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That the The decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to jettison his party’s campaign promise to pay unemployed youths in the country a token five thousand naira monthly has attracted criticism

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from some quarters. While we frown at the failure on the part of of politicians to fulfill their electioneering promises (which has for years characterised governance in Nigeria),

we see Buhari’s courage in speaking truth to power about the issue as very commendable. It sets a new standard of moral as well as intellectual honesty.

Unlike what happened in the past whereby politicians jettisoned at will without an apology let alone the necessary explanation as to the reason for abandoning such promises, we are for the

history of governmental affairs seeing a president that is offering an explanation to Nigerians on the reason for jettisoning a promise. This is the hallmark of a responsible leadership.

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•State of Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (middle); his Deputy, Otunba (Mrs) Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori (left) and Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti (right) during the courtesy visit of executive members of Welders’ Association of Nigeria, Ijesa Chapter, to Governor Rauf Aregbesola in his office, State Secretariat, Abere, State of Osun, last Friday.

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competitive graduates from the university.

“Within the past year, 29 academic staff bagged Ph.D degrees from Nigeria, South Africa, Malaysia and United Kingdom.”

“This university has another set of 29 academic staff currently at advanced stage of their Ph.D programme

in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, among others.

He therefore, vowed that the university would continue to sustain its reputation, which, according to him, was established to promote academic and moral standards.

The activities lined up for the convocation ceremony

is the commissioning of the Central Research Laboratory by the Visitor to the university, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

The final convocation ceremonies will hold on today and Wednesday with the convocation lecture titled: “Sustained Tertiary Education in

Post-Oil Nigeria,” to be delivered by Professor Michael O. Faborode, while investiture of Chancellor and Award of First Degrees (2014/2015 graduating set) will hold on March 9.

ifty-one students of the Osun State University are set to be graduated with first class distinction in the combined 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 academic sections’ convocation coming up today.

Nigeria Law School in Authorities of the October, 2015. university disclosed While laying t h i s i n a p r e s s emphasis on the need for conference to herald the the graduates to be self4th and 5th convocation dependent, Professor p r o g r a m m e a t t h e Alamu hinted that most weekend. of the graduates have The Acting Vice- been trained in various C h a n c e l l o r o f t h e entrepreneurial skills. institution, Professor The Vice Chancellor Oguntola Jelil-Alamu, said in a bid to ensure who addressed the that the university conference, said that the graduates are selfuniversity would also dependent, they have graduate 3,164 students trained most of the from the six colleges of graduates and they the institution for the would be collecting two graduating sets. two certificates by Alamu, who was end of the ceremony; highly excited by the the Bachelors’ degree number of students C e r t i f i c a t e a n d that graduated with entrepreneurship skill first class distinction certificates. in the university, also Commenting on the expressed happiness quality of the teachers over the performance a t t h e u n i v e r s i t y , of the graduates of the Professor Alamu said institution, saying their the institution has very graduates were already qualified lecturers, making them proud. which has tremendously He noted that first improved the quality of class products of the the faculties and has institution have been translated to globally •Scene of the clash between Hausa and Yoruba communities at Mile 12 area of Lagos State last Thursday. completing their postgraduate programmes with distinction in foreign universities.

According to the to the people, especially public office has always n o o k s a n d c r a n n i e s By shina abubakar university don, in 2015, the elderly, considering been to serve the people, simultaneously.

Olojido Oluwatoyin he lawmaker representing Ila State that politicians often rather than self.

Constituency in the State of Osun House neglect the class after Esther bagged He urged other public of Assembly, Honourable Clement Ademola, every election. distinction in M.Sc. office holders to emulate Accounting and Finance has reiterated his determination to ensure quality Earlier in his welcome the good gesture of from University of living condition for the teeming populace of his a d d r e s s , t h e A l l Hon. Akanni towards constituency.

Progressives Congress ensuring that the masses Leeds, while Odesanmi He disclosed this while equipment to start ( A P C ) C h a i r m a n i n benefit from democratic Oluwatosin Rachael distributing cash gifts given off upon completion of t h e c o n s t i t u e n c y , dividends. also came back with to vulnerable elderly their apprenticeship.

The party chairman Honourable Joshua distinction in M.Sc. males in all the wards One of the beneficiaries, Adediji, described the also urged the people Analytical Chemistry of Ila Local Government Pa Oyewole Adeyemo, lawmaker as a man with to be patient, saying from Loughborough Council Area of the state. c o m m e n d e d t h e a good heart, whose sole democratic dividends A c c o r d i n g t o t h e lawmaker for giving back intention for seeking do not circulate through University, stressing t h a t t h e t e s t i m o n y lawmaker, his aim of vying for elective was a fulfilment of the office was to serve his global competitiveness people and had never that Erin-Ijesha got a among royal families By kazeem mohammed of their graduates, nurtured the ambition of traditional ruler after 17 of the town over who enshrined in the vision enriching himself to their overnor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf years. mount the vacant stool, detriment.

Aregbesola, has approved the of the university.

The jubilant residents just as youths of the He disclosed that the appointment of Prince Isaac Adeyeba Ayeni of the community hailed c o m m u n i t y h a v e o n While commenting on smooth and peaceful elderly ones are the most as the new Akinla of Erin-Ijesa in Oriade Local the governor for the some occasions taken to to poverty, Government Council Area of the state. appointment, saying, the street, protesting the academic atmosphere vulnerable considering their health The appointment came 17 years after the demise of they have been waiting delay in the appointment in the institution, status and lack of late monarch, the late was in accordance with for long to have a new of new monarch.

Professor Alamu said care and are the most the Oba Stephen Adeyinka Section 20,Subsection monarch. there was no record of neglected after every Adeosun.

(1) of Chief’s Law (Cap There had been tussle violence which might electoral process, which The entire community 25) Laws of the State of have led to the clog informed his decision w a s t h r o w n i n t o Osun,2002.

The 52-year-old Ayeni, in the wheel of the to extend a hand of jubilation on Friday, as an Engineer hails from fellowship to them. they received the news academic programmes Ademola expressed of the new monarch’s Ayeni Royal Family of of the university.

Osefiri Ruling House he Minister of Labour (State), Chief James optimism that the present He further said that economic crisis plaguing appointment.

Ocholi, is dead. The minister was said to have The appointment was in the town where the died in an auto-accident along Abuja-Kaduna road the university had the nation would soon announced in a letter popular tourist site, successfully completed become history, calling signed by the Director Erinjesha Water Fall is in the company of two othe passengers.

An unconfirmed source at the time of filing this 2014/2015 academic on the people to remain of Chieftaincy Matters in situated. disclosed that the auto- report.

The appointment letter calm and support the the state Ministry of Local session promptly accident which involved without any form of current administration Government, Chieftaincy state that arrangement his vehicle, a Prado Jeep was being made to another Lexus Jeep, interruption in the in its bid to revamp the M a t t e r s , R u r a l a n d publish the appointment and also led to the death of his crumbling economy.

C o m m u n i t y A f f a i r s , academic calendar, He also assured youths Mr Femi Ogundun on i n t h e G o v e r n m e n t wife, eldest son and his saying: “The stable of the constituency that all behalf of the Permanent Official Gazette. orderly.

Ocholi hailed from The media aide to the a c a d e m i c c a l e n d a r the wards would benefit Secretary.

Dekina Local Government new monarch, Mr Kayode has aided the pioneer from the skill acquisition According to the letter, Area of Kogi State. graduates from the programme that would a copy of which was made Ekundayo while reacting Efforts to get further t o t h e a p p o i n t m e n t detailed information about College of Law into the be unveiled soon, saying available to journalists in

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By kehinde ayantunji

he Managing Director, Osun State Investment Company Limited (OSSICOL), Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, has stated that among the solutions to the country’s predicament is for the government to concentrate on the necessary areas of profitable investments to generate more revenue.

He said the Government of the State of Osun is already working in a right direction with strategic plans to block leakages and drive more revenue and commended the state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, for his commitment to the development of OSSICOL. According to him, the governor has foreseen the looming danger ahead for the past three years, but many considered his statement as political, while the

reality is now dawn on every aspect of the economy, adding that oil is not an alternative at the moment and therefore, advised government at all levels to concentrate on agriculture and flourishing investments.

Oyebamiji described the governor as an economic and financial genius, adding that his support to the company has expanded the range of the industry.

He attributed the wider acceptance and

sustained patronage of Essence TabWater being manufactured by the company to timely intervention of the state government.

According to him: “When I came on board as the Managing Director of OSSICOL, I met water that was running at less than 20 percent capacity, just as people complained so much about the taste of the water.

“So for this ugly reason, we felt the best thing was to go for certification, so as to restructure and reengineer both the factory and the personnel for better productivity. In our bid to revamp the factory, we applied to the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), so as to

build a standard template for the organization.

“Sequel to this, we were given conditions and the procedures, which we complied and within four months, we secured certification.

“We repackaged our products; we bought new equipment; we included quality control and we were able to attract customers across the country.

“Therefore, It is on this development that the SON sent a letter of commendation that claims and portrays us as one of the best mercury-free water in Nigeria after six months of its commencement.”

Oyebamiji said.

