know how to do best. Another way through which the PDP is hoping to claim victory is by throwing money and other valuable gifts out to entice voters to sell their votes. In this regard the handwriting had for long appeared on the wall. With the distribution of kerosene to their members and some members of the public which started last year their journey to entice voters with the aim of buying their votes started. This stratagem rather than strategy, being viciously employed by the PDP in the state of Osun, is what we see as 'jeun s'iku' should citizens get swayed by it. 'Jeun s'iku' literally means 'eat and die' or 'eat the food that will lead you to your grave'. The money and other forms of gift which the PDP and Iyiola Omisore rely on to buy citizens' votes are nothing but 'Greek gift' and 'blood money' and collecting them to do their biding means doing so at one's peril. It simply means sending our state back to the pre-Aregbesola era; back-
But it's not enough to pray to God to forbid evil things. We the citizens must also not use our own hands to bring evil things on our heads. To collect PDP's blood money to sell our conscience in the coming election will be tantamount to 'jeun s'iku' the consequence of which will be dire for our state. Of course the citizens can collect the gift of money and other gifts the PDP is ready to offer them but they must not do so to do their bidding. The votes in the coming election are for Ogbeni Aregbesola who has raised the bar of good and responsible governance in the state and should never go to any other party let alone the PDP. The PDP and Iyiola Omisore are free to go about to throw carrot to the people in their desperation to capture the conscience of voters but never should the voters allow their conscience to be captured by these unscrupulous elements who have nothing to offer our state. The PDP has been in power for close to eight years here without any positive thing to show for it. All it had to show for its eight years of misrule are purely negative; violence, hunger, unemployment, collapsed school system, bad roads and general under-development across the state. party's candidate, 'Mr. Money miss road' himself, he too had nothing positive to show for representing the state at the highest legislative body of this country even as he held a
juicy position in the Senate, being Chairman Appropriation Committee for four years. Rather than serving the people and made positive impact in their lives he was only there to serve his own pocket. So in what way are they - both the PDP and Omisore - going to effect any meaningful change in the life of the state as they are shouting around? We know that the virtuous and responsible citizens of our state who have enjoyed dividends of democracy in unprecedented term under the able and visionary leadership of Ogbeni Aregbesola will not waste their votes. We are sure they are not going to sell their conscience. We believe fervently that their votes will be for Aregbesola as they are not ready to 'jeun s'iku'. However, it's one thing to vote, the next important task before them come election day after voting is for them to protect their votes. Our people must guard their votes jealously so that these visionless elements who rely on vote stealing like they did in 2007 and who have nothing to offer the state and its people don't succeed in their fraudulent and evil plans. For them not to succeed the ball is in the court of the people. Our responsibilities are clear; to vote and to protect our votes. These are what we must do to ensure the return of the Aregbesola-led progressive government that has done so well for our state.
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6 O-ORDINATING Minister C of the Nigerian economy and the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gave a challenge to state governors recently at a convocation lecture at Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo in Ogun State. At the convocation when she was honoured with a doctorate degree along with some other distinguished Nigerians, the minister made bare the amount of revenue collected by states especially, the ten which received the highest revenue from the federally-collected national revenue. According to the minister, Akwa-Ibom State, an oilproducing state tops the list, followed by Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Lagos, Kano, Katsina, Oyo and Kaduna. Borno, a North Eastern state is the tenth. The minister’s exposure was not only timely but revealing. The good thing about the expose is that it helps the citizens to be aware of how much states were getting. It now affords citizens the ability to know how much the states are getting and how efficient the resources are being deployed. Interestingly, most oilproducing states are ruled by the Peoples Democratic Party. Amongst the ten are Lagos and Borno States controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lagos by every standard is the state where ingenuity is deployed to increase internallygenerated revenue (IGR). The Federal Government that takes more than fifty percent of the revenue should be able to show the citizenry how best it has used revenue collected. The tragedy of the Nigerian federation is the fact that by the misadventure of military interregnum in our politics, our revenue is centrally-collected and distributed unevenly. This unfortunate situation stemmed from the fact that the military strongly operated on the hierarchically structured system, which did not allow the state governors, who were subordinates to the Commanderin-Chief to disobey any order. This was transferred to the civilian dispensation and by extension, the Constitution left behind by the military. From the reality on ground, it is no longer fashionable or realistic for states to wait till the end of the month to get the paltry sum coming in the form of revenue allocation. Since July 2013, the revenue due to states has reduced by forty percent with no tangible reasons adduced for it. The only reason offered by the federal authority is that oil
