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  • Ekiti backs DisCo

    The Ekiti State Commissioner for Public Utilities and Infrastructure, Mr. Deji Adesua, has assured Benin Electricity Distribution Plc (BEDC) of the government’s support.

    He spoke at a town hall meeting at Ido-Ekiti.

    The Commissioner urged of the public to  pay its electricity bills promptly.

    In a statement by BEDC, Adesua said the plea became imperative as only prompt payment of bills could facilitate the realisation of its objectives.

    He noted that timely payment of  bills would enable BEDC to serve the people better since it is only one of the four states the company’s serves.

    He urged the BEDC to outsource the procurement of prepaid meters to licensed contractors, saying it is the only way to ascertain customers’ actual consumption.

    The firm’s Chief State Head for Ondo/Ekiti, Mr. Ernest Edgar, said BEDC is entitled to only nine per cent of power  generated in the country and that this would be shared among the four states under the company’s coverage.

    He explained the various payment channels available to customers. He listed them as Point of Sales (PoS), commercial banks, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) or online payments.

    He advised customers not to give cash out, but rather use any of the channels.

    Edgar said as the country explores the economic diversification for  survival, following the  drop in the prices of crude oil, electricity could provide an alternative, especially in  boosting agriculture.

    BEDC, he noted, was willing to partner government, citizens and  investors on economic re-generation.

    In a presentation titled: Electricity as an agricultural enabler in Ekiti State, Edgar highlighted the uses of electricity in agriculture, which includes fertiliser production, irrigation, storage and agro-allied industries.

    According to him, the various roles the BEDC will play in agricultural industrialisation of the state will include construction of dedicated feeders embedded generation and advisory services on locations where power is assured.

  • Why Oyo, Ekiti, Kwara, others can’t access N64.8b UBE cash

    Why Oyo, Ekiti, Kwara, others can’t access N64.8b UBE cash

    To enable them access the N64.8 billion Universal Basic Education (UBE) funds with ease,  the 36 governors have started to lobby President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the Universal Basic Education Act 2004.

    The governors are demanding amendment to a clause in the law which makes it compulsory for every state to pay counterpart funds before accessing matching grants.

    In the alternative, they are begging the President to prevail on the National Assembly to reduce the counterpart funding to 10 per cent.

    The UBE initiated by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration seeks to provide free education for children between the ages of seven to 17 from primary school to Junior Secondary School three (JSS III).

    About two per cent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund is set aside for the funding of the UBE.

    The enabling Act says that the distribution formula shall be decided by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

    About 50% of the funds go to states as conditional grant; 14% non-conditional; 10% for professional development; 15% for instructional materials among others.

    But there had been apathy from states in accessing the UBE funds because of the counterpart funding, accountability and transparency criteria put in place by the government.

    According to investigation by our correspondent, about N64, 896,175,821.64 has not been accessed in the last 10 years because most states could not afford to meet up with the payment of their 50 per cent counterpart funding.

    The breakdown is as follows: N50.67m(2005-2006); N4,865.00(2007-2008); N0.68m(2009-2010); N2,600,296,649.74(2011-2012); N19,587,372,036.86b(2013-2014);N23,431,002,218.82b (2015); and N19,277,499,999.87b (2016).

    Out of the 36 states and FCT, only nine states accessed their matching grants in 2015 as the rest 28 could not afford to pay counterpart funds.

    States with highest rates of un-accessed grants are Abia(N4,260,232,474.13b); Oyo (N4,233,801,580.17b); Nasarawa(N4,233,801,580.17);  Ekiti(N3,381,392,172.95b); Enugu(N2,955,192,649.43);  Bayelsa( N2,350,067,568.95); Plateau ( N2,350,067,568.95); Rivers ( N2,350,067,568.95); Zamfara( N2,350,067,568.95); Kwara ( N2,350,067,568.95);  Niger ( N2,350,067,568.95);and FCT ( N2,350,067,568.95) among others.

    A reliable source said: “Due to the cash crunch, most of the governors are lobbying President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the UBEC Act 2004 to make the conditions for accessing matching grants affordable.

    “They want the counterpart funding either removed as a condition for getting the grants or have the percentage reduced from 50 per cent to 10 per cent.