He added that the achievements were made possible with the support of Governor Aregbesola.

“When I came on board and saw all the challenges facing the company, I went to Mr. Governor and he said I was brought to the company in order to restructure, rehabilitate and reengineer it for the betterment of the state and to the glory of God, we have never deviated from the right path.”

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s part of its moves to further mobilise members into the ruling-All Progressives Congress (APC), the State of Osun Chapter of the Forum of Patriotic Members of APC (FOPAMEC) will this week hold its first year anniversary between 7th and 11th March, 2016.

In a statement by the inauguration at White FOPAMEC Director of Plain Hotel, Onward Area Publicity, Kayode Agbaje, Osogbo.

The dignitaries to the week-long programme would start on Monday b e h o n o u r e d i n c l u d e s with courtesy visits to media President Muhammadu organisations located in the B u h a r i ; S e c r e t a r y t o the Government of the state.

O n T u e s d a y , t h e Federation, Al-Bashir F O P A M E C t e a m w i l l Lawal and Governo Rauf hold a street walk, tagged: Aregbesola among others.

According to the ‘FOPAMEC Walk to Live’ and a visit to Motherless statement, the programmes Babies’ Homes in Osogbo, w o u l d b e t a r g e t e d a t while on Wednesday, there mobilising supports for President Buhari and will be a symposium.

On Friday, there would Governor Aregbesola of be a Jumat Service at Osogbo the state in their quest to Central Mosque, Oja-Oba, ensure socio-economic development in Nigeria Osogbo.

The event would be and Osun in particular.

The forum said rounded off on Saturday with a dinner, award and t h e p r e s e n t e c o n o m i c situation demands that

all stakeholders must join the government to take the nation to the level that every Nigerian would be proud of.

It then charged Nigerians to play their role to support the governments at all levels in their efforts at effecting the desired change.

•Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who was travelling on the road got down from his car to control the traffic gridlock, at Ogere area, Lagos-Ibadan expressway last Friday.

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By ISMAEEL UTHMAN

he National Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has come under heavy attack, following the annulment of the election of the State of Osun council of the union.

In separate reactions, journalists in the state partisanship and bias of carpeted the National the national body on the Secretariat, describing outcome of the election.

Some of the journalists the annulment of the election as evidence of alleged the National President of the union, Mr Waheed Odusile, of instigating the o f s m a l l a n d m e d i u m cancellation of the election By sola jacobs enterprises (SMEs), while at to take his vengeance on igerian women have been enjoined to be role the same time contributing Mr Abiodun Olalere, who models and mentors to the young mothers, with a immensely to the gross was returned for a second domestic product of the term as the Chairman of view to building a virile nation. the NUJ, Osun Council.

This was contained in a sermon delivered by the nation’s economy.

Anglican Bishop of Ife of material acquisitions at The social critic cum There were unsettled Diocese, Revered Oluranti the expense of moulding lawyer also advocated scores between Odusile Odubogun, during the and shaping the lives of for the need for financial and Olalere since the last service held on Sunday their children. empowerment of women convention of the NUJ, at the Cathedral of Saint B i s h o p O d u b o g u n farmers in the country, which produced Odusile Philips Anglican in Ile- c a l l e d o n m o t h e r s t o as they constitute seven as the Chairman.

Ife, to commemorate this mentor young girls to be percent of the workforce in It was said that Olalere year’s Mothers Day in the responsible wives and role food production, yet, their did not support Odusile’s Diocese. models not in fashion and labour are hardly rewarded. c a n d i d a t u r e i n t h e The clergy lamented the social crusaders, but agents She continued that for the election. dearth of godly mothers of positive change. nation to be self- sufficient Odusile had announced in the country, which was Speaking with OSUN in food production, the evident in moral decadence, D E F EN D ER , t h e need to educate women the cancellation of the i n c r e a s e i n c r i m i n a l founder of Peniel Global farmers on modern day election last week on a c t i v i t i e s , c o r r u p t i o n F o u n d a t i o n , a n o n - farming methods and food the ground that there were irregularities in the and other vices that have governmental organisation, preservation is needed. plagued the nation.

Mrs Aderonke Ayilara, She also expatiated on the election, as alleged in a “ T h e d e r e l i c t i o n o f stated that the economic need for virile cooperative petition written by Mr mother’s duties in our situation of the country g r o u p s a n d a s s i g n i n g Dele Ajayi and Babatunde nation, while they are in was responsible for the extension workers to each Fanowopo, who were the pursuit of wealth and dereliction of duties by of the women groups by the c h a i r m a n s h i p a n d positions, have taken its mothers from their primary government, which in turn secretaryship candidates toll in the upbringing of duty of taking care for their will increase the country’s in the election.

The election was held our children, who are our families. agricultural production and future leaders.”

She added that women boost the nation’s foreign on February 10, 2016, Speaking on the theme are at the receiving end reserves. and inauguration of of this year Mothers Day: of corrupt practices in the Mrs Ayilara then urged the elected executive “Inspiring Change,” the nation, as they have to the three-tier government m e m b e r s w a s h e l d bishop said he that must bear the brunt with their in the country to pay more immediately. inspire change, must have children.

Reacting to the attention to women affairs, experienced change within, T h e s o c i a l c r i t i c s rather than paying lip a n n u l m e n t o f t h e and it is only God that can t h e r e f o r e c a l l e d o n service to the advancement e l e c t i o n r e s u l t s , t h e change the adamic nature government to review and growth of women in the Correspondent Chapel in man. s o m e o f i t s e c o n o m i c country. of the Osun NUJ said He therefore called on policies to suit women, as that it was wrong for the women to leave the pursuit most of them are operators National Secretariat to

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annul the election based on a petition that has not been proved to be true.

Members of the chapel, in a communique issued at the end of its congress on Friday, rejected the annulment of the election, saying that the National Secretariat lacked the power to annul the election.

The communiqué reads: “The Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, at its Special Congress held on Friday, March 4, 2016, deliberated on the purported nullification of the just-concluded election of the Osun NUJ State Council held on 10th February, 2016 and arrived at the following decisions as contained in this communiqué: “That, we reject, in its entirety, the purported nullification of the election that was peaceful, free, fair and credible.

“That, our chapel maintains that it was wrong for the National Secretariat to have annulled the election, despite the fact that the result of the election was generally acceptable to all members of our union in the State of Osun including the losers who embraced and congratulated the winners after the election.

“That, our chapel feels that if there was any petition concerning the election, the decision on the annulment could only have been taken by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of NUJ. “That, we observe that any attempt to conduct another election

in Osun NUJ now will not promote love among our colleagues but create hatred, enmity, division and polarise the council.

“That, the chapel fells that the annulment of the election indicates that some elements at the National Secretariat have their preferred candidates, which they want to impose on NUJ members in Osun.

“That the election was properly conducted and supervised by three (3) National officers of NUJ, including the Deputy National Secretary, Mr Gbenga Bamidele; the Vice President B Zone; Mr Cosmas Oni and a National Trustee member, Mr Bamgbola Gbolagunte, who represented the NEC, while the Chairmen of Ogun and Ondo State Councils, Wole Sokunbi and James Showole, were also among observers that monitored the election and all these top NUJ officers pronounced the election as free, fair and credible, after which the elected officers were sworn-in and we wonder why this sudden annulment. “ T h a t t h e Correspondents’ Chapel vehemently opposed the role played by the Vice President B-Zone, Mr Cosmos Oni, when he shouted down senior journalists, as if they were non-entities and refused to allow members of the union to express their views, before and during the exercise.”

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Taking the people for granted as we have always been witnessing in the past smacks of high irresponsibility and unscrupulousness.

To recall the observation of the Reggae star Bob Marley; “you can fool some of the time but you cannot fool all of the time”.

The campaign pledge and the reason for setting it aside has to be placed in a proper context. The collapse of the international crude oil market was deeper than had been projected. All over the world governments have had to suspend or make deep cuts in social programmes as a response to the collapse of crude oil prices. Even Saudi Arabia with its huge financial reserves,”rainy

day funds” and solid infrastructure has had to make unprecedented budget rearrangements. No one has been immune. In addition it will be wishful thinking to expect a rebound in the price of crude oil anytime soon. This is a critical factor. Futhermore, no sane person could have envisaged the sheer extent of the corruption of the Jonathan government. From the tip of the iceberg it is now clear that corruption under Jonathan went from wholesale to retail looting. Within such a context there is clearly no alternative other than a downward review of expectations.

This does not mean that every social programme will be cancelled though. For example, the free school meals programme successfully initiated in the state of osun will

Buhari’s restoration of fiscal responsibility will eventually lead to an expansion in the government’s revenue base which will allow it to fund it’s social programmes to the benefit of society as a whole.

They should also note that without a substantial recovery of looted funds there will be no real progress. For this reason they should support the war against corruption wholeheartedly and stop trying to What this has thought us is obstruct it with self serving straightforward. Macroeco- propaganda about “selectivenomic stability is vitally neces- ness” and “witchunt”. sary as a mechanism to attain This is the second time hissocial justice. The economy has to be well managed in order tory will beckon on Buhari to generate the surplus needed to come in and clean up the to fund the social sectors. The mess. It will be a hard road to economy cannot be so reckless- travel but we will get there. ly mismanaged without a social cost. This is what those who are against the current fiscal rectitude should bear in mind. be implemented. This is a decisive advance thrust for their will be a much needed boost in food production. It is also important to remember that the suspension of conditional cash transfers does not mean its abrogation. As the economy improves there is bound to be a re-consideration of the implementation of the programme.