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production has been disturbed through the activities of oil vandals. The security operatives are under the care of the Federal Government coupled with the fact that Nigerians were made to understand that some militant kingpins were recruited by the Federal Government to police the oil installations. It is my humble opinion that the National Conference going on in Abuja should be able to whittle down the powers of the national government and by extension, reduce the money allocated to the centre. This will undoubtedly, afford the states the opportunity to do well in the generation of revenue locally. People reside in the states and the local governments, where the needs of the people are located. The current situation gives unpopular politicians at the states to hibernate in Abuja, only to cause problem to the politicians on ground in their respective states. Their sojourn in Abuja also gives them unfettered access to the Presidency, which they leverage on. Democracy is all
about the people. The best candidate may not win but the most popular does. Our elected leaders should be those who deserve to be at the top. If they are, then they would be responsive and accountable. Until that is done, we shall as a nation, continue to move in the wrong direction. The Boko Haram insurgency has really exposed a lot of things. The military to whom much budgetary allocation is given yearly really gave themselves out with the terror of Shekau and his band of blood-thirsty Boko Haram. If the military were adequately and appropriately equipped and motivated as we were made to believe, the Boko Haram insurgency would not have taken them by surprise. Granted the fact that terrorism is an unconventional war and different and obnoxious tactics may be deployed, the military, with all its arsenal, should not have become a major casualty. When the Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima,
alluded to the fact that the insurgents were more armed and motivated than the military, everybody condemned him. To the oil-producing states that earn more by way of derivation, some people are asking questions on how the revenue is being put to judicious use. In the past, the erstwhile governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Dipreye Solomon Alamiesiegha, was prosecuted for helping himself with state resources. He plea-bargained and forfeited some assets to the state government. The immediate-past governor, Mr James Onanefe Ibori is currently in gaol in a foreign land for public theft. If the managers of the resources belonging to the states are being misused then, it behoves on other states to share it equally, so that every Nigerian becomes a beneficiary of it. However, if that is done, where do we place the ordinary folks in the oilproducing areas whose land and water have been devasted and polluted respectively? It is in view of this that we urge that whatever formula that is churned out from the national conference should be the one acceptable to all parts of the country. If the issue is not properly handled, it could turn out to be an explosive that may scatter the country. If the Minister of Finance expects the states to be accountable for all revenue accruable to them, it then behoves on the Federal Government to lead the way. Our fifteen years of uninterrupted democracy should be jealously guided, so that we do not give room to the military to stage a comeback. I personally think some of our governors are taking things too far. They act as if they are not part of our society. Or, how else does one explain the new or (reformed) pension bill of Governor Goodwill Akpabio for former governors of the oil-rich Akwa-Ibom State? The contentious clause that has sparked public outrage is the N100 million and N50 million medical expenses for former governors and deputy governors and their spouses. The consent of Akpabio on the new pension bill at a time like this smacks of callousness and insensitivity, realizing that some states cannot afford the minimum wage of N18,000 monthly. Nigerians would also recall that most pensioners are not able to get their pensions as and when due. Some old people die on the queue waiting to collect their pittance called pension. Democracy is a power with responsibility.
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More Faces At The All Progressives Congress (APC) Mega Rally For Isokan/ Ayedaade/Irewole Federal Constituency For The Re-election Of State Of Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Held In Ikire, On Tuesday.
•Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the Akire of Ikireland, Oba Olatunde Falabi and Senator Isiaka Adeleke at the Akire’s Palace.
•Another cross section of Aregbesola’s supporters.
•A cross section of APC supporters at the programme.