    “They said the matching grants will continue to lie fallow leaving primary and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in dilapidated state. They are actually begging the President to prevail on the National Assembly to review the Act.

    A top UBEC source, who gave insights into the challenge of un-accessed grants, said: “The counterpart funding by the states used to be 75 per cent. It means if a state is entitled to N1billion, it has to provide N750million to collect the matching grant which will amount to N1.75billion. But during the tenure of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, the governors asked that the 75 per cent be reduced to 50 per cent, which was approved.

    “Now, most of the states that cannot pay salaries are begging the President to reduce the counterpart funding to either zero or 10 per cent. The fear of stakeholders is that the governors may waste these funds if the conditions are relaxed.

    “Whenever we ask states to draw plans for what they will use matching grants for, it is always difficult to get their proposals. We have had experience in the past when some governors went to banks to borrow money to meet up with counterpart funding only for such funds to get trapped or diverted to other use.

    “You can see why primary and JSS schools are suffering from neglect. States do not want to meet up with their obligations at all.”

    The Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar confirmed that governors have made a case for the review of the UBEC Act.

    Abubakar said: “Although Bauchi is one of the few states that have accessed their UBE matching grants, some states are on their knees to do so.

    “The governors have asked the Federal Government to amend UBEC laws on counterpart funding. It is either matching grants do not require counterpart funding or the conditions are easier.”

     

  • Give me my staff of office, monarch tells Ekiti

    Give me my staff of office, monarch tells Ekiti

    THE Ekiti State government has been called upon to give official recognition to the stool of the Olukere of Ikere for the sake of equity, justice, fair play and peace.

    The Olukere, Oba Ganiyu Ayodele Obasoyin, made the call yesterday while addressing a news conference to mark the beginning of this year’s Olosunta Festival in the town.

    The festival, which comes to a climax on Saturday, marks the beginning of the community’s New Year with eating of the new yam and praying for peace and prosperity for the town and its people.

    The Olukere, whose stool is yet to be accorded official recognition, is locked in a battle for supremacy with the Ogoga of Ikere, Oba Adejimi Adu Alagbado, who is a first class traditional ruler in the state.

    The supremacy crisis put the community on the edge few months ago with some youths protesting the alleged destruction of Olukere’s billboard in Odo Oja area of the community by armed security officers allegedly acting on instruction of Governor Ayo Fayose.

    Obasoyin maintained that the government website confirmed that Ikere has two monarchs -the Olukere and the Ogoga-both of whom are on the payroll of the state government.

    He urged the government to do the needful by giving him the staff of office and begin the payment of stipends to the palace of the Olukere, which was stopped by the military government in the old Ondo State in 1989.

    The Olukere said: “So, our appeal to the state government is to give recognition to the Olukere and give us the staff and all other right attachments to the office.

    “When I got to this throne, what I read on the website of the state government is that there are two obas in Ikere and that both of them are on payroll of government.

    “If there is nothing wrong somewhere, why is one denied recognition and not being paid? I wrote to the governor on the strength of this with the expectation that he would actualise it.

    “I later wrote petitions to the state House of Assembly and the Council of Traditional Rulers that this should not be so. The Council of Traditional Rulers has taken up the matter to look into the whole issue.

    “Hopefully, my expectation of government is to do the right thing by not making the landlord the tenant, by making the landlord the landlord and giving all due entitlements of an oba to the Olukere.

    “Our efforts are to ensure the state government rights the wrong. The Olukere is the landlord of Ikere Ekiti. We accommodated the Ogoga. It is strange that the government now recognises the tenant over and above the landlord. This is the situation we want the government to redress.

    “The State Council of Traditional Rulers is at present looking into the matter. We have put the facts before the council and we are expecting the traditional rulers comprising the council to do justice to the matter. We should be given our rightful place.”

     

  • NGO provides academic materials for Ekiti pupils

    Students of Ado Grammar School and pupils of Ado Grammar Nursery and Primary School both in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital had cause to smile as Ado Metropolitan Lions Club showered them with materials to boost their academic career.

    Under the club’s “Back to School Initiative for Youth Empowerment”, notebooks, mathematical sets and other writing materials were distributed to them to the delight of the students.