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has continually mitigated against good governance in Nigeria today has always been the inability of the legislative arms of government at the local, state and national levels to effectively perform their oversight functions.

Unless we are deceiving ourselves, legislature, being the first arm of government, has performed below expectation, most especially in the area of oversight functions.

If the appropriate legislative committees in the National Assembly and state assemblies have been effective enough in their oversight functions over the activities of the executive and necessary sanctions

them when they err, the level of corruption, inefficiency and low productivity would not have been as serious as it is today.

For instance, we have Committees on Defence in both the

Senate and the House of Representatives, y et, th ey h ave n ot been able to expose the Dasukigate that has been unveiling serious fraudulent deals in the purchase of arms to fight insurgency and other security challenges.

It is very unfortunate that some people have such wicked courage

to hide somewhere and corner the resources of this nation that were appropriated for and meant to save lives, yet, people were dying.

It is also saddening that the arm of government that appropriated the funds

also kept quiet, until a new leader came and the cat was let out of the bag. The failure of the National Assembly to discover this fraud calls to question, its capacity to discharge its duty.

It is important for the legislative arm of government at all l e ve l s t o b u c kl e u p and strengthen their oversight function

that the purpose of their representation is served.

It will not be out of place to consider the lack of funding of legislature as the bane of their major functions, which is oversight. This has always been the excuse of the parliament.

In my own view, the parliament has the power supported by the Constitution to make things better by looking outside the box and develop alternative means of harnessing resources justifiably to ensure effective oversight function.

•Abimbola Adebayo, Erin Osun, Irepodun Local Government.

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.Multitasking – Yups, Android phones can run many applications, it means you can browse, Facebook while listened to the song.

2. Ease of Notification – Any SMS, Email, or even the latest articles from an RSS Reader, there will always be a notification on the Home Screen Android phone, do not miss the LED indicator is blinking, so you will not miss a single SMS, Email or even Misscall .

3. Easy access to thousands of applications via the Google Android Android App Market – When you love to install applications or games, through Google’s Android App Market, Agan can download applications for free. There are many thousands of applications and games that are ready for download on Android phones You. 4. Phone options are diverse – Talk Android phone, it will feel ‘different’ than the IOS, if the IOS is limited to the iPhone from Apple, then Android is available on mobile phones from various manufacturers, from Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HTC to Samsung. And each handset manufacturer also presents an Android phone in the style of

settings quickly and easily.

7. Google Maniac – If you are a loyal user of Google services ranging from Gmail to Google Reader Android phone has integrated with Google services, so you can quickly check e-mail from Gmail.

Disadvantage Android 1. C o n t i n u o u s I n t e r n e t connection – Yups, most Android phones require a simultaneous Internet connection alias continuously active. that means must be prepared to subscribe Agan GPRS packet that suits your needs.

2. Advertising – Application in the Android phones can indeed be obtained easily and for free, but the consequences in each of these applications, will always be ads on display, either the top or bottom of the application.

each, such as Motorola with its Motoblur, Sony Ericsson with its Timescape. So You can freely choose the Android phone in accordance with the ‘brand’ favorite.

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view of Android, do not worry there are many custom ROM that can be used in your mobile phones Android .

6. Widget – absolutely right, with the widgets on the homescreen, You can easily access a variety of

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•One of the newly-constructed elementary schools in Ile-Ife.

here‘s a ranks of mobile phones users, there are two types of people, the first type of person who just make-technology from those mobile phone, enjoy the technology and features from mobile phone. While the second type, namely the type of person who wants to dig more deeply about the features and existing technology in mobile phone, so that the device can reach its maximum features, it must have been the advantages of Android.

If you type the first person who just wants to enjoy the technology, and you have an android phone, it’s means you waste android potential actually have facilities that are higher than just to play the game, tune to music, browsing, and watching movies.

To have full access to Android, takes root, similar to the Jailbreak on IOS, but Root has access to more than just change the theme and install pirated apps (NB: Applications beyond the market, aka pirated, can be installed without requiring you to root your mobile phone)

Root is a term, where Android users can have super user access to mobile phones Android. Android users have full access to mobile phone, feels like developer HP. There is also a term sometimes locked and unlocked boot loader, the boot loader that if the unlock, it would be liberating User android in making modifications to his HP, so users can changes ROM at will, than if your phone is still locked the boot loader.

Why Root Android: 1. Performance Update some of the Android Developer, like SE, Samsung, LG, Motorola, and lain2, has a berbeda2 Rom on his HP, with Root access, so we can mengganti2 Rom from the android with the usual developers, such as Cyanogen, who often spend ROM update, such as for example on the HTC G1, HTC has not issued an official developer eclair update 2.1 for the HTC G1, but by using Cyanogen Mod Éclair 2.1 in G1, HTC G1 users notice an increase in HPnya Performance, which was using OS 1.6 donut 2.

Interaction Hardware / software Most OS comes with t h e H P Hardware android s u p e r -

sophisticated, such as a 1GHz processor, advanced camera, a large ram. but the official ROM from major developers, like SE, Samsung, LG, and lain2 it tends to limit the potential of the hardware. with root, you can overclock y o u r processor hp, easily use existing applications o n t h e android. in addition, for example on the HTC Desire, you can use it as an LED flashlight, which is actually blocking your HTC to do it,

by Root, you can bypass the block and get the maximum benefit.

3 APP2SD move an application to the SD card, yes that is devoted to the Android OS 2.1 down, which not support App2SD. 4. held a feature that does not exist. spica such as the samsung, samsung spica basically no support for Live wallpaper, but with the root, you can hold the feature.

5. extra applications applications that require a full access in their use, such as drocap2 to do screen capture, drocap2 this requires root access so I can do a screen capture. Other applications such as SetCpu, this application is useful to overclock the CPU so that your phone is so much faster, it can also underclock the CPU so the battery to be more efficient, yes of course with a slower performance.

Many more benefits for the root,

it’s just that now there are features in Android OS 2.3 gingerbread already quite complete, such as WiFi tethering, multitouch, and others.

How Do The Root focus on how to root gingerbread, Gingerbreak download the latest version, which is in post above, and then install the mobile phone, after the install, connect the mobile phone to computer with a USB debugging is active, and screen stay awake, how, go to settings, applications, development, debugging and check the USB her stay awake.

Just Connected!{not mount SD card / (connect your phone)} yes if already open gingerbread live in mobile phone, continue to select the root, and later HP will reboot itself, fitting the flame, the mobile you have in the root, congratulations, there will be a new application named “Super User” is pointless so you know, whether the application needs root, and you are given the freedom to allow or not the application.

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n continuation of the analysis started in the last edition, we hung the pen on that segment of the said edition in the following words: Analysts and observers in the trend, growth and development of education have observed that what made the South-West cynosure of all eyesis its antecedents in education, which made it a pace-setter. While, as observed earlier, most observers point accusing fingers at state governments and their chief executives for the declined state of things, OSUN DEFENDER Magazine wishes to differ slightly, especially considering what the experience has been in the State of Osun under the able leadership of OgbeniAregbesola. Most of the critics argue that since 1999, successive state governments, their chief executives and their umbrella political parties have got their priorities mixed up and abandoned education for inanities. Like it has been observed in earlier paragraphs of this edition, the standard most widely used as basis for comparison of grounds covered in the area of education in the South-West has been the passion and zeal for excellence wielded by the Premier of the defunct Western Region, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his colleagues who pioneered free education in 1956 and sustained it in the Second Republic.

F o r n o w, t h e e x p l o i t s o f t h e RaufAregbesolaadministration in the area of education shall be trumpeted a lot more. Next edition shall carry more of the analysis begun on the rot and decay witnessed in the sector nationwide. The Education aspect of the administration of OgbeniRaufAdesojiAregbesola deserves much of critical focus; since it proved all along that Education sub-sector is one of the principal specialties of the administration. To this end, OSUN DEFENDER Magazine has devoted much space and time to its detailed spotlight in series of our editions in the past years. It is not as if we are giving up of this effort; but we intend not to overbeat it. So, we shall make mention of some of the giant strides

recorded in the sub-sector as basis for desires and expectations for the entire second tenure; then we shall justify the incumbent administration’s effort as that which pupils, parents, teachers and perhaps some other stakeholders have least appreciated!

In fulfillment of that promise, characteristic of the traditions of this Magazine segment of keeping faith with promises; here we are, continuing with the analysis, as much as facts available at our disposal could afford the privilege of unveiling.

The fact is incontestable that the present-day South-West geopolitical zone of Nigeria has the long traditions of producing many firsts in different areas of human endeavor, especially through the instrumentality of institutionalized learning. However, it has turned out over the years that the zone and its constituent states have dozed off; either resting on their oars or losing focus, with lots of distraction taking he best of their priorities. In this regard, OSUN DEFENDER Magazine does not intend to heap the bulk of the blame on governments, past or present, but on the entire people, especially, other categories of stakeholders whose lethargic attitude contributed toward the downward trend.