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Faces At A Programme Organised For The Canvassing For The Re-Election Of The Governor Of The State Of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, By Honourble Sunday Abegunde From Ondo Indigenes Residing In All Local Government Council Areas Of Photo: JESUDOYIN ABRAHAM The State Recently.
•(R-L) Ondo State All Progressives Congress chieftain, Mr. Ade Adetimehin; representative of Ondo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Sunday Abegunde and the State Programme Coordinator, Hon Saka Yussuff, at the event.
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•A cross section of Ondo indigenes in the State of Osun dancing with Hon. Abegunde in Ilesa.
•A cross section of Ondo indigenes in Ibokun at the event.
•Another cross section of Ondo indigenes in Ile-Ife during the event.
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An Ongoing Building Project At St. Stephen’s Middle School, Modakeke, Under The Administration Of The Governor Of The State Of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, As Captured Recently By Our Cameraman, JESUDOYIN ABRAHAM, Few Days Ago.
•A side view of the new building.
•A modern toilet within the school
•A side view of the school.
•Standard chairs in one of the classrooms.
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More Faces At The All Progressives Congress (APC) Mega Rally For Isokan/ Ayedaade/Irewole Federal Constituency For The Re-election Of State Of Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Held In Ikire, On Tuesday.
•A sea of heads at the event.
• •Another cross section of ecstatic crowd during the programme.
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Memorable Quotes From Alhaji Musbaaudeen Adekojo, Former Co-ordinator of Campaign for Democracy and National Chairman of Disciplinary and Arbitration Committee of Alliance For Democracy (AD), On The PDP Candidate In The State Of Osun, Senator Iyiola Omisore.
How PDP Funded Omisore To Kill Bola Igereceiving - Adekojo an amount
The fourth allegation was that they held meetings with leadership of the PDP with the intent to present Omisore as 2003 gubernatorial candidate of the PDP. As at then, he was still a card-carrying member of AD. They also alleged that Omisore groups were planning to put AD into disrepute, as they were also planning unrest in the party by eliminating some leaders. They were also alleged to have been heavily funded by the PDP. The party state executive, in line with Article 16, rules 3 and 4 of the party, then suspended Otunba Iyiola Omisore, Jelili Adesiyan, Kunle Alao and four others indefinitely. The terrible aspect of the allegation was that they were planning to eliminate our leader, Chief Bola Ige, the then Governor Bisi Akande, the Secretary to the State Government, Engineer Sola Akinwumi, the then Commissioner for Finance, Lere Adebayo, and then Commissioner for Works, Barrister Niyi Owolade.
worth N3 billion to distabilise AD and eliminate some of our leaders, including Uncle Bola, we confronted them and it was established that they meant the threat, and that the assignment was heavilyfunded. It was in public knowledge, how Omisore and his group embarrassed Uncle Bola in Ile-Ife and his threat to kill him.
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Yes, I did and even promised to testify against anybody. I equally granted interview to journalists on what I knew about the assassination of Uncle •The Slain Chief BOLA IGE Bola. Even later, Omisore invited me and warned charge of the money gather intelligence on me not to grant any given to them from Abuja how to assassinate Bola interview on the matter. and some of them were Ige. His house in Ibadan He equally offered N50 not comfortable with the was even used as a million bribe not to say manner he was sharing meeting point, as his anything on this matter the fund. They launched house was very close to and I told him that I deadly attacks on another Bola Ige’s house. could not sell my and later the fund was conscience, especially, on kept in custody of Jelili The circumstances that a man that had shown me Adesiyan. It was after surrounded the love and assisted me to that process that assassination of Bola Ige become something in life, Olagbaju was killed in was so clear and quote Uncle Bola was my cold blood. They used that me anywhere, Omisore mentor in politics, he also fund for several violent and his group killed promised to take me to attacks and the Uncle Bola. When we the presidency for juicy assassination of Chief were investigating the appointment, but I Bola Ige. Adesiyan, who allegations leveled against rejected all this offer. them, including their The information we got was very close to Chief Bola Ige was used to romance with the PDP, was that Olagbaju was in•Culled from OSUN DEFENDER News-
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A memorable quote from Senator Isiaka Adeleke on the PDP candidate in the State of Osun, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan and another PDP chieftain in the state, Sogo Agboola. Omisore, Police Minister Beat Me Up - Adeleke “On entering the hall, I saw Omisore, Adesiyan, Sogo Agboola sitting together. I went to Adesiyan to complain that police officers and DSS operatives were holding party men outside. But, instead of listening to me, he jumped over a table before him and hit me with a blow on the chest. Sogo Agboola also attacked me. Before I knew what was happening, Omisore hit me with a blow from the back. About seven guns corked were pointed at me,” Adeleke asserted. •Culled from Nigerian Tribune, Thursday April 3, 2014
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Bola Ige Spirit Alive: State Of Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Inaugurated Mechatronics Institute In Esa-Oke, With 31 Indigent Engineers Sent People For Training In Germany.