    Members of the Ado-Ekiti Metropolitan Lions Club 404B2 led by their president, Lion Oyedeji Olajubu, said the gesture was the beginning of packages for the education sector to provide an environment conducive to learning.

    The President, who pointed out that the club was propelled to give out to the poor and needy in the society in its usual manner to demonstrate love, and service to humanity as a way of life, urged the students and the pupils to exemplify same.

    Olajubu also advised the pupils and students to imbibe the spirit of giving and sacrifice for one another, saying giving and sharing is the greatest thing in life. He stated that the gesture was to express love to and share with others, adding that “love is also essential”, without love it would be difficult to share or give out.

    He said: “The Lions is a Club that serves. We are not saying that you’re poor; we just want to contribute to your education by sharing some writing materials to you for use when you resume school. We don’t have to be so rich before we give to others.

    “I encourage you to be part of the club by becoming Alpha Leos. There are three Ts that are required of you to be a Lion, your Time, Talent and Treasure. If you are ready to sacrifice these three, you are qualified to be a lion.

    “The Junior Lion’s Club, called Alpha Leo Club, is organised in junior schools with a view to helping fellow students who are not from rich homes. Don’t look at what we brought, but at yourselves and be willing to serve.

    “Tell others that service is the greatest thing to do, and it takes true love to serve. Ensure that you also share what we are giving to your friends.”

    Olajubu also unfolded the club’s plan to carry out some capital projects in support of education and to create better scenery.

    He added: “We will be building a three-room hall for the nursery and primary school Ado-Ekiti. One of the rooms would be for their library while the other two would be an extension of their classrooms. We are also going to assist a pupil who is visually impaired. His name is Salau Tijani.

    “Our other programmes this year include environmental projects and helping those who are visually challenged. Last year, we assisted in environmental sanitation. We will decide on what to do on environment this year.

    “We are also going to be helping a lot of people who have visual challenges. We will distribute materials to aid them and also help is treatment if possible.”

    Lion Idowu Adeojo, a popular medical practitioner said: “We are Lions that have a strong heart to help others. Lions Club is all over the world.

    “We promise that you will be seeing us more as the present President like your school. I pray that you would one day be like us and even be greater than us.

    A pupil of the Ado Nursery and Primary School, Praise Daramola, who spoke on behalf of the pupils, said that was the first time they are receiving such materials from any non-governmental organisation (NGO).

    Daramola said: “On behalf of the students, we appreciate the club for this gesture. It will go a long way in helping us in our studies. This is the first in the history of the school and we greatly appreciate it.”

    Some other officials of the club who joined the President during the humanitarian service included Lion Victory Edafe, Lion Folorunsho Alade, Lion Ayodeji Adeyemi, Lion Yeye Olunfunke Olajubu and Lion Rotimi Ojomoyela.

  • ‘Why EFCC must probe Ekiti ecological funds’

    ‘Why EFCC must probe Ekiti ecological funds’

    A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Dr. Adebayo Orire, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to extend investigations into receipt and disbursement of ecological funds by the Ayo Fayose administration.

    Orire, who spoke with our correspondent, said the state government was not transparent in the spending of the N2 billion ecological funds received from the federal government.

    He contended that many communities in the state are afflicted with many ecological problems, which the state government has failed to tackle with the funds received.

    The Publicity Secretary of Ekiti APC Elders’ Forum also urged the anti-graft agency to launch a probe into the refund of N22 billion spent on federal roads in the state by the immediate past administration.

    The medical doctor-turned-politician expressed Ekiti people’s desire to know how the ecological funds were spent as there are no projects on ground to show that the state received N2 billion to tackle ecological problems.

    Orire said: “We are constrained to call on the EFCC to extend its ongoing probe into N2 billion ecological funds received by the Ekiti State government from the federal government judging by the startling revelations on diversion of public funds.

    “Many towns and communities in Ekiti State are suffering from various forms of ecological problems and they need this money to give them relief from their environmental challenges.

    “Our argument has no political undertone, what we are saying is verifiable. You can go to our communities and see what they are going through in the hands of erosion, flooding and the like.