While this sad trend lingers, other zones of the federation, principally the SouthEast and the South-South are gaining prominence as they assert themselves as frontliners in the preparation and eventual performances of their candidates in external (public) examinations. As regards preparation mentioned above, their huge investments appear to be yielding good, positive dividends. n 2015 West African Secondary Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for example, records show that Abia State (in the SouthEast) had its pupils with the pass rate of 63.94 per cent (those who made credit passes in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics). With that overall performance, the state rated best.

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Casting memories aback to year 2014, Anambra could be recalled to have ranked first in the entire federation with Abia following closely by the heels; while Edo State came third. Rivers came fourth, Bayelsa seventh and Delta eighth.

While the first two, Anambra and Abia are from the South-East, the rest states mentioned above are from the SouthSouth. On the overall, One Million, Five-Hundred and Ninety Thousand, Two-Hundred and Eighty-Four (1, 590, 284) candidates sat for the examinations.

Out of this figure, Five-Hundred and Sixty-Two, Four-Hundred and Thirteen (562, 413) candidates obtained the minimum requirements of five credits.

By implication, 64.63 per cent failed.

While critics in some quarters blamed the horrible state of events on what they viewed as lethargic attitude of South-West governors, governments, policy makers and governing party (-ies); OSUN DEFENDER Magazine view the situation a bit differently, as some states in the zone really labored astutely and backed such with huge capital and recurrent expenditures in order to revamp the sub-sector. As it turned out, the situation is just that try as you may, the performances could not be made too different in the positive way due to the cankerworm that had hitherto (cumulatively) eaten deep into the system. As a matter of fact, it was with the benefit of the hindsight that the administration of OgbeniRaufAdesojiAregbesola in the State of Osun saw the imminent danger that was to befall the sector since as far back as 2005 (five solid years before coming on board as helmsman of the State of Osun). Upon assuming the reins of power as Number One Citizen, the enigma deployed resources of sorts to redeeming the tide for the public education sub-sector of the state.

As at today, even when things are viewed against the backdrop of decline

in academic performances, it cannot be concluded, safely or otherwise that all hope is lost. This is bearing in mind that investment in education is a whole lot of long-term investment which often takes a considerably long period of time to mature and yield visible dividends.

For instance, while the effects of putting in place beautiful, state-of-the-art, befitting school structures can easily be quantified in terms of upsurge in schools enrolment figure; it would be quite difficult to ascertain how much these investments in infrastructure has contributed to improved performances, until improvements have been observed for a decade or so.

It is not a misplaced act that stakeholders worry about the downturn of trend in education in the South-West zone. Such downturn is, sincerely speaking a serious developmental crisis. Let me quote the following from a revered work on the appalling situation which I recently worked with: “Without productive knowledge, economic growth is endangered. The youth won’t be able to cope in a highly competitive world. The grim truth about education, as Ricardo Haussmann, a professor of the Practice of Economic Development at Harvard University, puts it, is that almost all rich countries are rich because they exploit technological progress. “They have moved the bulk of their labour force out of agriculture and into cities, where knowhow can be shared more easily. Their families have fewer children and educate them more intensively, thereby facilitating further technological progress”. Haussmann said. But he adds, “Poor countries need to go through a similar change in order to become rich: reduce farm employment, become more urban, have fewer children and keep those children that they have in school longer. If they do, the doors to prosperity will open”. Awolowo realized this long ago and set the South-West communities. Yes, nobody, it seems, is taking notice. This has reinforced Continued on page 10

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Welders’ Association Of Nigeria, Ijesa Chapter, Paid A Courtesy Visit To The State Of Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, In His Office, State Secretariat, Abere, Osogbo, Last Friday.

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•A cross section of executive members of Welders’ Association of Nigeria, Ijesa Chapter, during their courtesy visit to Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

•Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi (right) presenting the staff of office to Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, while his wife and other dignitaries watch.

•(L-R) Lagos State Governor Akinwumi Ambode; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja 11 and All Progressive Congress (APC) National leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the event.

•(L-R) Former Oyo State Governor Alao-Akala; the Ooni of Ife, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi at the event.

•State of Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (2nd right); Oyo State Governor Ajimobi (3rd right); his wife, Florence (2nd left); Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha (left) and former Governor of Old Oyo State, Dr Omololu Olunloyo (right) at the event.

All Progressives Congress (APC) Dekam Group At Olorunda Local Government, Paid A Courtesy Visit To The Deputy Governor Of The State Of Osun, Otunba (Mrs) Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, In Her Office Last Friday.

•Otunba Laoye-Tomori (middle) in a group photograph with the APC Dekam Group during the visit.

75th Birthday Ceremony Of Wife Of Former President, Mrs Mabel Obasanjo, In Ilesa Recently.

•(L-R) The Owa of Ijesa-land, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; his wife, Mabel and Deputy Governor of Osun, Otunba (Mrs) Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, at the event.

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South-West pupils”.

This authority in context, though critical of the SouthWest governors, further observed as follows: “South-West governors should get the balance right.

When it comes to education, investment in productive knowledge is crucial. Awolowo devoted between 40 and 50 per cent of the budget to education at a time when there was no oil income. Ayo Banjo, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, said, ‘’ the complaint that is regularly made today is that there are no funds; but I don’t think that this is a very strong reason for not continuing free education as a priority case in the budget. That’s the way to fund education.’’

And he’s right.

“There is no magic bullet to save the day except by investing in education again and implementing reforms in the system. This is the time-tested practice in other countries. Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation Development affirm this. An OECD survey of 30 countries found that the United States spends $809 billion, Japan $160 billion, Germany $154 billion, Brazil $146 billion, France $123 billion, and the United Kingdom $123 billion annually on education.

“It is argued that ‘productive knowledge’’ –the skills, experience, and the general know-how that a given population acquires in producing certain goodsdetermines the pace of its economic development.

The South-West must address the situation urgently, in order not to fall further behind. Arguing that the ‘’forceful takeoverof schools by the government in 1970’’ damaged education development, a former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, in 2011 returned 1,040 primary schools to the missions (churches)that established them. The clincher was that he awarded a grant of N6 billion to the schools in four installments.

Out of this, public primary schools shared N489 million. The impact is evident.

“To save the region, teachers must be adequately motivated. This is the secret of Finland, the Czech Republic, China, Japan and South Korea, where education is king, and teaching is a coveted profession.

The OECD survey showed that teachers are treated like royalty in Switzerland. The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium follow in terms of high teacher salary.

“There is a lot wrong with education in the SouthWest. But with resourcefulness, commitment and selflessness, the governors can turn the gloom around.

Inaction is dangerous”.

LIGHTS eclipsed on the last edition at the point of documenting the laudable achievements of the incumbent administration in the State of Osun, from

the point of reference of utterances of the governor, OgbeniAregbesola himself. The remaining part of the comments are here presented: Concerning the State of Osun Schools’ Infrastructure Development Committee (O’ SCHOOLS), the Governor affirmed our claims when he said: “In the high school, we focus on preparing the children for both internal and external examinations.

Our plan is to build 20 new high schools, 50 middle schools and 100 elementary schools. Each of these schools will be equipped to state-of–the-art standards, especially with digital learning aids, electronic boards, functional and contemporary laboratory equipment, sports facilities, clean water and large power generators etc.”

Making justification for the merger of schools, the Governor made the following clarifications: “The only way to provide these facilities at affordable costs is to merge small poorly equipped schools into larger schools where all the facilities can be provided to large numbers of students using economy of scale to maximum advantage. This is what we have done.

“Sometimes, this policy has been misunderstood and some have tried to mischaracterize the reforms as having a religious undertone. This is most unfortunate, wicked and untrue.

“The philosophy of our education policy has been the development of a new man intellectually, socially and morally. This new man is placed in the centre of society and views his own development as part of and for the development of society.

“This is a non-parasitic and non-oppressive man, who views his existence in the context of the growth of others; he views whatever he acquires to be subsumed in the overall interest of others. He is a man in himself and a man for society.” overnor Aregbesola refuted claims by a segment of people that he is bent towards favouring one religion against the other. He also told the story behind the education reforms initiated by his administration: “There are some who may genuinely feel that the education reforms might affect their missions. This is an unfounded fear. Only an irresponsible person will attempt to rubbish or remove the legacy of missionaries in education in Osun and even in Nigeria. I attended mission primary and secondary schools here in Western Nigeria and I proudly display that on my resume.

“But let me take us back into a bit of our fairly recent history. Everyone knows that mission schools were taken over by the government of the Western State almost 38 years ago. This means that since 1975,

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all mission schools were owned, funded and run by government. But the successive state governments ensured that the names of the schools were not changed, in order to maintain the legacies of the founding missionaries.

“Therefore, as we rebuild the schools and expand their facilities, we also have not and will not tamper with their names. We believe that the missions and missionaries, who founded the schools, must be immortalized by retaining the names of the schools.

For example, one of the completed middle schools in Osogbo is the Salvation Army Middle School at Alekuwodo.”