•(L-G) Governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; former Military Governor, Old Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd); Chief of Staff to the Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola; State Commissioner for Lands and Urban Renewal, Architect Muyiwa Ige and Treasurer, National Automobile Technicians’ Association (NATA), Osun Branch, Alhaji Fatai Oyedele, during the sent-forth ceremony for 31 indigenes of Osun on a two-month Mechatronics in-plant and end-user training in Germany at Government House Banquet Hall, Osogbo, State of Osun, last Monday.
•Governor Aregbesola (2nd left) presenting stipends to one of the trainees, Miss Oyejide Adewumi (right); General Adebayo (rtd) (2nd right) and Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti (left), during the ceremony on Monday.
•Governor Aregbesola (5th right); Project Co-ordinator, Bola Ige Mechatronics Institute, Honourable Idiat Babalola (4th left); Chief of Staff to the Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola (3rd left); Architect Ige (5th left); Alhaji Adeoti (6th right); Managing Director, Osun State Investment Company Limited (OSICOL), Alhaji Bola Oyebamiji (4th right); the Owamiran of Esa-Oke, Oba Adeyemi Adediran (3rd right) and the beneficiary indigent engineers, in a group photograph after the event on Monday.
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HERE is enough attestation to confirm that the political man of the moment in Osun today is the state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, if the size of the crowd at any rally addressed by him is to be a benchmark for scoring him in this regard. If the people are e-mail: kolaolabisi@yahoo.com :08033927286 the equivalent of shares to any politician, it would not be an understatement to conclude that Aregbesola, with his superlative performance in office, has overprepared for his governorship re-election race. The source of the bravado of the major opposition party in the state is based on the intent to rig the August 9 governorship election in Osun. It is observed that while Aregbesola is busy dotting his i’s and crossing his i’s of re-election, the preoccupation of the major opposition party in the state has been looking for ways to rig the election. So many unpleasant stories about the sharp practices of the opposition have been heard in this regard. First was inducement of some unsuspecting members of the public with kerosene. Those in need of kerosene are made to come up with two passport photographs and their voters’ cards. This, I learnt, is a vote-securing gospel according to one of the controversial Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) leaders in the SouthWest, Buruji Kashamu. Another shady ploy of the Osun PDP to illegally secure victory in the August 9 governorship election is to entice the electorate with an empowerment programme through assessing microfinance opportunity. However, the prerequisite for this is submission of voters’ cards by the patrons. A source within the PDP secretariat in the state •The governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (left), addressing the mammoth disclosed that whoever is keen in crowd, during his re-election campaign in Irewole/Ayedaade/Isokan Federal enjoying the opposition’s micro-finance Constituency, Ikire, State of Osun, last Tuesday. largesse in the state would swear that he would not vote for any other person voters’ cards for N10,000. Ejigbo gradually extending to the entire other than the PDP governorship campus of Osun State University is a Northern states by the obnoxious and reference point where the agents of the inhuman activities of Boko Haram may candidate. The voters’ cards are said to be PDP were caught corrupting the be traced to election rigging as there dropped in an already-available spiritual students electorally. The same thing cannot be peace without justice. It is known to all discerning minds that coffin in the PDP’s state office. The was also reported at the Okuku campus question is – if the purpose of any election of the university. The idea is to decimate President Goodluck Jonathan-led is to genuinely serve the people and not the number of votes likely to be netted presidency is the spine of the PDP’s one’s pocket, is it worth all the antics? by the ruling party. Stories of cloning plan to rig both Osun and Ekiti Why the desperation in scheming of cards by the PDP agents to governorship elections. President forcefully to govern the state? Why encourage