    “But the question we are asking is: has the Fayose administration judiciously spent the N2 billion to solve these ecological problems?

    “The answer is no because our people have not seen ecological project on ground a the government has ploughed the N2 billion into.

    “This money does not belong to Fayose or any of his henchmen, the money belongs to our people and the government is not doing them any favour by doing what is expected of it with the ecological fund.

    “We also want the EFCC to launch an investigation into the N22 billion refund on federal roads received by the state government especially on Ado-Ifaki Road because every kobo spent or received on behalf of our people must be accounted for.”

    The former Chairman of Ekiti State Hospitals Management said Fayose has lost the moral right to remain in office as governor given the revelations from the EFCC probe.

    “Fayose has lost the moral right to remain the governor. In saner climes such a fellow would have resigned from office for abuse of office.

    “Fayose must resign from office and apologize to the people of the state because the game is up for him.”

  • Fayemi’s centre feeds Ekiti residents

    Fayemi’s centre feeds Ekiti residents

    Former Ekiti governor and Solid Minerals Development Minister Dr Kayode Fayemi has distributed food items to people of the state to cushion the prevailing economic hardship. ODUNAYO OGUNMOLA reports.

    Like elsewhere, in the country, Ekiti State is feeling the pangs of the prevailing economic hardship engendered, in most cases, by the non-payment of workers’salaries.

    Being a civil service state, the economy revolves around the payment of civil servants salaries. Big-time and petty traders, artisans, transporters and farmers make money from civil servants.

    Non-payment or delay in the payment of salaries affects these people as civil servants constitute their major customers.

    The situation has been worsened by the abandonment of farming which used to be the largest employer of labour, especially by the youth, who constitute the most economically productive segment of the population. The youth can be found in public and private sectors, politics, commercial motorcycle riding and taxi driving, among others.

    Some government workers had resorted to unorthodox means to survive. Reports of stealing of food in neighbour’s houses, selling of blood, begging otherwise known as “fine bara” were rife among civil servants.

    Many youths resorted to crime and other anti-social activities to survive.

    Irked about the development, former governor of the state and Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, through the John Kayode Fayemi Leadership Centre, intervened to give the people food.

    During his tenure as governor between 2010 and 2014, Dr. Fayemi ran a food bank which provided food for the less-privileged members of the society on periodical basis.

    The latest gesture is believed to be a continuation of the policy even despite no longer being the governor. It is currently run by the centre which promotes the ideals of good governance, defence of human rights, democracy,  charity, poverty eradication and economic empowerment which formed the core values of the political ideology of Dr. Fayemi.

    Despite the scorching sun, the people waited patiently until the distribution of the food items began at 11:45 a.m. Representatives of various interest groups came to collect their items on behalf of their members after which items were given to individuals.

    Officials of the centre had a tough time controlling the crowd as the number of people who thronged the place exceeded expection. The crowd spilled into the Ado-Ikere Highway causing a traffic snarl.

    Items distributed included bags of rice, sugar, salt, semovita, packets of noodles, spaghetti, macaroni and wheat, among others.

    Fayemi said he was deeply concerned by the level of hunger in Ekiti State; hence the gesture to distribute the items to the people to identify with them in their time of need.

    Speaking through the Director of the centre, Biodun Omoleye, Fayemi advised civil servants and other residents to embrace farming to tackle hunger and boost food security.

    The former governor said the gesture was borne out of the need to assist indigent citizens and not to score a political point against Governor Ayo Fayose over the failure of his administration to pay workers’ salaries.

    Fayemi, who promised that the scheme would be a regular exercise, urged other well-meaning indigenes and groups in the state to assist the less-privileged and save them from the pangs of hunger.

    He said: “We are disturbed by the turn of events in our state where many of our citizens have nothing to eat and many go to bed hungry. We are carrying out this exercise to alleviate the hunger crisis in the land and offer our people a stop-gap approach to give them relief.

    “The wind of hunger blowing in Ekiti now is unpleasant. It seems hunger is gradually taking over the land and that is why we that are privileged must continue to identify with the poor. This has no political or ethnic undertone, but just a means of helping the needy.

    “Taking cognisance of what is happening in Ekiti now when some civil servants were stealing food on fire; our people must embrace farming as a way of life. Food production remains the best for now.