On the prospects of returning mission schools to their initial owners, the Governor said: “I am also aware of the agitation of some missions to have schools returned to them. Although, as I have said before, the schools have been owned by governments since 1975, our administration is not foreclosing the prospect of returning some of the schools upon the completion of our new schools.

“I wish to emphasize that this process can only begin upon completion of the schools we are currently and aggressively building all over the state. The process of return of schools must be well planned and executed because of the various implications, especially the fact that their ownership had changed almost four decades ago.” n the newly introduced Omoluabi Corps and Instilling discipline in school children of the state the Governor said: “Osun is a state which will be a model of peace and tolerance. I would like to say that religious, political and ethnic tolerance is the basic foundation of our Omoluabi heritage. We must promote this culture of tolerance and civilized conflict resolution with all our might.

“This is why we have decided to establish an Omoluabi Peace and Conflict Management Commission. This is to be a standing commission where communal, religious, ethnic or other social disputes can be resolved by a body of respected elders from across Yorubaland and even other groups.”

Aside the free, functional and qualitative education programme of the incumbent administration in the State of Osun under the leadership of OgbeniRaufAdesojiAregbesola; there are numerous other mutually reconstructive, integrative programmes, policies and packages that are not only in tandem with, but also complementary to the orientation and philosophy of Omoluabi which has formed the core value and bent of the overall exertions of the

Continued from page 10 strata and groups across the state as much as is reasonably required, in relation to what is desired within rational limits and within the affordable reach of available means. This is done with profound magnanimity; even in the face of dwindling monthly revenue allocation from the Federation Accounts. Today, honest analysts and unbiased observers would agree with OSUN DEFENDER Magazine that this administration has no equal among the ones that had come in earlier years in terms of contribution to the life of the state and the well-being of its residents in all ramifications.

The immediate past administration, taken as case study only extorted from and sapped the economy of the state beyond the marrow, such that by the time the knell was sounded for its inglorious exit, the state had almost been dragged into an absolute state of insolvency. The case and fate of the state was as terrible as that! It is therefore shameful, disappointing and pitiful to hear insinuations peddled here and there; time and again by members of the leading opposition in the state: the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attempting to denigrate the giant strides of the RaufAregbesola administration and the tangible, visible and all-encompassing achievements which are so glaring that they cannot be controverted. In pragmatic terms, the State of Osun has in the past four years shed off its old image. The state has acquired new name, new status, and new destiny – all to the extent that her fortunes have changed for the better! This development came as fulfillment to the predictions we made at the beginning of the launch of the new underlying philosophy in year 2011.

During that time under reference, OSUN DEFENDER Magazine postulated that the state’s acquisition of new name, sobriquet, logo / coat of arms, flag, anthem and all the rest transcended mere name-calling and or other superficial underpinnings. We predicted at that early stage that the names and other symbolic representations would speedily begin to speak aloud for the state; such that it would sooner than later be transformed into the envy of all other states around, both in Nigeria and yonder. We are glad today. We can stand tall and beat our chest that Osun is well on course to reaching the Canaan of her dreams.

With a view to reviving the lost glory in the area of education in the state, especially having in focus the abysmal performances in external examinations by candidates of the state’s extraction in recent years, lots of events have taken place such that one could safely conclude that a formidable background is now being laid for improvements in a non-distant future time.

In times part, following the adoption of the blueprints of the State of Osun Education Summit, criticisms had been rampant on the outcome of the summit and the entire

education intervention package of the administration of the administration. In line with this, the basis of pointing accusing fingers by scoffers and detractors cannot be farfetched.

On the whole, the pessimists who never expected anything short of failure from the education programmes and policies of the administration condemned the Free, Qualitative and Functional Education Initiatives of the administration from its very inception. According to them, payments of school fees, tuition, Parents / Teachers’ Association Funds and other sorts of funds billed on parents and guardians (called by whatever name) are ways of getting parents and guardians as stakeholders actively involved in and astutely vomited to the education of their wards, especially as investors.

To the above reasoning we differ greatly. In the past years prior to the emergence of the incumbent administration on the horizons; most especially during the years of the holocaust that predated the upcoming of the administration, it was all manner of funds taxed on parents that made a complete mess of the ousted administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). During that time, every manner of irregularities was the order of the day. ven then, performances of candidates of the date’s extraction at public examinations were not significantly better than what obtains now. All the spate of decay and deterioration that we now experience are taints of the disservice left behind by that administration.

People tend to forget the past in such a hurry!

The education terrain inherited by the Aregbesola administration was such a shamble and mirage. Our public schools had degenerated into centres of irregularities of sorts. Apart from the spate of infrastructural decay that was the order of the day in our public schools, other irregularities were of ever-increasing magnitude! Aside this, parents were taxed arbitrarily for every item of need of the school, such that pupils / students were required to take to schools seats, simple tools and other items or were made to make monetary payments for them time and time again!

Concerning academic performances, especially, performances of students of public schools in external examinations, the failure rate during that past era were graver that we have now! Even the grave performances of those days were characterized by irregularities and examination malpractices. Then, almost every one saw examinations as contests that must be won on students’ side at all costs. Nearly all schools in the state were turned into “miracle centres” where superficial “excellent” results were falsified.

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higher learning of students who were not worth the title and the status. The concomitance is the turning out of graduates who could not in any way defend the certificates they profess to carry. All our streets got littered with unemployable graduates.

Still on the arguments that abrogation of all manners of fees by payable by parents got us to that abysmal juncture, OSUN DEFENDER Magazine disagrees in totality with this line of reasoning. Down the line of history, free education programmes brandished along with them increased school enrolment, broad-based functional instruction, free book distribution, provision of good, trained, qualified, competent and experienced teachers as well as era of relief and prosperity for parents and guardians. In corollary, improved students performances came in handy. This is such that the society looks back to those glorious eras with nostalgia. Fond memories are captured of the laudable achievements of initiators of those initiatives. s of the observed performances of candidates in the cited states of the federation which came from hind positions of obscurity to become frontliners, we congratulate them. While we do that, we intent to tread with caution, especially when it is considered that there could be diverse means to an end. In Nigeria of today, we witness states where political gladiators introduce strategies, gimmicks and tactics that are far from acceptable standards into winning elections. Political leaders emerging in this fashion cannot evolve programmes and [policies that will produce good students and school leavers with honestly acquired results.

In some of these states we hear of heinous crimes including kidnapping, oil bunkering, vandalization of oil pipelines, insurgency and all manners of criminal inclinations. During election periods, we witnessed in many of the states in questions electoral conducts that breach the peace of the land and those that are against principles of free, fair and credible elections. It is then questionable if the same states in question can conduct examinations that are flawless through their education institutions.

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•Governor Aregbesola in the midst of enthusiastic students in Iwo. noticed with the system and the economic realities of the Continued from page 11 degenerated that we tend to have a bent toward moment have taught the Government of the state some celebrating achievements more than censoring the means awful lessons.

We have, since sometimes in the perusal of this series, that went into attaining the “feat”. observed mass failure of candidates as major cause of great On that note, OSUN DEFENDEER Magazine feels worry for stakeholders in the Education Sub-Sector of the duty-bound to caution parents, guardians and other stakeholders in the society on the need to take a review State of Osun for some time now. One identified cause of of our value system. By traditions, the Yoruba ethnic this massive failure on the part of the student / pupil is the group has one of the best, richest and most precious value laissez-faire attitude that since the government is bearing systems which have passed hands from one generation to the brunt of the expenses, the student and / or the parents another. Unfortunately, undue infiltration and incursion has practically little or nothing to lose if the opportunity have worked adversely over the years to pollute and debase is squandered once or for many repeated times. This unfortunate attitude is often the abuse that renders waste our fond legacies.

Today, most members of the society pride themselves any concept that is declared free in Africa. nother aspect that bothered the minds of truly either as Christians or Moslems. There are no crimes patriotic elements of the society while the practice in these religions. As a matter of fact, their doctrines lasted was reports on the nefarious activities of and principles have the prime mandate and ultimate some school principals / administrators who allegedly commission of breeding adherents who will be at peace with God, the Creator here on earth and even hereafter. collected enrolment fees for the examinations from Unfortunately, most of our people, a large chunk of whom awful number of parents for their wards across the is adherent to these two faith have missed it. We are in an borders and confines of the state; but who ended up offering the candidates for the examinations on the bills end-time world of diverse, confused doctrines.

Apart from the first-ever State of Osun Education of the State Government! This dubious and treacherous Summit held sometime in February 2011, the government practice imputed huge wasteful costs on the government, of the day has never rested on its oars in putting in place fraudulently enriched some greedy hawks in the service lasting, reformative and enduring programmesand policies of the state and increased the failure / turn-over rate of that would transform the sub-sector and assuage the young school leavers, who leave school without any hope hardship being faced in the process of securing brighter of securing admissions into institutions of higher learning future for school leavers of the state, their parents, other or prospects of getting some forms of job to do.

Of a truth, the factor which taught government lessons of significant role players, parents and guardians and the hardest reality is the economic downturn and its attendant society at large.