decimation of votes are also Jonathan should know that he was, all the while, being deceived about the jettisoning the rules of the game to hit ubiquitous across the state. popularity of his party in any of the states Should this be the trend of approaches one’s opponent below the belt? Any in the South-West. The President should to any election in the present day victory secure through the back door will send an independent delegation to the Nigeria? Nigerians are fond of making definitely be short-lived. No one fights the people and goes Scot-free. It is reference to successful democracies in South-West, especially Osun and Ekiti, important to amplify it that any attempt some African countries and outside the with a view to knowing the true status to rig the August 9 governorship election continent. I am afraid that with the of his party. Those feeding him information about could be likened to conferment of a continuous illegal activities of some status of a suicide bomber on one as the disgruntled politicians in the Nigerian the South-West geo-political zone have society, attaining authentic democratic been economical with the truth. When people will resist vehemently. Another illicit device being used by setting may elude this country. Why is I saw an image of the President on the the Osun PDP to secure undeserved it that there are some sacred cows in television few days ago, I did not envy victory at the governorship poll is by our midst? The foundation of social him as the multifarious problems of the invading some of the tertiary institutions unrest being witnessed in the North- nation have manifested in the grey hair in the state, purchasing gullible students’ Eastern part of the country that is on his head. My appeal to the President
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Ikire Mega Rally: Aregbesola’s Soaring Popularity Lingers
is that if he doesn’t want to compound the nation’s problem, he should maintain absolute neutrality in the incoming State of Osun and Ekiti governorship elections as anything contrary to this will be an express invitation to chaos and anarchy capable of consuming the principal actors in the rigging episode. Whoever wants to contest Aregbesola’s popularity and superlative political reference in Osun today should take time to attend his political rallies. The unprecedented large crowd of his admirers that turned up at his maiden governorship rally in Ile-Ife, last week, is still fresh in the memory of the people of the state. The governor’s supporters who thronged the Government Technical College, Ilode, Ile-Ife, in several thousands at the homestead of Senator Iyiola Omisore, is a pointer to the fact that any attempt to rig election in the ancient city would be a suicide mission. The second leg of the Aregbesola re-election mega-rally hosted in Ikire by Ayedaade, Isokan and Irewole Federal Constituency of Osun held in Ikire last Tuesday was also not less than a fulfilled dream in any political calculation as the entire town of Ikire stool still before, during and after the political colossus had left the town. The whole of Ikire township was turned to a carnival as different groups of Aregbesola’s admirers were singing, dancing and exchanging pleasantries in commemoration of the mega rally. Senator Isiaka Adeleke, the first civilian governor of the state who is barely a fortnight-old as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was so carried away at the Ikire mega rally. He intuitively remarked that with what he had seen about Aregbesola’s governorship re-election aspiration in the August 9 election, the incumbent governor’s chance of returning was 80 per cent even if he does not campaign again or start any new project. Senator Adeleke who had seen it all in the PDP cannot be wrong in his appraisal of Aregbesola. What is further compounding the impossibility of Iyiola Omisore in becoming a tenant at Okefia Government House is that he has created for himself more enemies than friends. For instance, none of the four governors that had governed Osun beginning from Adeleke, Chief Bisi Akande, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Rauf Aregbesola, the incumbent, is favourably disposed to the infamous political aspiration of Iyiola Omisore. In essence, the August 9 governorship election in Osun could be said to be a fierce battle between Omisore and the four governors put together. How far he can succeed is left for the readers to fill in the gap.
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