    “We must all rise up to save our state and the future of our children. Some can’t be living in opulence when some could not afford one square meal a day.

    ”This welfare programme is going to be a continuous one and we shall do it in a way that would have positive impact on the lives of our people at the community, ward and local government levels.

    “Dr Fayemi is much disturbed by what our people are passing through and we are all here in the interest of our people. This is not a matter of party because hunger knows no party.

    “We have also sent forms to groups, churches, mosques, orphanages and other groups to assist the needy.”

    According to him, food items were also sent to the other 15 local government areas for those who can’t come to Ado-Ekiti.

    He revealed that the centre also plans to carry out leadership training for unemployed youths while more empowerment programmes will be rolled out for artisans and other interest groups.

    While calling on all Nigerians to key into programmes of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Fayemi stressed that the change promised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government is real as things will henceforth be done differently for the benefit of the masses.

    The minister added that Nigeria is currently in the era of change under a ‘focused and purposeful’ leadership of President Buhari, advising that people must key into all the programmes of the Federal Government by learning how to do things in different ways.

    Fayemi said the centre will soon embark on empowerment programmes for artisans and other groups.

    Some of the beneficiaries praised Fayemi whom they described as a benevolent politician and a compassionate leader who still has the interest of the people at heart.

    An aged beneficiary, Alhaja Safurat Ogunsakin, said the gesture was least expected from Fayemi at a time when many people are dying of hunger as a result of economic hardship.

    She said: “We are grateful to Fayemi for remembering the less-privileged people during this hard time. I heard the announcement on the radio and I decided to come; I have just received my own package from the organisers.

    “What I have received here will last me for a reasonable length of time. There is hunger in Ekiti and you can see the number of people that are here and when the hunger problem is solved, a big load has been carried off your neck.

    “We want to appreciate Fayemi for what he has done. God will continue to protect him and take care of his family. He has proved that he is a leader that really loved the people.”

    A commercial motorcyclist, Sola Oyewole said: “Fayemi has proved that he is a real statesman because we have many people who came to benefit here that voted against him but they had seen that they made a mistake by voting for another person.

    “But what the man has done is devoid of politics as the food items are given to people irrespective of their political affiliations because hunger does not know whether you’re APC or PDP.

    “This is the type of leader we need in Ekiti and I want to urge other politicians to emulate Fayemi because if we have many people doing this, hunger will be banished from our land.”

    Another beneficiary, Wumi Agbebi said: “We were deceived with stomach infrastructure but this is a real and genuine effort to assist the people.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Ekiti tertiary institutions’ workers reject ‘oppressive tax’

    Workers in tertiary institutions in Ekiti State have condemned what they called “oppressive tax” slammed on them by Governor Ayo Fayose administration, calling for immediate reversal.

    The workers described the tax policy as “obnoxious”, saying “a government that claims to be friends of the masses should not come through the backdoor to compound the already unbearable economic conditions of the same people”.

    They condemned the alleged withholding of the subventions to all state-owned educational institutions for the past six months, which has financially crippled them and subjected them to dehumanisation, abject poverty and immeasurable hardship.

  • Agency is on vendetta mission, says Ekiti

    Agency is on vendetta mission, says Ekiti

    EKITI State has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s  (EFCC ) plan to appeal the Abuja Federal High Court judgment granting Governor Ayodele Fayose’s ally,  Mr. Abiodun Agbele, bail.

    It said the EFCC’s decision was a demonstration of the agency’s wickedness and vendetta against the governor.

    The government said it was curious that for the first time, the EFCC was appealing against a judgment, which merely enforced the rights of Agbele by granting him bail in accordance with the law.

    Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media Lere Olayinka said: “It is obvious all the EFCC desired is to incarcerate Mr. Agbele indefinitely just because he is linked with Governor Fayose.

    “We are not surprised by this ignoble action of the EFCC because we know that Governor Fayose is their target. That was the same way they placed the governor on travel ban and invaded the House of Assembly with men of the Department of State Services (DSS) to force the governor’s removal.

    “We wonder the sense in keeping an accused in EFCC custody indefinitely while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence to prosecute him.