At the wake of renewed efforts at salvaging the sub- paucity of funds. We are living in a society where much sector this year, there were widespread outcries against the is expected from government at all levels, yet relatively policy evolved by the administration to take the bull by its few of the adult, taxable population has obligation to horns; spurred by exigencies of the moment, to introduce fulfill to government. Without any conscious attempt at some form of entry prerequisite for massive enrolment casting aspersion on the people or any segment of the of candidates for participation in the annual May / June society’s populace, we are in a society where irresponsible West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations citizenship is rampant.

Instances abound everywhere in the society of (WASSCC); against the rag-bag arrangement that prevailed in years past. The prevailing economic adversities in individuals and groups who have little or nothing to sow the land are replete with austere, cost-saving measures into governance; yet they expect much from government for government in particular; and for the governed by for their various aspects of need. It could be quite difficult here to cite examples without appearing as critical o0f extension.

In times past, the arrangement was to register and some segment of people in the society. The attempt here enroll all candidates in the certificate year in all state- is to make a clarion call on all and sundry to weigh their owned public schools in Osun and present them for relative contribution to the governance of the society and the examinations. Laudable as it appeared, the rag-bag through that appraise their relevance and usefulness.

Faced with the realities of the moment, Government arrangement had many lapses and flaws. Even though it of the State of Osun was left with no other option than had the prolific benefit of offering equal opportunities to all to review the conduct of enrolment for the vital external and sundry, irrespective of state of origin, socio-economic background, religion, sex and other social strata, the abuses examination in question. One of the earliest innovations

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It would be remembered that the free enrolment project had been with us for some time before the advent of the incumbent administration. As we earlier traced it, one of the earliest challenges which confronted the administration, as far as the Education Sub-Sector was the stark reality that the examining body in question; the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was withholding the results of the state’s candidates in the 2009 / 2010 edition of the West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE); due, as they claimed to non-remittance of the specified entrance fees for the examinations. In spite of its newness in governance, and in spite of the backlog of debts the nascent administration met on ground, it measured up to the task of paying up the debt incurred on account of the examinations by the ousted administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). s subsequent years of the administration unfolded, even till the recent past, not only did the RaufAregbesola administration cater to this vital need of the youth, the many flaws it had notwithstanding.

One major problem with growth and development in contemporary Nigeria is that corruption is a cankerworm that has eaten deep into our fabric; and the cabal of corruption is so fierce and resistant that they easily demonize any attempt to right wrongs to the benefit of all.

OSUN DEFENDER Magazine observes that attempts by the Aregbesola administration to curb leakages so as to maximize welfare to all is the “crime” the administration has committed against the cabal that had hitherto held the society captive. While the practice of rag-bag payment lasted, some elements of the society benefitted to the full; so much they nearly rendered the society insolvent! Now that all excesses are being curbed, they are left with no visible option than staging resistance in the order of calling the dog a bad name in order to hang it.

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Continued from page 12 on the promotion of functional education in the state. The governor continually recounted how a timely discovery was made by his team that the educational infrastructures in our schools were in worrisome state upon their assumption of office in late 2010. In order to rightly and accurately assess the level of decay in our educational system, the Government of the State quickly held a two-day education summit with the theme: “Resolving the Education Crisis in Osun State: Bridging Analysis and Implementation Gaps” at the Osun StateUniversity (UNIOSUN) in February 2011.

The summit was to become one of the most prominent and decisive giant strides taken by the Aregbesola administration. To put the record straight, it came as the first ever in the annals of education summits in the state!

By that singular action, the incumbent administration demonstrated its unwavering resolve to tackle head-on the spate of neglect and rot that had bedeviled the education industry in the state. Also by it, the Government Unusual took the bull by the horns to restructure and reconstruct amenities and infrastructure in the education sector of the state; in order to restore quality and promote functional education at all levels in the state.

“Apart from the Free Education Programme at the Primary and Secondary levels, the Aregbesola administration in the state has made remarkable achievements in the educational sub-sector. An instance of this is the rebranding, repackaging and transformation brought to bear on the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme; an old programme of the Yar’Adua / Oyinlola years; which has been resuscitated and rechristened Osun Elementary School Free Feeding and Health Programme (O’ Meal). With the reorganization and resuscitation of the programme, all the pupils in primaries one to four in public schools in the State of Osun are now covered under the free feeding programme which offers them wide assortments of highly nutritious meals during the school hours. Even meals that are not served in routine menu in conventional practice, like quality chocolate, milk, eggs and chicken are on the list of regular menu of the feeding programme.

“OSUN DEFENDER Magazine wishes to pause here and reflect briefly in passing the extent of international acceptance and recognition which the State of Osun;

through the O’ Meal programme has garnered unto itself. On January 22, 2014, the Governor of the state and grand designer cum prime mover behind all the innovation packages currently ongoing in the state, OgbeniRaufAregbesola was in the European nation of the United Kingdom on the invitation of the higher legislative chambers of that Queen’s country, the House of Lords, to enlighten, brief and teach the parliamentarians on the nittygritty and workings of the O’ Meal programme, which has turned it into a bundle of wonders in the state. It is no longer news the vibrant and ground-shaking standing ovation the governor was accorded at the event. hrough that feat, OgbeniAregbesola has done us proud as a people as the first ever governor in Nigeria; even in Black Africa to be so esteemed and honoured to be summoned to lend knowledge to the White World, usually looked upon for originating innovations in virtually all areas of human endeavour, education inclusive.

This feat came to the shame, confounding and stupefaction of detractors who see nothing good in virtually all the good gestures of the Aregbesola administration, especially in the Education sub-sector. More wonders are still expected to unfold for the present and during the years ahead; in spite of the currently prevailing paucity of funds.

“In addition, the poor condition of infrastructure in public schools in the state is already being radically reversed.

Towards this end, the first phase of the construction of New Model 100 Elementary Schools, 50 Middle and 20 High Schools is in top gear. The fiscal year 2012 witnessed massive reconstruction and rehabilitation of the dilapidated school buildings inherited by the administration of the day from its inept preceding administration. This, the governor noted, is in consonance with the team’s determination to raise the standard of education in our dear state.

“It is in a bid to arrest the spate of perennial acute shortage of teachers in our schools and concomitantly ensuring effective teaching and learning activities in schools that the incumbent administration has embarked on massive recruitment and selection processes for qualified, quality, competent and experienced teachers for engagement at our Primary and Secondary levels. This step, apart from being a necessity to compensate for the ravaging neglect of the past; became necessary to take

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adequate and abundant care of the exploding enrolment figures in schools, following the introduction of a true, functional and qualitative education at those levels.

Specifically, various selection exercises have so far been conducted by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the State Post-Primary Teaching Service Establishment and Pensions Commission (TEPPO), involving various numbers of candidates successfully absorbed into the teaching service of the state. ollowing the large number of retirees in the state’s teaching service at the end of the 2012 fiscal year; arrangements were put in place in year 2013 to get a huge number of teachers employed in replacement for the retired ones. This plan saw the light of day as the year witnessed massive recruitment and selection of teachers at those levels of education. With proper inauguration of appropriate boards in particular, provision of required number and quality of teaching personnel has begun to receive greater attention in the past year. In this direction, greater attention has been received during successive years.

“In addition to these numbers of teachers engaged, selection has also been made for competent and qualified teachers among the volunteer cadets of the popular Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES) and those hitherto employed by the Parents-Teachers’ Association (PTA). According to plan, the process of recruitment of teachers, which had been on, and was billed for completion within the first quarter of 2012, is intended to be a continuous process. What this implies is that even during the New Year, another batch of massive recruitment and selection of teachers is expected to be carried out for existing and continuously-opening vacancies in the elementary and secondary rungs of the education ladder”.

As far as we have observed, lots are happening of late which showed that concerted efforts are on to restore the society back to the path of truth, honour and rectitude.

Subsequent editions to this shall be devoted to giving account of these measures being taken to combat the menace and to forestall graver evil for our state and its people.

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Osun Defender Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Benefits Of Walnuts O

ftentimes, the simplest foods are best for your health, and this is certainly the case for nuts, in which Mother Nature has crafted a nearly perfect package of protein, healthy fats, fiber, plant sterols, antioxidants, and many vitamins and minerals.

Among nuts, the case may be made that walnuts are king, as research shows they may boost your health in a number of ways at very easy-to-achieve “doses.”

Eating just one ounce of walnuts a day (that’s about seven shelled walnuts) may be all it takes to take advantage of their beneficial properties.

7 Top Reasons to Eat Walnuts Walnuts belong to the tree nut family, along with Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, and pistachios. Each has its own unique nutritional profile.

One-quarter cup of walnuts, for instance, provides more than 100 percent of the daily recommended value of plant-based omega-3 fats, along with high amounts of copper, manganese, molybdenum, and biotin.

Some of the most exciting research about walnuts includes: 1. Cancer-Fighting Properties Walnuts may help reduce not only the risk of prostate cancer, but breast cancer as well. In one study, mice that ate the human equivalent of 2.4 ounces of whole walnuts for 18 weeks had significantly smaller and slowergrowing prostate tumors compared to the control group that consumed the same amount of fat but from other sources.

Overall the whole walnut diet reduced prostate cancer growth by 30 to 40 percent. According to another study on mice, the human equivalent of just two handfuls of walnuts a day cut breast cancer risk in half, and slowed tumor growth by 50 percent as well.1 2. Heart Health Walnuts contain the amino acid l-arginine, which offers multiple vascular benefits to people with heart disease, or those who have increased risk for heart disease due to multiple cardiac risk factors.

If you struggle with herpes, you may want to avoid or limit walnuts, as high levels of arginine can deplete the amino acid lysine, which can trigger herpes recurrences.

Walnuts also contain the plant-based omega-3 fat alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is anti-inflammatory and may prevent the formation of pathological blood clots. Research shows that people who eat a diet high in ALA are less likely to have a fatal heart attack and have a nearly 50 percent lower risk of sudden cardiac death.2 Eating just four walnuts a day has been shown to significantly raise blood levels of heart-healthy ALA, 3 and walnut consumption supports healthful cholesterol levels.

Separate research showed that eating just one ounce of walnuts a day may decrease cardiovascular risk, 4 and among those at high cardiovascular risk, increased frequency of nut consumption significantly lowers the risk of death.5 3. Rare and Powerful Antioxidants Antioxidants are crucial to your health, as they are believed to help control how fast you age by combating free radicals, which are at the heart of age-related deterioration.

Walnuts contain several unique and powerful antioxidants that are available in only a few commonly eaten foods.

This includes the quinone juglone, the

reductions in fasting insulin levels compared to those who did not, and the benefit was achieved in the first three months.15 Why You Should Eat the Walnut Skin The outermost layer of a shelled walnut – the whitish, flaky (or sometimes waxy) part – has a bitter flavor, but resist the urge to remove it.

It’s thought that up to 90 percent of the antioxidants in walnuts are found in the skin, making it one of the healthiest parts to consume.16 To increase the positive impacts on your health, look for nuts that are organic and raw, not irradiated or pasteurized.

Furthermore, be aware that walnuts are highly perishable and their healthful fats easily damaged. If you’re purchasing shelled walnuts in bulk, avoid those that appear shriveled or smell rancid, or that you cannot verify are fresh. Walnuts should be stored in an airtight container in your refrigerator or freezer, whether they are shelled or unshelled. Walnuts are great as a quick snack, but if you’re not a fan of their flavor, you can still get their therapeutic benefits by blending them into smoothies. Or you can try one of the other healthful nuts available. ou can further improve the quality of walnuts by soaking them in water overnight, which will tend to lower some of the enzyme inhibitors and phytic acid. After soaking, you can dehydrate them at low temperature of around 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit until they are crispy again, as they are far more palatable when they are crunchy.

Most Nuts Are A Wonderful Food You can’t really go wrong when choosing nuts to eat, as long as you pay attention to quality. By this I mean look for nuts that are organic and raw, not irradiated, pasteurized, or coated in sugar. One exception is peanuts, which are technically in the legume family. My main objections to peanuts are that they tend to: Distort your omega-3 to omega-6 ratio, as they are relatively high in omega-6 Be frequently contaminated with a carcinogenic mold called aflatoxin Be one of the most pesticidecontaminated crops My favorite nuts are raw macadamia and pecans, as they provide the highest amount of healthy fat while being on the lower end in terms of carbs and protein. Most nuts’ nutritional makeup closely resemble what I consider to be an ideal ratio of the basic building blocks—fat making up the greatest amount of your daily calories, followed by a moderate amount of high-quality protein and a low amount of nonvegetable carbs. And this is precisely why they’re recommended as one of the best sources of healthy fats in my nutrition plan.

The main fatty acid in macadamia nuts is the monounsaturated fat oleic acid (about 60 percent). This is about the level found in olives, which are well known for their health benefits.

I have been consuming macadamia nuts and pecans almost daily since I started lowering my overall protein intake about a year ago. The following list shows the nutrition facts in grams per one ounce for your most common tree nuts (one ounce of nuts equates to just over 28 grams, or about a small handful):

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tannin tellimagrandin, and the flavonol morin.

Walnuts contain antioxidants that are so powerful at free-radical scavenging that researchers called them “remarkable,”7 and research has shown that walnut polyphenols may help prevent chemically-induced liver damage.8 In another study, researchers found that nuts, especially walnuts, have potent antioxidant powers. Walnut polyphenols had the best efficacy among the nuts tested and also the highest lipoprotein-bound antioxidant activity. The researchers concluded:9 “Nuts are high in polyphenol antioxidants which by binding to lipoproteins would inhibit oxidative processes that lead to atherosclerosis in vivo. In human supplementation studies nuts have been shown to improve the lipid profile, increase endothelial function and reduce inflammation, all without causing weight gain.”

4. Weight Control Adding healthful amounts of nuts such as walnuts to your diet can help you to maintain your ideal weight over time. In one review of 31 trials, those whose diets included extra nuts or nuts substituted for other foods lost about 1.4 extra pounds and half an inch from their waists.10 Eating walnuts is also

associated with increased satiety after just three days.11 5. Improved Reproductive Health in Men One of the lesser-known benefits of walnuts is their impact on male fertility. Among men who consume a Western-style diet, adding 75 grams (a bit over one-half cup) of walnuts daily significantly improved sperm quality, including vitality, motility, and morphology.12 6. Brain Health alnuts contain a number of neuroprotective compounds, including vitamin E, folate, melatonin, omega-3 fats, and antioxidants. Research shows walnut consumption may support brain health, including increasing inferential reasoning in young adults.13 One study also found that consuming high-antioxidant foods like walnuts “can decrease the enhanced vulnerability to oxidative stress that occurs in aging,” “increase health span,” and also “enhance cognitive and motor function in aging.”14 7. Diabetes The beneficial dietary fat in walnuts has been shown to improve metabolic parameters in people with type 2 diabetes. Overweight adults with type 2 diabetes who ate one-quarter cup of walnuts daily had significant

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Osun Defender Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Banire: Governorship Agenda In Osun Is Impossible Following rumours that he might be considering running for the governorship post in Osun State, Lagos lawyer, former commissioner of many portfolios in Lagos, and presently the National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Muiz Banire (SAN), said in an interview with Femi Ogbonnikan, that there was no iota of truth in the speculation that he will join the race in Osun. Excerpts:

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s a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is constituency project by legislators legal?

Well, to the best of my knowledge, I do not believe it is legal when it comes to the legislators implementing it themselves because that is essentially the role of the executives. The best they can do is to influence or dictate the location of development of such projects in their constituency. But when it comes to the issue of implementation, it is purely an executive responsibility.

But members of the National Assembly and some state Houses of Assembly collect constituency allowances in order to improve the lots of their constituency?

I am not aware of that, but it is even Lagos State that started constituency development projects, to the best of my knowledge, in those days, but I don’t know the current situation again. But I know that it is not something that in my own view, I will encourage under any guise, because there must be a continuous separation of power in the system.

In essence, are you advocating that the payment of constituency allowances to legislators should stop?

No, I don’t think they do payment to them directly.

I don’t think so. I think and I am not being assertive in this regard. My understanding is that they normally would nominate or suggest the projects and the companies execute. And I don’t think the money is payable directly to the senators or the legislators.

The Supreme Court judgments on the Rivers, Taraba and Abia States respectively have come under scathing criticism, is it appropriate for the apex court to be giving excuses on why it had delivered such judgments?

The normal thing is, because of the time constraints, and because it is the final court, they are in a position to give their verdicts immediately, while they give reasons later. It is normal and legal, because they can’t write judgment immediately and the ones they have discussed and concluded and they can give you the conclusion, they will come up with the full reasons.

That is why it is not proper for anybody to comment on the judgments until you have seen their reasons.

In your views, what do you see to the Supreme Court decisions in respect of Rivers, Taraba and Abia states respectively?

You see, unfortunately I have not really read anyone of them. So, I am not able to comment on them right now. I have not read anyone of them.

Internal crisis is brewing within the leadership of your party, APC, by some aggrieved chieftains, who feel they have been cheated one way or the other.

What is the leadership of the APC doing to address this crisis before it escalates?

It is only normal that in a big party like ours, there must be some hiccups generally, but we are managing it as a family, so far, so good. There is nothing worrisome, in my own view, so far.

But when you look at the recent decision of the Supreme Court, which upheld that the Code of Conduct Tribunal could go ahead and try the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, over alleged false declaration of assets, while senators supporting him have been threatening fire and brimstone if he is removed, you could see that all is not well?

There is nothing to panic about and it is a rule of law that is in place. As far as I am concerned, anything that has to do with the rule of law, we must all embrace and promote it. And that is the only thing that can guarantee us in our development, our safety, our growth. So, it is the rule of law that is at play.

Your rumoured governorship ambition in Osun State has gone viral. How true is that?

In the first instance, the people that must be speculating it, I am sure have their own agenda or are mentally deranged because I truly do not even have any relationship with Osun State at all, in whatever capacity, other than that my party governs the place and I know the governor very well. So, apart from those two, nothing else! If in my state, Lagos, I have not chosen to be governor, why would I go to a state like Osun to want to be governor? So, I don’t know where they have gotten the information from and why they are peddling such malicious information.