    “If the EFCC is sure of the evidence it claimed to have, what is the need in keeping Mr. Agbele in detention? Why not take him to court? And what interest is the EFCC serving by standing against a court ruling that granted conditional bail to an accused person?’’

  • Ekiti community in crisis over chieftaincy stool

    Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti Southwest Local Government Area of Ekiti State has been engulfed in crisis over the Olomodulawe chieftaincy stool. Two indigenes of the town, Bakare Agbaje and Agbaje Saliu each representing their families, are laying claims to the chieftaincy stool. As a result, they have sued the Alawe, Oba Ajibade Alabi to an Ikere-Ekiti High Court.

    The two plaintiffs, who sued for themselves and on behalf of their families, are praying the court to remove Idowu Ibiowotosi, the first defendant, as the Olomodulawe.

    They also prayed for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Ibiowotosi from parading himself as the Olomodulawe of Oke Emo Quarters, Ilawe-Ekiti.

    Also joined in the suit are Chief Gbenga Agbona, Kayode Balogun and Joseph Akiri who are second to fourth defendants.

    The claimants averred that the process for the nomination and installation of Ibiowotosi contravened the native law, the custom and the applicable chiefs’ law.

    In a second further amended statement of claim, the claimants averred that Olomodulawe chieftaincy title exclusively belonged to three branches namely Gbadamosi, Fatimehin and Fajemisin.

    They averred that prior to the purported installation and appointment of the first defendant; the last two Olomodulawes were from Gbadamosi and Fatimehin branches.

    They claimed it was “the turn of Fajemisin branch of claimants’ family to produce a candidate to fill the stool.”

    The claimants also averred that Ibiowotosi “is not a member of their family and as such not eligible for the chieftaincy title.

    “The first defendant wrongfully and illegally held himself out to be appointed as Olomodulawe without ensuring that the prior written approval of the prescribed authority had been obtained before his purported appointment.”

    The claimants prayed for an order of perpetual injunction restraining Ibiowotosi from parading himself as the Olomodulawe of Oke Emo Quarters, Ilawe-Ekiti.

    But the defendants, in their amended statement of defence, averred that Oba Alabi was substituted by the order of the court made on January 22, 2013 to replace the late Oba Adeyemi Ademileka II, who died during the pendency of the suit.

    Contrary to claims by the claimants, the defendants said the Olomodulawe family was made up of eight branches namely Ibiowotisi, Faje, Apelona, Saribi, Fajemisin, Fatimehin, Gbadamosi and Ola.

    The defendants maintained that the stool was not rotated among the branches of the family.

    “Any male descendant from the aforesaid eight branches of the family is entitled to contest for and fill the Olomodulawe Chieftaincy whenever it is vacant. This was confirmed by the first claimant and other members of the family at various times.

    “Chief Gbadamosi Olomodulawe and Chief Zaccheaus Fatimehin were not installed and appointed as Olomodulawes on the basis of rotation among the branches of the family; rather they were both installed and appointed as Olomodulawe on the basis of being male children and contesting for the said chieftaincy stool.”

  • Fayose denies spending Ekiti funds on EFCC case

    Fayose denies spending Ekiti funds on EFCC case

    …Challenges opposition to forward evidence to EFCC

    Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to come out with concrete evidence to substantiate its claims that he is spending state funds on his case against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose advised the APC to forward any evidence at its disposal to the EFCC warning the opposition to keep silent since “Ekiti people have not complained that their money is missing.”

    He said: “That kind of allegation can only come from the dirty mind of APC members in Ekiti.

    “There is nothing like that and if they have strong evidence, the EFCC which has become a department of the APC‎ is there for them to do their biddings.

    “Or has Ekiti people complained that their money is missing?‎ By the way, the APC governors whose electio‎ns were challenged in the court, where did the money spent on litigations come from?

    “The APC was in government in Ekiti 1999-2003 and 2010-2014, the PDP did not disturb them as they are waging war, fabricating lies everyday to disparage this government.

    “By the grace of God, their noise will be like that of dog before mankind.‎ The APC should stop disturbing sensibility of Nigerians and face squarely the myriads of problems confronting the people.

    “Nigerians are hungry and never had a bad government ‎as this.”