And beyond that again, is the reality that, even in my own state, I used to ask people, let any human being come out and say that I am even interested in the governorship. Not all of us are cut out for this kind of a thing. Some of us are just interested in good governance. We don’t need to be in any position to add value to the system and personally, I have

•BANIRE not been interested in it, anyway and I am still not inclined.

In essence, are you saying you have no lineage traceable to Osun?

I have none. The coincidence is even that I have not been to the state officially in the last one year. I have not even been there in the last one year because of my own programmes. I mean, one year ago. And that is why I said they must be mentally deranged, because any sane person would not even say that kind of a thing that is not factual at all. I have enough to occupy me between here (Lagos) and Abuja and what would I now go there to do?

But do you have a political ambition in the nearest future?

I don’t have. Some of us are not cut out for it. I am a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as you know, I have a job and I am contented. What would I go and do there? How much would they pay me, if not to go and steal? Can any government afford to pay my salary or to take care of my own needs? They can’t.

I am not cut out for it. I am not interested. The office can’t even take care of me.

I am even not ready to spend my hard earned money campaigning to come and take up responsibilities or to beg anybody. If you are genuine, you don’t need to spend money to be bribing people all over to come and vote for you, which is still the situation we find ourselves now – carrying money all over the places and I don’t have that kind of money to waste.

As an active politician, is it appropriate to just sit down and watch?

I am not a politician to start with. I have said it consistently, that I am not a nominal politician, not to talk of being an active one. Some of us are just in that corridor, because we are interested in good governance. In due course, we are charting a new course for ourselves outside the said politics, because for me, which one concerns me? Am I looking for anything there? I am okay and I am contented where I am.

What’s your assessment of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in almost a year that he assumed office?

The administration is doing very well. Things that have been badly damaged, like that can’t be repaired in one day. He has put or enthroned sanity already in the system. Impunity is disappearing and gradually, we will get to where we want to be. So, people must learn that we will have to, in the first instance, reverse the deplorable state we met on the ground and start laying the proper foundation, before growth. And that is the way it should be, otherwise, if you don’t plan, you will fail. And that plan must be in place.

Like I said to you, some of us must also complement those in power, because some of them in government, that are supposed to be change agents can’t do it, alone except we help. For example, I in conjunction with some colleagues now, have our own platform.

We have United Action for Change, where we add value to the system. We do everything that helps governance, at all levels and it is devoid of politics.

It is purely an administrative thing and that is the way it should be, that we should contribute our own quota, without be in politics.

Politics, for me and some of my colleagues, is a no-go area, because of the intrigues, irresponsibilities and dishonesty involved in it, which also I know.

Why would I go into it, especially when I have no political ambition? But unfortunately, we have too many political charlatans all around the whole place, who are scavengers in the corridors of power, who look for what they can eat.

For example, they are the same set of people that say: ‘Ah, Banire is fighting Asiwaju today; he’s fighting Ambode tomorrow o or that Fashola and Asiwaju don’t see eye-to-eye’. These are political charlatans. And even within our political system, as far, as I know, nobody is fighting anybody. And what would we be fighting over? Nobody is fighting anybody and I know so. We are not fighting for power.

We are not fighting for control. We are not fighting for leadership. We are not fighting for money. So, what is it? You know, some people can’t ‘succeed’ in their lives without bringing in such manipulation or maneuver and intrigues. And that is why they must lie against the people all over the whole place, turn each against the other all over the whole place. But within my knowledge, nobody is quarreling with anybody.

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a m n o t f l a t t e r e d re ading The Punch’s

Olabisi Deji-Folutile’s column piece titled ‘Frank Talk: Ogbeni Aregbesola, this is no time to flex your muscle’ on Saturday January 16. While the author began by trying to dismiss any assumption of bias against the Osun Governor, she ended confirming not just her personal bias but a corporate policy of antagonism against him by her organisation.

The problem with her piece began with the title. If lecturers and doctors in the state are on strike, solidly backed by a national newspaper, and are threatening to cripple medical services in the state, then it is the governor who is actually the victim of muscle flexing by labour unions, not the other way round.

I will concede to her from the beginning that she never pretended to be Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s friend, but there are too many factual errors and faulty logic in the article. I will address some of it.

First, she alleged that the governor ‘slashed tuition drastically’ at UNIOSUN and lecturers had to embark on industrial action when he could not pay their salaries afterwards.

Yes, the state government reduced tuition fees payable by indigenes of Osun at the state university on the sound premise that most parents in the state whose taxes were used to establish and run the university could not afford the fees. However, at no time did the university staff embark on an industrial action because their salaries were not paid. Nevertheless, they went on strike in 2013 over dispute on ‘hazard allowance’.

“Again, the governor merged about 850 secondary schools in the state into 70, in what he described as the “Omoluabi Essence.” By that merger, Christian schools were merged with Muslim colleges where the mode of dressing involves the wearing of hijab. That also created problems. At some point, some students dressed as masqueraders to school to prove a point.

It was really confusion galore!”

There are no public schools in Osun delineated along religious lines. Public schools, by definition, cannot be religious schools. There were missionary schools acquired by the government in 1976 as part of the Universal Primary Education policy of the then General Olusegun Obasanjo. That was 40 years ago. These schools were properly acquired and compensation paid to the owners. Part of the agreement then was that their names would be retained in order to honour their founders.That is why they still bear their old names. They are now owned, funded, staffed and managed exclusively by the government on behalf of the public.

The government embarked on reclassification of schools into Elementary (Primary 1-4), Middle (Primary 5-6 and JSS1-3) and High (SSS1-3) cadres. This necessitated moving pupils into their new categories and the most important criterion used

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was nearness to home. There was no confusion at Baptist High School in Iwo, even though the wearing of funny costumes to school by pupils was comical. Protest in one or two schools over a fundamental restructuring of the school system is not unusual. Indeed, it should be expected. The joke is on those who orchestrated the drama. here w e r e 1 , 3 7 9 p r i m a r y T schools in Osun, out of which 457 were reclassified into Elementary Schools; 239 junior secondary schools, out of which 165 were reclassified into Middle Schools; and 141 senior secondary schools from where 82 High Schools emerged. We now have 457 Elementary, 165 Middle, 737 Elementary/Middle and 82 High Schools. Her claim of 850 secondary schools merged into 80 is certainly wrong.

No pupil from any ‘Muslim’ school was merged into any ‘Christian’ school, although it would not have made any difference because government schools, as I said earlier, are public schools and

are not being run as religious schools.

However, the pupils sent to Baptist High School, Iwo were from St Mary Catholic High School, St Anthony Catholic High School, Methodist High School and Baptist Grammar School, all ‘Christian’ schools in Iwo. Three Muslim girls that had been permitted to wear hijab at St Mary wanted to continue wearing their headscarf at Baptist High School. This is where the disagreement came from. I repeat, no pupil from any Islamic school was sent to Baptist High School, Iwo. The ‘Omoluabi essence’ is in relation to the entire state and has little to do with schools’ reclassification. It is a call to hard work, character development, integrity and chivalry. It is an ethical reorientation call to be disposed to exhibiting the best traits that define the Yoruba person.

“In October last year, there were rumours that the state was planning to merge all its colleges of education” I thought newspapers don’t deal in rumours. Gone are the days when editors insist reporters must get the facts

and don’t report rumours.

“Last Friday, 141 members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Non-Academic Staff Union in the state-owned tertiary institutions were laid off”.

Staff members of tertiary institutions were laid off by their employers. It is an industrial issue between employer and employees.

It is settled in industrial relations that ‘s/he who hires can fire’, but the affected workers also have the right to seek redress, up to the Supreme Court and even ECOWAS court. They were not fired as ‘members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and NonAcademic Staff Union’. To say members of a particular association were fired by government, is to say the government can fire members of say Ibadan Prestige Social Club. It is logically impossible since the association does not belong to the government. They did not even claim that they were fired because of their unionism. This language would have been tolerable if used by a trade union, but from the editor of a national newspaper?

“The governor and his family use a private helicopter funded by the state to travel across the states of the federation” h is i s a c t i o n a b l e , a t l e a s t b y T members of his family falsely accused. The state government put many security measures in place, including the purchase of 20 armoured personnel carriers (APC) and aerial surveillance helicopter in 2013. However, the helicopter was rendered useless by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

Before the chopper was bought, the government built a state-of-the-art Call Centre that will operate with a special security code. The Federal Governmentcontrolled National Communications Commission refused to provide the special code for the helicopter to be linked with ground equipment for surveillance. Thus the surveillance helicopter was rendered inoperable.

For the umpteenth time, this helicopter was then leased out and is generating revenue for the state. The governor has used the helicopter on a few occasions but no member of his family has ever been in that chopper. If the editor has a picture of any member of the governor’s family boarding or alighting from the helicopter, she should publish it without delay.

Lastly, I am at a loss on the relevance of the Japanese school girl and her train in the plethora of accusations she made against the governor. I think railway is an exclusive preserve of the Federal Government, which under Goodluck Jonathan again stifled the attempt by Governor Aregbesola to bring in locomotives and wagons for the Lagos-Osogbo shuttle on the exclusivity ground.

A columnist and a newspaper have the right not to support the governor, but as a public trust, they cannot afford to publish falsehood against him.

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